Ducks Can't Stop Mitch Marner And Golden Knights In Game 3 Loss

How do you extremity a flock of high-flying Ducks? You clip their wings.

Also, unleash Mitch Marner.

At slightest that was nan remedy nan Vegas Golden Knights utilized Friday to rout nan Ducks 6-2 successful Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal, taking a 2-1 lead successful nan best-of-seven series, which continues Sunday astatine Honda Center.

Half nan goals came from Marner, who besides had an assist. Defensemen Shea Theodore and Brayden McNabb and winger Brett Howden had nan different goals — pinch Howden’s coming into an quiet nett — handing nan Ducks their first nonaccomplishment successful 4 games astatine location this postseason.

Beckett Sennecke and Chris Kreider scored successful nan 3rd play for nan Ducks. But by past nan crippled was each but decided, pinch Vegas scoring 3 first-period goals — connected conscionable 8 shots — and ne'er looking back.

The accelerated commencement followed 2 games successful which nan plodding Golden Knights watched nan Ducks skate rings astir them. So they sewage beingness Friday, utilizing an fierce forecheck to crushed nan speedy young Ducks. Vegas besides did a bully occupation successful nan first 2 periods of limiting nan Ducks’ possession clip successful nan violative zone.

Vegas, which ne'er led successful Game 2, went successful beforehand 66 seconds into Game 3 erstwhile Theodore, who started his NHL profession successful Anaheim, sewage past Ducks winger Cutter Gauthier to nan puck connected nan wrong separator of nan correct circle and hit Lukas Dostal cleanly connected nan first changeable of nan night.

Jack Eichel sewage an assistance connected nan goal, his 10th of nan postseason.

With Eichel successful nan punishment container for hooking, McNabb, a erstwhile King, doubled nan lead pinch a shorthanded extremity little than 8 minutes earlier nan first intermission, banging a changeable from nan halfway of nan near circle conscionable wrong nan acold post.

The Golden Knights killed 2 penalties connected nan nighttime and person killed each 11 Ducks powerfulness plays successful nan series.

Marner took advantage of a fortunate bounce to make it 3-0 connected a power-play extremity pinch 5 seconds near successful nan first period. A changeable from Colton Sissons connected nan correct helping ricocheted disconnected Ducks defenseman Jacob Trouba and went consecutive to Marner, who was charging into nan slot.

Marner took a mates of whacks astatine nan puck earlier yet getting it past Dostal, who wouldn’t spot different changeable connected nan nighttime pinch Ville Husso taking complete successful extremity to commencement nan 2nd period.

It seemed for illustration a speedy hook for Dostal, who came wrong a fewer seconds of nan Ducks’ first shutout of nan play successful a 3-1 triumph successful Las Vegas connected Wednesday. The alteration didn’t work, pinch Marner extending nan lead connected his adjacent changeable midway done nan 2nd period.

Marner past completed nan chapeau instrumentality pinch 2:04 near successful nan 2nd period, taking a backhand walk from William Karlsson down nan nett and skating untouched toward nan near circle earlier beating Husso pinch a speedy threat shot.

A chorus of boos from nan sellout crowd astatine Honda Center chased nan Ducks to nan locker room aft nan 2nd period. Sennecke responded, diving headfirst betwixt 2 defenders and into nan crease to sound successful nan rebound of an Alex Killorn changeable from nan acold separator of nan correct circle for nan Ducks’ first extremity 6:30 into nan third.

Kreider scored pinch little than 5 minutes left.