{"id":285647,"date":"2026-04-25T15:19:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285647\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:19:34","slug":"ducks-blast-oilers-7-4-in-anaheims-first-home-playoff-game-in-8-years-lead-series-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285647\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks blast Oilers 7-4 in Anaheim\u2019s first home playoff game in 8 years, lead series 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anaheim 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

By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tApr 24, 2026 | 11:08 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Beckett Sennecke and Leo Carlsson scored 42 seconds apart in the third period, Mikael Granlund had a goal and three assists, and the Anaheim Ducks celebrated their first home playoff game in eight years with a 7-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers and a 2-1 series lead on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Viel and Jackson LaCombe also scored in the third and Lukas Dostal made 20 saves for the upstart Ducks<\/a>, who have poured in 16 goals in three games to take an early lead in this first-round series against the two-time Western Conference champion Oilers. Mason McTavish and Alex Killorn scored early goals.<\/p>\n

Backed by a raucous sellout crowd hungry for Orange County\u2019s first playoff hockey since 2018<\/a>, the Ducks overcame their season-long defensive shortcomings by outscoring the powerhouse Oilers even after Connor McDavid recorded his first points of the series.<\/p>\n

Game 4 is Sunday night in Anaheim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anaheim Ducks left wing Alex Killorn, left, celebrates his goal as Edmonton Oilers goaltender Connor Ingram sits in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":{"0":"post-285647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-headlines","10":"tag-anaheim-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285647","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=285647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}