Ducks can't stop Mitch Marner and Golden Knights in Game 3 loss
Mitch Marner scores three goals as Vegas capitalizes on three first-period goals and holds off a late Ducks surge to take a 6-2 win and a 2-1 series lead.
Vegas defenseman Brayden McNabb celebrates after scoring past Ducks goalie Lukas Dostal in the first period of the Ducks' 6-2 loss in Game 3 on Friday night at Honda Center. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) How do you stop a flock of high-flying Ducks?
You clip their wings. Also, unleash Mitch Marner . At least that was the remedy the Vegas Golden Knights used Friday to rout the Ducks 6-2 in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal, taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, which continues Sunday at Honda Center.
Half the goals came from Marner, who also had an assist. Defensemen Shea Theodore and Brayden McNabb and winger Brett Howden had the other goals — with Howden’s coming into an empty net — handing the Ducks their first loss in four games at home this postseason. Read more: 'We kept the momentum.
' Beckett Sennecke, Leo Carlsson power Ducks to Game 2 win over Vegas Beckett Sennecke and Chris Kreider scored in the third period for the Ducks. But by then the game was all but decided, with Vegas scoring three first-period goals — on just eight shots — and never looking back. The fast start followed two games in which the plodding Golden Knights watched the Ducks skate rings around them.