Ducks can't stop Mitch Marner and Golden Knights in Game 3 loss

"Half the goals came from Marner, who also had an assist. Defensemen Shea Theodore and Brayden McNabb and winger Brett Howden had the other goals - with Howden's coming into an empty net - handing the Ducks their first loss in four games at home this postseason. Bennett Sennecke and Chris Kreider won the third period for the Ducks, scoring a goal apiece. But by then the game was all but decided, with Vegas scoring three first-period goals - on just eight shots - and never looking back."

"The fast start followed two games in which the plodding Golden Knights watched the Ducks skate rings around them. So they got physical Friday, using an aggressive forecheck to ground the speedy young Ducks. Vegas also did a good job in the first two periods of limiting the Ducks' puck time in the offensive zone. Vegas, which never led in Game 2, went in front 66 seconds into Game 3 when Theodore, who started his NHL career in Anaheim, got past Ducks winger Cutter Gauthier to the puck on the inside edge of the right circle and beat Lukas Dostal cleanly on the first shot of the night."

"With Eichel in the penalty box for hooking, McNabb, a former King, doubled the lead with a short-handed goal less than eight minutes before the first intermission, banging a shot from the center of the left circle just inside the far post. The Golden Knights killed two penalties on the night and have killed all 11 Ducks power-plays in the series. Marner took advantage of a fortunate bounce to make it 3-0 on a power-play goal with five seconds left in the first period. A shot from Colton Sissons on the right wing ricocheted off"

Vegas defeated Anaheim 6-2 in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal to take a 2-1 lead in a best-of-seven series. Mitch Marner scored half the goals, adding an assist, while Shea Theodore, Brayden McNabb, and Brett Howden contributed the other scores. Howden’s goal came into an empty net. Anaheim’s Bennett Sennecke and Chris Kreider each scored in the third period, but Vegas had already built a decisive lead. Vegas scored three first-period goals on eight shots and limited Anaheim’s puck time in the offensive zone. Vegas also used an aggressive forecheck to ground fast Ducks players and killed all Ducks power plays in the series, including two penalties in the game.

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