Beckett Sennecke and Leo Carlsson scored goals 42 seconds apart early in the third period to spark the host Anaheim Ducks to a 7-4 comeback victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday and give them a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.<\/p>\n
Mikael Granlund tallied once in a four-point performance, while Mason McTavish, Alex Killorn, Jeffrey Viel and Jackson Lacombe added a goal apiece for Anaheim. Carlsson and Lacombe each notched an assist, and goaltender Lukas Dostal made 20 saves.<\/p>\n
“We’ve always had belief,” Killorn told Sportsnet. “We have a young group, and they’ve taken a big step this year. They’ve been leaders this year on this team in terms of producing. In these big games, they’ve shown up and we’re leaning on them a lot. They’ve been great.”<\/p>\n
Connor McDavid collected one goal and one assist while Vasily Podkolzin, Kasperi Kapanen and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each scored once for the Oilers. Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard posted two assists apiece, and goalie Connor Ingram stopped 32 shots.<\/p>\n
“Defensively, we can be better,” Kapanen said. “I felt like tonight and Game 2, we keep shooting ourselves in the foot. It’s disappointing, but it’s a race to four wins. We’re not going to panic, but we’ve got to learn from our mistakes and be better next game.”<\/p>\n
Game 4 of the best-of-seven Western Conference series will be Sunday in Anaheim.<\/p>\n
With the score tied 3-3, Sennecke scored his first goal of the playoffs at the perfect time. After an Edmonton turnover, Sennecke was sprung on an odd-man rush on which he elected to shoot and found the mark at 2:53 of the third period.<\/p>\n
Carlsson gave the hosts a two-goal edge right after another Oilers turnover. Troy Terry made the pass on a 2-on-1 rush that Carlsson converted.<\/p>\n
McDavid netted his first goal — and Edmonton’s first power-play marker — of the series at 8:36 to cut the deficit to 5-4, but Viel provided the insurance goal with 3:03 remaining and Lacombe’s empty-net goal rounded out the scoring.<\/p>\n
Edmonton’s Mattias Ekholm said, “We’ve got to make sure we value the defensive side of the puck. It’s gonna be hard to win games giving up six or seven (goals).”<\/p>\n
The matchup has produced a high-scoring, back-and-forth series, and that trend continued.<\/p>\n
The Oilers were outshot 11-3 to start the game, but Podkolzin opened the scoring with a high shot at 13:12 of the first period. Edmonton has scored first in all three games.<\/p>\n
McTavish replied three minutes later with a deflection tally, and Granlund put Anaheim ahead 87 seconds after that with his team’s fourth power-play goal of the series.<\/p>\n
Kapanen tied the clash when he unloaded a quick shot from just inside the left circle on a feed from Draisaitl at 3:57 of the second period. Nugent-Hopkins put Edmonton ahead a second time less than two minutes later by burying a loose puck.<\/p>\n
Killorn tied the clash 3-3 just past the midway mark of the second period by finishing a tap-in tally set up by Granlund.<\/p>\n
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