2023-11-06 03:54:00
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Mason McTavish scored the Ducks’ third unanswered goal with 3:40 left in the third period and Anaheim won 4-2 on Sunday to hand the Vegas Golden Knights their first loss in regulation this season.
The defending Stanley Cup champions are now 11-1-1. They had collected 23 points out of a possible 24 in their first 12 games this season. Going back to last season, they hadn’t lost in their last 20 regular season games.
This first defeat comes the day following an impressive 7-0 victory for Vegas over the Colorado Avalanche.
The Ducks, for their part, sign a sixth victory in a row. This is their seventh victory in 11 games since the start of the season. This is their best start to the season since 2014-2015.
Sam Carrick scored two goals, Frank Vatrano and Cam Fowler had two assists each and veteran Adam Henrique scored his second goal of the season. John Gibson made 30 saves.
The Golden Knights took a 2-0 lead following two periods. Jack Eichel set up Ivan Barbashev’s fourth goal before scoring his sixth in the second.
The Ducks took only six shots in the third, but were able to score four goals to surprise the powerful Golden Knights.
Henrique first reduced the lead to a goal 1:38 into the third. Carrick then tied the score in the middle of the engagement. McTavish followed with the decisive goal, his sixth goal of the season, and Carrick completed the scoring with his second of the game into an empty net with 1:09 remaining.
Absent at the start of the season due to a broken finger, Alex Killorn made his debut in a Ducks uniform. He was used for 17:11 and took a shot on goal.
No trouble for the Devils without Jack Hughes
Even without the services of forward Jack Hughes, the New Jersey Devils defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2.
Trailing by a goal, Dawson Mercer allowed the Devils to even the odds with a power play goal at 13:07 of the first period with his first of the season. Less than four minutes later, Max Willman gave the Devils the lead with his first of the campaign as well.
In the third period, Curtis Lazar gave New Jersey a two-goal lead with his second of the campaign.
The score remained 3-1 until Ryan Donato jumped on his rebound to bring the Blackhawks within a goal with less than five minutes remaining in regulation.
The Hawks then buzzed into opposing territory without managing to tie the game. They even hit the post on a shot from Philipp Kurashev, skillfully fed by Connor Bedard.
With 0.4 seconds left, Michael McLeod scored his third of the season with an empty-net goal. A few minutes earlier, another empty-net goal was denied to the Devils due to an offside revised by a restart.
Taylor Hall put the Hawks ahead in the first period by scoring once morest his former team. Hall, who is just three points away from reaching 700 for his career, won the trophy in a Devils uniform during the 2017-18 season.
Devils goalie Vitek Vanecek gave up twice on 34 shots while Arvid Soderblom was tested 39 times in front of the Hawks cage.
Earlier in the day, the Devils announced that Hughes would be out for a few games following falling once morest the boards on Friday. Head coach Lindy Ruff revealed that his star player’s condition would be re-evaluated on a weekly basis.
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