{"id":278226,"date":"2026-04-21T08:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/278226\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:06:15","slug":"kapanens-2nd-goal-of-game-with-154-remaining-lifts-oilers-over-ducks-4-3-in-playoff-opener-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/278226\/","title":{"rendered":"Kapanen’s 2nd goal of game with 1:54 remaining lifts Oilers over Ducks 4-3 in playoff opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

EDMONTON, Alberta — – Kasperi Kapanen<\/a> scored his second goal of the game with 1:54 left in the third period to give the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> in the opener of their first-round playoff series Monday night.<\/p>\n

Jason Dickinson<\/a> also scored twice for the Oilers, who trailed 3-2 entering the third after squandering a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Oilers star Leon Draisaitl<\/a> returned to the ice after missing the final 14 regular-season games with an injury. Draisaitl and Jake Walman<\/a> each had two assists for Edmonton, while Connor McDavid<\/a> was held without a point.<\/p>\n

McDavid and the Oilers are seeking their third consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup Final, having lost each of the last two seasons to the Florida Panthers<\/a>, who missed the postseason this year.<\/p>\n

Troy Terry<\/a> had two goals and an assist and Leo Carlsson<\/a> also scored for the Ducks, who are in the playoffs for the first time since 2018.<\/p>\n

Connor Ingram<\/a> made 25 saves, including a doozy in the waning seconds, to earn the win. Lukas Dostal<\/a> stopped 30 shots for Anaheim.<\/p>\n

Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is Wednesday in Edmonton.<\/p>\n

The Oilers started the scoring with 2:39 remaining in the first period as Walman made a long stretch pass to Dickinson, who undressed Dostal with a great move. Edmonton was 30-5-5 when scoring first this season.<\/p>\n

Edmonton scored again exactly a minute later as Kapanen took a feed from Draisaitl and then had two cracks at his own rebound to score his first of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

The Oilers outshot the Ducks 14-4 in the first period.<\/p>\n

Anaheim only needed 19 seconds into the middle frame to make it 2-1 as Terry scored on a huge rebound off Carlsson’s shot.<\/p>\n

The Ducks tied it 4:38 into the second period as Carlsson returned the favor by banging in a rebound of Terry’s shot.<\/p>\n

Anaheim had 26 comeback wins this season, tied for the NHL lead with Montreal. The Ducks won 17 games when trailing by a goal and nine when down by two.<\/p>\n

The Ducks took the lead on the power play with 5:31 left in the second as Terry, playing his first career playoff game, sent a shot through traffic for his second goal of the game.<\/p>\n

Edmonton tied it at 3 when Radko Gudas<\/a> slipped and fell as a huge rebound on Mattias Ekholm<\/a>‘s shot came to Dickinson for his second goal of the game.<\/p>\n

The Oilers went ahead for good when Vasily Podkolzin<\/a> made a great backhand pass from behind the net to set up Kapanen’s second of the game.<\/p>\n

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