{"id":285612,"date":"2026-04-25T14:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T14:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285612\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T14:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T14:42:18","slug":"ducks-take-2-1-series-lead-with-7-4-victory-over-oilers-in-anaheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285612\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks take 2-1 series lead with 7-4 victory over Oilers in Anaheim"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Anaheim Ducks have taken a 2-1 series lead after defeating the Edmonton Oilers 7-4 in Game 3 in Anaheim.<\/p>\n

The Oilers opened the series with a 4-3 win in Edmonton <\/a>on Monday, before the Ducks leveled the series with a 6-4 win in Game 2<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Vasily Podkolzin opened the scoring in Game 3, giving the Oilers the lead in the first on a wrist shot past Lukas Dostal.<\/p>\n

The goal would come after the Ducks were unable to capitalize on a few chances early in the first, and were outshooting the Oilers 11-3.<\/p>\n

The Oilers\u2019 lead wouldn\u2019t last long, as three minutes and five seconds later, Mason McTavish tipped a shot from Drew Helleson, bouncing the puck off the ice, then over Connor Ingram\u2019s arm, making it 1-1.<\/p>\n

Just 87 seconds later, Mikael Grandlund would capitalize on a rebound in the slot, putting the puck past Ingrah, to give the Ducks a 2-1 lead late in the first. The goal came on a power play, after Josh Samanski took a high-sticking penalty.<\/p>\n

\"\"Oilers fans watching Game 3 of the Oilers-Ducks first round series at a watch party. (Siddi Chudal, CityNews)<\/p>\n

Just under four minutes into the second period, Leon Draisaitl would send a backhand pass into the slot, finding Kasperi Kapanen, who would fire a shot past Dostal to make it 2-2.<\/p>\n

About a minute and a half later, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would collect a rebound off a blueline shot from Evan Bouchard, giving the Oilers the lead.<\/p>\n

Just past the 12-minute mark of the second, Alex Killorn would tie the game back up, jamming home a rebound, to make it 3-3.<\/p>\n

With 3:25 to go in the second, the Ducks thought they retook the lead as Granlund batted the puck out of the air, but the officials quickly called the goal off, saying it was hit by a high stick.<\/p>\n

Seconds later, the Ducks had a two-on-one rush, but Ingram managed to get across the crease to deny the opportunity. That chance was followed by a pair of Oilers rushes, which also didn\u2019t result in anything.<\/p>\n

\"\"Oilers fans watching Game 3 of the Oilers-Ducks first round series at a watch party inside Rogers Place. (Siddi Chudal, CityNews)<\/p>\n

Beckett Sennecke would regain the lead for the Ducks, wristing a shot past Ingram, after Bouchard\u2019s pass would be picked off by Granlund.<\/p>\n

Forty-two seconds later, the Ducks would get a two-on-one opportunity on another Edmonton turnover. Troy Terry would feed Leo Carlsson, who would then work the puck around Ingram to make it 5-3 for Anaheim.<\/p>\n

Connor McDavid would finally get on the scoresheet, cutting the Ducks\u2019 lead in half on a power play, after his shot deflected off a Duck\u2019s defender and over the shoulder of Dostal. The first point for the Oilers captain would come 168 minutes and 36 seconds into the series.<\/p>\n

Late in the third, Jeffrey Viel would score on a backhand shot to give the Ducks a two-goal lead.<\/p>\n

Jackson Lacombe would add an empty goal to make it 7-4, securing the Ducks\u2019 victory in Game 3.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\tAnaheim Ducks left wing Alex Killorn, left, celebrates his goal as Edmonton Oilers goaltender Connor Ingram sits in goal during the second period of Game 3 in the first round of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs series Friday, April 24, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo\/Mark J. Terrill) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anaheim Ducks have taken a 2-1 series lead after defeating the Edmonton Oilers 7-4 in Game 3…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-285612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}