Takeaways from the Ducks 6-2 Loss to the Golden Knights, Vegas Leads Series 2-1

After splitting Games 1 and 2 in Las Vegas to open their second-round series vs the Vegas Golden Knights , the Anaheim Ducks returned to Orange County for Game 3 on Friday. The feeling around the Ducks locker room is that, with the way they played in Vegas, they could have easily entered Friday with a 2-0 series lead, as they earned to build off of that heading into Games 3 and 4 at home. 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Round 2, Game 3 - Ducks vs.

Golden Knights Gameday Preview (05/08/26) Ducks Won Game 2 vs Golden Knights with a lot of Money Sitting in the Press Box, Future of Key Players in Question Vegas felt they had more to offer in this series than what they showed in the two opening games, and aimed to turn that corner on the road. Knights head coach John Tortorella made some lineup adjustments at the end of Game 2 and stuck to them for Game 3. Former Duck William Karlsson lined up between Brett Howden and Mitch Marner, while Hertl slid to the middle between Pavel Dorofeyev and Keegan Kolesar.

Mark Stone started on Vegas’ top line. Dylan Coghlan made his series debut on the third pair. Ducks head coach Joel Quenneville made a dramatic lineup change in the moments leading up to Game 2, swapping out Mason McTavish and Ian Moore from the Ducks forward group and inserting Jansen Harkins and Ross Johnston.

With no changes from Wednesday, here’s how the Ducks lined up to start this game: Kreider-Carlsson-Terry Gauthier-Granlund-Killorn Viel-Poehling-Sennecke Johnston-Washe-Harkins LaCombe-Trouba Mintyukov-Carlson Hinds-Helleson Lukas Dostal got the start for the Ducks and saved just five of eight shots before he was pulled after the first period. Ville Husso was inserted in Dostal’s spot and saved 17 of 19. In Vegas’ net, Carter Hart got the nod and stopped 31 of 33 shots.