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Anaheim Ducks vs Vegas Golden Knights Game 4 Recap: Score, Highlights, Key Stats

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Ducks edge Golden Knights 4-3 in game 4 to even series  

Full recap of Ducks 4-3 win over Golden Knights in Game 4. Get goals, assists, playoff stats for Sennecke, Gauthier, Killorn, Hertl, and series updates.


Anaheim’s power play wakes up as Beckett Sennecke, Alex Killorn, and Ian Moore lead the Ducks to a 4-3 win over Vegas. Series now tied 2-2...


The Anaheim Ducks edged the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 4 on Sunday night, tying the series at 2-2.


After being taken out of Game 3, Ducks goaltender Lukas Dotal bounced back and stopped 18 shots, with several key saves late to help secure the win.


Game 5 shifts back to Vegas on Tuesday, May 12.


Historically, the Golden Knights hold a 4-1 record in playoff series they began at home when tied 2-2. The Ducks are 2-2 in that same situation, though both times they started the series on the road.


Ducks Strike Early, Hold Off Vegas to Even the Series

The opening two periods had a playoff intensity, with both sides trading goals. Anaheim edged ahead before the third period began.


Beckett Sennecke opened the scoring on Anaheim’s first man advantage of the night, netting his fifth of the postseason to put the Ducks up 1-0.


Alex Killorn and Cutter Gauthier recorded the assists. Killorn, who finished with 5 points in the playoffs, would later score the go-ahead goal heading into the final frame. Gauthier had 4 points.


With that goal, Sennecke became only the sixth player in NHL history to score in three consecutive playoff games before age 21. Sidney Crosby in 2007 is the only other player from this century to achieve it.


The goal also ended Anaheim’s power play drought in the series, as they had been 0-for-11 up to that point.



Vegas answered right back on their first power play of the game.


Pavel Dorofeyev tied it for the Golden Knights with his fifth goal of the postseason. Jack Eichel and Mitch Marner picked up the assists, recording their 11th and 8th points of the playoffs respectively.


Marner’s assist had an ironic twist: it gave him 14 points in his first 10 playoff games with Vegas, moving him past Eichel for the most in that span for the franchise.




The lead changed hands again with less than four minutes remaining in the opening period.


Mikael Granlund put Anaheim back in front 2-1 with his fourth goal of the playoffs, assisted by Jeffrey Viel for his second helper of the postseason, both coming in this series.


The Ducks had one more chance before the intermission when they earned a second power play, but they couldn’t convert.




The Knights tied it up again early in the second period, scoring within the first five minutes.


Brett Bowden netted his seventh of the postseason for Vegas, pulling even with Carolina’s Logan Stankoven and Minnesota’s Matt Boldy for the playoff lead in goals and making it 2-2.


William Karlsson picked up his second assist of the playoffs on the play, and Mitch Marner added his second assist of the night and ninth overall.




With under four minutes left in the second period, Anaheim got another power play chance and made it count this time.


Veteran Alex Killorn scored his fourth goal of the postseason to give the Ducks a 3-2 lead, as their power play finally broke through in Game 4 and showed why it’s been the best among the teams still standing.


Cutter Gauthier picked up his second assist of the night and fifth of the playoffs, while Beckett Sennecke recorded his first playoff assist.




Anaheim held the edge through two periods, outshooting Vegas 18-12 and outhitting them 26-22. Still, the Knights started the third with a man advantage after Beckett Sennecke was called for a cross-checking minor right at the end of the second.


Vegas couldn’t capitalize on the power play again, and shortly after it expired, the Ducks pushed their lead to two.


Ian Moore made it 4-2 with his first career playoff goal, set up by Olen Zellweger’s first career playoff assist and Cutter Gauthier’s third helper of the night, giving Gauthier six for the postseason. The three-assist night made Gauthier, at 22 years and 111 days, the youngest player in Ducks playoff history to record three assists in a single game.




Vegas had a prime chance to make it a one-goal game on a late power play in the third but came up empty. They did get closer after pulling goaltender Carter Hart for the extra attacker, scoring on the man advantage.


Tomas Hertl ended a 29-game goal drought to bring the Knights within one at 4-3 with 1:04 left in regulation.




The Ducks held on through the final minute as Vegas kept the empty net on the ice, closing out Game 4 to tie the series. Anaheim also finished with more shots, 23-21, and more hits, 34-27, than the Golden Knights.







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