Ducks score 4 in 3rd period, pull away from Oilers in Game 3 of Western 1st Round
Mikael Granlund had a goal and three assists, Carlsson and Jackson LaCombe each had a goal and an assist, and Lukas Dostal made 20 saves for Anaheim in its first home playoff game in eight years.
“It sounded like an army out there,” Sennecke said. “They’ve been waiting eight years for this, nine years for a win, so it was pretty special.”
Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist, Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had two assists, and Connor Ingram made 32 saves for the Oilers, who had leads of 1-0 and 3-2.
“You look at the goals against and just some stuff that shouldn’t happen, especially this time of the year,” Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch said. “There’s lost coverage in front of the net a couple times or a little careless with the puck, stuff like that.”
The Ducks have a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 series. Game 4 will be at Honda Center on Sunday (9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, CBC, TVAS, Victory+).
The game was tied 3-3 entering the third period before Sennecke put the Ducks back in front, scoring far side from the left circle off a rush to make it 4-3 at 2:53.
Carlsson then converted a feed from Troy Terry on a 2-on-1 rush, deking to his backhand to tuck the puck in at the right post for a 5-3 lead at 3:35.
