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The Vegas Golden Knights celebrate defeating the Anaheim Ducks during overtime of Game 5 of a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
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Vegas Golden Knights right wing Pavel Dorofeyev (16) celebrates his game-winning goal with defenseman Ben Hutton (17) during overtime of Game 5 of a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
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Anaheim Ducks defenseman Olen Zellweger (51) celebrates with center Mason McTavish (23) after scoring against the Vegas Golden Knights during the third period in Game 5 of a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus\/Las Vegas Sun via AP)<\/p>\n
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Vegas Golden Knights center Tomas Hertl (48) celebrates his goal against the Anaheim Ducks during the third period of Game 5 of a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
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Anaheim Ducks right wing Beckett Sennecke (45) scores against Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Carter Hart (79) during the first period of Game 5 of a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
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LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 Pavel Dorofeyev has made a name for himself with his shot from the right circle, the epitome of a skilled player making the best use of his talents by setting the Vegas record for power-play goals with 20 this season.<\/p>\n
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Dorofeyev took a hard shot off his right knee in the second period Tuesday night, forcing him to leave the ice for a few minutes. But Dorofeyev, who earlier had a power-play goal, scored at 4:10 of overtime to give Vegas a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks, moving the Golden Knights a victory away from advancing to the Western Conference final.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just blocked a shot,\u201d said Dorofeyev, who has seven goals this postseason. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of a (lousy) part of my job, but it hurts more when I miss it. I just had to get myself together and get back on the ice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Game 6 of the second-round series is Thursday night at Anaheim.<\/p>\n
The Golden Knights can reach the conference final for the first time since winning the Stanley Cup in 2023. Anaheim, making its first playoff appearance in eight years, will try force a Game 7 back in Las Vegas on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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Tomas Hertl had gone 29 games going back to the regular season without a goal, but now has two in two games. He also had the primary assist on Dorofeyev\u2019s power-play goal in the first period.<\/p>\n
Jack Eichel had two assists, including the primary one on the winner.<\/p>\n
Carter Hart stopped 34 shots, two nights after allowing four goals on 23 shots in a 4-3 loss in Anaheim. Hart bounced back from a similar situation in the opening series, allowing four goals on 12 shots in Game 3 at Utah before winning five of his next six starts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have all the faith in the world in Carter,\u201d said Vegas defenseman Rasmus Andersson, who disputed the notion Hart was coming off a down performance. \u201cI look at the Utah series and he was really good there, and he stole a couple of games for us. … But every time you lose a game in the playoffs, it\u2019s about how you bounce back. I thought all 20 guys who played tonight bounced back and Carter led that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ducks defenseman Olen Zellweger scored his first career playoff goal from the left circle to tie it at 2 with 3:05 left in regulation. Beckett Sennecke extended his goals streak to four games with a power-play score. Mason McTavish and Cutter Gauthier each has two assists and Lukas Dostal made 29 saves.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know this group\u2019s going to bounce back,\u201d Zellweger said. \u201cWe have all playoffs long.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ducks center Ryan Poehling was helped off the ice after being checked hard into the boards by Vegas defenseman Brayden McNabb nearly midway through the first period. McNabb received a five-minute major for interference and was sent to the dressing room with a game misconduct, costing the Golden Knights a first-pair blue liner.<\/p>\n
Golden Knights coach John Tortorella said he wouldn\u2019t address whether the officials made the right call to make that a major penalty and eject McNabb, but quickly questioned why there wasn\u2019t call when Vegas defenseman Dylan Coghlan was hit at the end of regulation.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI just don\u2019t get it,\u201d Tortorella said.<\/p>\n
The Ducks got a goal off the McNabb-induced power play when Sennecke scored off a rebound. Dorofeyev answered after taking the puck from Chris Kreider, shifting to the slot and snapping a shot past Dostal.<\/p>\n
Hertl\u2019s rebound goal at 4:48 of the third period nearly stood up before Zellweger took advantage of extended offensive zone time to force extra play.<\/p>\n
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