Three takeaways

In the kisser. Nate Schmidt took a puck to the mouth with 15:38 left in the second period and was taken to the locker room. He returned a little more than nine minutes later and played a regular shift the rest of the way. Change it up. The Knights made several switches to their forward lines and defensive pairings. Brendan Leipsic went to the third line with Cody Eakin and Alex Tuch, dropping Oscar Lindberg to the fourth line. On the blue line, Shea Theodore partnered with Deryk Engelland, and Schmidt teamed with Brayden Mcnabb. Stoppage in play. The teams went to their locker rooms with 59.7 seconds left in the second period when a female fan at Rogers Arena was injured by a puck that flew into the stands. After the ice was resurfaced, the remainder of the second period was completed and the teams switched ends. David Schoen right post and took a feed from Perron before firing into the open net to put the Knights up 3-2.

“I think (Nate Schmidt) made a great play keeping the puck alive, and (James Neal), big guy, won a battle down low and got it to (Perron),” Haula said. “He made a great play.”

Perron, who has points in six straight games and leads the Knights with 16 points, opened the scoring 3:22 into the game. He dragged the puck around a Canucks defenseman and ripped a shot past Jacob Markstrom.

Karlsson made it 2-0 with seven minutes left in the first. It was his seventh goal, surpassing last season’s total with Columbus.

“After you get a loss like (Tuesday), you always got to bounce back,” Karlsson said. “That was really good. Just forget about it and try to get the next one. I think we responded well.”

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