NHL Stanley Cup Chase 6-4 Ducks FINAL
Game Notes
Anaheim punched back in Game 2 with a kind of layered, opportunistic road game that kept Edmonton chasing its own mistakes. The Oilers actually opened well—Draisaitl’s snapper made it 1–0—but the Ducks answered immediately and then kept stacking pressure. Cutter Gauthier’s power‑play equalizer, Trouba’s early‑second wrister, and Killorn’s man‑advantage marker flipped the night on its head. Even when Edmonton pushed back—Murphy’s bomb, Hyman’s net‑front touch—the Ducks kept finding the counterpunch, including a short‑handed dagger from Poehling that made Rogers Place groan.
Edmonton dragged it level at 4–4 on Samanski’s first playoff goal, but the Ducks owned the final minutes. Gauthier’s second of the night, a clean wrist shot off an Edmonton turnover, stood up as the winner, and Poehling’s empty‑netter sealed a 6–4 Anaheim win to knot the series 1–1. The Oilers out‑shot Anaheim 37–28 and carried long stretches of zone time, but the Ducks won the special‑teams battle, the opportunism battle, and the late‑game composure battle. A very different tone heading into Game 3.Goaltenders
Ducks: Dostal
Oilers: Ingram
Scoring Summary
1st Period
EDM Leon Draisaitl (1) V. Podkolzin (3), J. Walman (3)
ANA Cutter Gauthier (1) PPG A. Killorn (1)
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2nd Period
ANA Jacob Trouba (1) J. LaCombe (2), T. Terry (2)
ANA Alex Killorn (1) PPG C. Gauthier (1), J. LaCombe (3)
EDM Connor Murphy (1) L. Draisaitl (3), K. Kapanen (1)
ANA Ryan Poehling (1) SHG A. Killorn (2)
EDM Zach Hyman (1) M. Ekholm (2), R. Nugent-Hopkins (1)
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3rd Period
EDM Josh Samanski (1) J. Roslovic (1), M. Savoie (1)
ANA Cutter Gauthier (2) Unassisted
ANA Ryan Poehling (2) EN J. Trouba (1), J. LaCombe (4)
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SEASON SERIES
