Deadspin | Lukas Dostal, Ducks shut down Knights, head home with series 1-1

Lukas Dostal made 22 saves whereas main the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday in Las Vegas, night their best-of-seven Western Convention second-round playoff series at one win every.

Beckett Sennecke, Leo Carlsson and Jansen Harkins scored for the Ducks.

The series now shifts to Anaheim for Recreation 3 on Friday and Recreation 4 on Sunday.

Mark Stone scored a late power-play aim and Carter Hart completed with 25 saves for Vegas, which misplaced in regulation at home to the Ducks for less than the fourth time (16-4-1) in franchise historical past.

Vegas killed off eight minutes of penalties within the first half of a scoreless opening interval, together with 1:37 of a 5-on-3 after Jack Eichel picked up a four-minute double minor for high-sticking Mikael Granlund.

The Ducks, who scored on eight of their 16 power-plays possibilities whereas defeating the Edmonton Oilers in six video games of their first spherical matchup, have but to attain with the additional man within the series towards the Golden Knights. Anaheim is now 0-for-9 on the ability play.

Anaheim took a 1-0 lead halfway by the second interval on Sennecke’s second aim of the playoffs. Jeffrey Viel picked up the first help, stealing the puck from Vegas defenseman Kaedan Korczak alongside the boards behind the web after which passing to Sennecke within the low slot. The Calder Trophy finalist for rookie of the yr, who scored 23 objectives within the regular-season, then chipped a shot previous Hart’s glove aspect.

The Ducks prolonged the result in 2-0 on the 6:36 mark of the third interval on Carlsson’s fourth aim of the playoffs. Troy Terry arrange the rating with a crossing go from the left circle to Carlsson alone on the backdoor by the precise put up. Carlsson then roofed a wrist shot previous Hart’s glove aspect.

Vegas pulled Hart with 4 minutes remaining for an additional attacker and Harkins sealed the win with an empty-netter thirty seconds later, his first aim since New 12 months’s Eve towards the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Golden Knights spoiled Dostal’s shutout bid with simply 5.6 seconds on to go when Stone redirected a Eichel shot from alongside the precise boards for his third aim of the playoffs.

–Discipline Stage Media