Lukas Dostal made 22 saves whereas main the Anaheim Geese to a 3-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday in Las Vegas, night their best-of-seven Western Convention second-round playoff collection at one win every.
Beckett Sennecke, Leo Carlsson and Jansen Harkins scored for the Geese.
The collection now shifts to Anaheim for Sport 3 on Friday and Sport 4 on Sunday.
Mark Stone scored a late power-play purpose and Carter Hart completed with 25 saves for Vegas, which misplaced in regulation at residence to the Geese for under the fourth time (16-4-1) in franchise historical past.
Vegas killed off eight minutes of penalties within the first half of a scoreless opening interval, together with 1:37 of a 5-on-3 after Jack Eichel picked up a four-minute double minor for high-sticking Mikael Granlund.
The Geese, who scored on eight of their 16 power-plays probabilities whereas defeating the Edmonton Oilers in six video games of their first spherical matchup, have but to attain with the additional man within the collection in opposition to the Golden Knights. Anaheim is now 0-for-9 on the facility play.
Anaheim took a 1-0 lead halfway by way of the second interval on Sennecke’s second purpose of the playoffs. Jeffrey Viel picked up the first help, stealing the puck from Vegas defenseman Kaedan Korczak alongside the boards behind the web after which passing to Sennecke within the low slot. The Calder Trophy finalist for rookie of the 12 months, who scored 23 objectives within the regular-season, then chipped a shot previous Hart’s glove aspect.
The Geese prolonged the result in 2-0 on the 6:36 mark of the third interval on Carlsson’s fourth purpose of the playoffs. Troy Terry arrange the rating with a crossing go from the left circle to Carlsson alone on the backdoor by the fitting submit. Carlsson then roofed a wrist shot previous Hart’s glove aspect.
Vegas pulled Hart with 4 minutes remaining for an additional attacker and Harkins sealed the win with an empty-netter thirty seconds later, his first purpose since New 12 months’s Eve in opposition to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Golden Knights spoiled Dostal’s shutout bid with simply 5.6 seconds on to go when Stone redirected a Eichel shot from alongside the fitting boards for his third purpose of the playoffs.
–Discipline Degree Media
