TC Martin

Ducks Respond, Series Tied 2-2   

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The Anaheim Ducks were prepared for battle on Sunday night.  Fearful of being down 3-1 with the series going back to Las Vegas, they knew they had to put their best effort forward in Game 4 on their home ice.  They certainly did. 

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The Ducks turned a close game into a two-goal lead in the third period and hung on for a 4-3 victory to even the best-of-seven second round series at 2-2.  The teams will now go back to Vegas for Game 5 on Tuesday night. 

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For the Ducks, this has turned into the Beckett Sennecke show.  Anaheim's forward has been the driving force for his team's success so far in the first playoff run in eight seasons. 

Sennecke has been a big momentum-turner in the playoffs. He has four goals in 10 games, and has scored in three straight games, making him the second Ducks rookie to score in three consecutive playoff games, joining Bobby Ryan, who did it in 2009.  He also joined Sidney Crosby as the only players under 21 with a three-game postseason goal streak in the 21st century. 

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Sennecke scored the first of two power-play goals for Anaheim who broke an 0-11 skid while it burst the Golden Knights penalty kill unit who had only allowed one power-play goal over the first nine games of the playoffs.  Coming into this game Vegas killed 24 of 25 opportunities. 

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The Knights had their three-game road winning streak snapped but the play of Mitch Marner kept Vegas in the game.  Marner had three assists, his last one led to Tomas Hertl's goal to cut the lead to 4-3 with 1:04 to play to give the Knights some hope.  However, they could not muster another one and they now find themselves in a best two out of three game series with potentially two of those games back in Vegas. ​