Recap
Carlsson leads Ducks past Golden Knights in Vegas
The Anaheim Ducks beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Friday night at T-Mobile Arena, never trailing on their way to a season-opening win. Anaheim built a 4-0 lead through two periods, getting first-period goals from Beckett Sennecke and second-period strikes from Alex Killorn, Jeff Malott and Leo Carlsson, all the first of the season for each scorer.
Vegas made it interesting in the third, scoring three times to cut the deficit to one. Shea Theodore started the comeback, Tomas Hertl added a power-play goal, and Braeden Bowman pulled the Golden Knights within 4-3 at 17:10. But the Ducks held on despite being outshot 30-20.
Carlsson finished with a goal and an assist and was named the first star, with Jack Eichel collecting two assists for Vegas. Lukas Dostal made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win, while Carter Hart stopped 16 of 20 in the loss.
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