{"id":285775,"date":"2026-04-25T17:25:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285775\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:25:44","slug":"anaheim-ducks-secure-critical-victory-against-oilers-in-game-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285775\/","title":{"rendered":"Anaheim Ducks Secure Critical Victory Against Oilers in Game 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koranmanado.co.id\/en\/tag\/anaheim-ducks\" title=\"Anaheim Ducks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> surged to a pivotal victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Friday, April 24, 2026, at the Honda Center to take a lead in the first round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koranmanado.co.id\/en\/tag\/nhl-playoffs\" title=\"NHL Playoffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Playoffs<\/a>. Young center Leo Carlsson and rookie Beckett Sennecke provided critical offensive contributions during the high-stakes Game 3 matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Beckett Sennecke notched his first career postseason goal to give Anaheim a 4-3 lead, marking a significant milestone for the newcomer. The scoring effort was supported by veteran Mikael Granlund, who capitalized on a power play by burying a rebound to keep the Ducks ahead as reported by nhl.com.<\/p>\n<p>Leo Carlsson, who entered the game with 66 points on the season, extended his consistent form by scoring a backhand goal on a rush. Carlsson has now recorded points in 41 of his 70 appearances this year, including 18 multi-point performances according to player data from foxsports990.iheart.com.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                            <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0YELyInbqz.jpeg\" alt=\"Anaheim Ducks Defeat Edmonton Oilers to Level Playoff Series\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>The offensive outburst followed a productive Game 2 on April 22, where the Ducks defeated the Oilers 6-4 in Edmonton. In that previous contest, Cutter Gauthier secured the game-winner while Ryan Poehling added a shorthanded marker and an empty-net goal to seal the win.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive efforts were anchored by goaltender Lukas Dostal, who helped preserve the lead during the final frames. Head coach Joel Quenneville praised the team&#8217;s resilience and special teams execution during postgame interviews on April 24.<\/p>\n<p>Mason McTavish and Alex Killorn also contributed to the scoreboard, with McTavish tipping in a shot early in the game to establish momentum. The Ducks currently maintain their position in the standings as the series progresses through the opening round of the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                            <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hi9PpzrSv4.jpeg\" alt=\"Cutter Gauthier Scores First Playoff Goal in Anaheim Ducks Loss\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anaheim Ducks surged to a pivotal victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Friday, April 24, 2026, at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,824,165,164,1720,2070,1716,823,119752],"class_list":["post-285775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-beckett-sennecke","tag-edmonton-oilers","tag-leo-carlsson","tag-mikael-granlund","tag-nhl-playoffs-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285775","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=285775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}