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Ducks Score 4 in Third Period to Beat Oilers 7-4 in Game 3

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Anaheim Ducks double up Oilers in Game 3

Beckett Sennecke, Leo Carlsson, Jeffrey Viel, and Jackson LaCombe scored in the third as Anaheim beat Edmonton 7-4. The Ducks outshot the Oilers 31-19 through two periods.


Connor McDavid had a goal and assist for his first playoff points, but the Ducks’ third-period surge led to a 7-4 win. Anaheim leads the series 2-1 after seven different goal scorers...

 
The Anaheim Ducks beat the Edmonton Oilers 7-4 in Game 3 on Friday night. The win gives them a 2-1 series lead.


Anaheim nearly doubled Edmonton’s shot total, 39-24, in Game 3. The Ducks took just two penalties most of the game before fights broke out late.


Teams that start a series on the road and go up 2-1 advance to the next round 61% of the time.


The Ducks last won a playoff series in 2017 against the Edmonton Oilers. That series went all seven games.


Game 4 is set for April 26th.


Ducks Strike Back Quickly

Anaheim had a pair of first-period power plays and made sure to take advantage on one of them.


But Edmonton’s Vasily Podkolzin scored his first goal of the playoffs, unassisted, to put the Oilers on the board first. That gave them a 1-0 lead.

 

The Ducks responded with a pair just three minutes later.


The first goal tied it 1-1 and came from Mason McTavish, his first of the playoffs. Drew Helleson and Tyson Hinds picked up assists, also their firsts.

 
It marked Anaheim’s first home playoff goal since Hampus Lindholm in 2018.


The second Ducks goal of the first period came on their second power play. It followed Josh Samanski’s high-sticking penalty.


Mikael Granlund scored his first of the playoffs to put the Ducks on top 2-1. Leo Carlsson and Chris Kreisler picked up assists, their second of the playoffs.




But that lead quickly faded heading into the second period.


Edmonton began to rally back just four minutes into the second. They tied things up.

 
Kasperi Kapanen scored his third goal of the playoffs to make it a 2-2 game. Leon Draisaitl and Connor Murphy added assists, their fourth and first.

  
Then Edmonton retook the lead 1:41 later.


Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his first goal to give the Oilers a 3-2 lead. Connor McDavid, who had been a ghost this series, finally recorded his first point of the playoffs with an assist. Evan Bouchard added his first assist.

 
It marked Bouchard’s 62nd career playoff assist. He passed Charlie Huddy for the eighth-most all-time in Oilers franchise history.




With just over seven minutes left in the second, the Ducks rallied back once more. They tied it up before heading into the third period.


Alex Killorn scored his 39th career playoff goal. It gave him at least one in two straight games and made it a 3-3 game.

  
Anaheim headed into the third period outshooting the Oilers 31-19. They had not committed a single penalty up to that point.



 
The Ducks wasted no time in the third. They doubled down on their goal effort to build a lead big enough to secure a Game 3 win.


Beckett Sennecke scored his first goal of the playoffs to put the Ducks up 4-3. It came only 2:53 into the third period.


Then, just 42 seconds later, Leo Carlsson scored his second of the series. That made it 5-3.




Edmonton began to fight back. But it wasn’t enough.


After recording his first point of the playoffs with an assist earlier, McDavid found the net. He cut the lead to 5-4.


The Oilers went on a crucial power play shortly after. But McDavid was called for cross-checking. That made it 4-on-4, then a Ducks power play. It ultimately shut the door on their chances in Game 3.


The Ducks tacked on two more. The first was Jeffrey Viel’s first career playoff goal. Then Jackson LaCombe added an empty netter, his first of the playoffs. That sealed a major win.



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