Ducks outpace Oilers in Game 3, win first home playoff game in 9 years

Mikael Granlund #64 of the Anaheim Ducks celebrates after scoring a goal during an NHL Playoffs game against the Edmonton Oilers on April 24, 2026 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. ANAHEIM, Calif. – It was the Anaheim Ducks’ first home playoff game in eight years, and the Ducks put up a seven-spot to ignite the standing-room sellout crowd that was bursting at the seams on Friday at Honda Center.

Seven different goal scorers found the back of the net for the Ducks, including a four-point night for Mikael Granlund, a go-ahead goal by Beckett Sennecke and the eventual game-winner by Leo Carlsson, as Anaheim outpaced the Edmonton Oilers in a firewagon Game 3. The Ducks take a 2-1 series lead into Game 4 on Sunday. This is Anaheim’s first series lead since they beat the Oilers in seven games in the 2017 second round.

“If you want to win in this league, if you want to win in the playoffs, (your compete level) has to be high every single night,” Granlund said. “We did a good job throughout the night. There’s a lot of momentum swings in a game.

That was a good third period for us, and we found a way to win a game. ” Anaheim erased two one-goal Edmonton leads, and the Oilers erased a one-goal Ducks lead before Sennecke and Carlsson scored 42 seconds apart three minutes into the third period. Jackson LaCombe hit the empty net to cap a two-point night and stellar defensive effort in 26:49 time-on-ice from the young No.