Game 5: Ducks At Golden Knights

Anaheim (2-2) at Vegas (2-2)

Time: 6:30 PM

TV: ESPN

Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks scored first and jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the first period of Game 4. The teams traded goals in the second period and the Ducks had a 3-2 lead to start the third. They added one more goal and went on to win 4-3 to tie up the series.

Head Coach Joel Quenneville made several changes to the lineup and it paid dividends. Mason McTavish came in for Jansen Harkins. Olen Zellweger and Ian Moore replaced Tyson Hinds and Drew Helleson as the third line defensive pairings. The Ducks could very likely go with the same lineup from the previous game.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.60
Goals Against: 3.40
Power Play: 32.3%
Penalty Kill: 73.1%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 55.53%
Overall: 55.23%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 54.51%
Overall: 54.36%

Team Injuries/News:

Radko Gudas (lower-body injury) hasn’t played since Game 1 against Edmonton. He is getting closing to playing.

Drew Helleson is out and listed as day-to-day.

Projected Lineup (Last Game)

Offense:
Chris Kreider – Leo Carlsson – Troy Terry
Alex Killorn – Mikael Granlund – Beckett Sennecke
Mason McTavish – Ryan Poehling – Cutter Gauthier
Ross Johnston – Tim Washe – Jeffrey Viel

Defense:
Jackson LaCombe – Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov – John Carlson
Olen Zellweger – Ian Moore

In Net:
Lukas Dostal 6-4 GAA 3.42 SV% .874 (Confirmed)

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Vegas Golden Knights

The Golden Knights got behind early and were down a goal after the first and second periods. They got behind by two goals in third period and tried to rally. They scored with about one minute left to make things interesting, but they couldn’t get the tying score.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.60
Goals Against: 2.80
Power Play: 21.9%
Penalty Kill: 90.3%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 48.29%
Overall: 48.51%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 48.57%
Overall: 49.00%

Projected Lineup (Last Game)

Offense
Ivan Barbashev – Jack Eichel – Pavel Dorofeyev
Brett Howden – William Karlsson  Mitch Marner
Brandon Saad – Tomas Hertl – Keegan Kolesar
Cole Smith – Nic Dowd – Colton Sissons

Defense
Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin – Rasmus Andersson
Ben Hutton – Dylan Coghlan

In Net:
Carter Hart 6-4 GAA 2.55 SV% .908 (Confirmed)

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May 12th, 2026