Ducks win 3-1
Series tied 1-1
Anaheim didn’t just steal one in Vegas tonight—they walked into the loudest barn in the desert and bent the whole thing to their rhythm. From the opening shift, the Ducks played with a kind of full‑sheet authority that made their earlier blitzing of Edmonton look almost conservative. They stacked 13 shots in the first period alone, skated downhill through the neutral zone, and forced Vegas into a reactive, scrambling posture they rarely wear at home.
Beckett Sennecke’s opener came off that pressure—earned, not opportunistic—and once they had the lead, the Ducks tightened the screws. Leo Carlsson’s third‑period strike was the kind of cold, clinical finish that signals a team fully aware of its own momentum. Anaheim didn’t just out‑chance Vegas; they dictated the geometry of the night.
And then there was Lukas Dostal, who played like a man determined to erase the Golden Knights from the scoresheet entirely. He turned aside everything for 59 minutes and 56 seconds, swallowing rushes, tracking tips, and making Vegas’ best looks feel like half‑chances. His only concession came on a late power‑play redirection with four seconds left, a cosmetic blemish on what was otherwise a statement performance.
Even the empty‑netter that made it 3–0 before the late Vegas goal felt symbolic—Anaheim closing the door with purpose, not relief. The series is tied now, but the tone has shifted. The Ducks didn’t just win; they announced that their brand of end‑to‑end control travels, and Vegas felt every inch of it.
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