Ducks level series with 6-4 win over Oilers - BERITAJA

EDMONTON – Cutter Gauthier had a brace of goals and an assistance arsenic the Anaheim Ducks withstood a comeback effort and defeated the Edmonton Oilers 6-4 to propulsion moreover successful their opening information playoff bid connected Wednesday.

Alex Killorn scored and contributed 2 helpers and Jacob Trouba had 1 of each for the Ducks, who are successful the post-season for the first clip since 2018. Ryan Poehling added 2 much goals for the visitors and Jackson Lacombe recorded 3 assists.

Leon Draisaitl, Connor Murphy, Zach Hyman and Josh Samanski replied for the Oilers.

Lukas Dostal made 33 stops to seizure the triumph successful the Anaheim net, while Connor Ingram recorded 22 saves for Edmonton.

The Ducks person won Game 2 successful each of their erstwhile 3 bid erstwhile trailing 1-0 connected the road.

The Oilers took a 4-3 determination successful Game 1 of the best-of-seven matchup connected Monday.

Draisaitl continued to make an effect successful his return aft missing the last 14 games of the regular play pinch a lower-body injury. He opened the scoring Wednesday, banking a changeable disconnected of defender Drew Helleson’s skate and successful midway done the opening period.

The Ducks tied the crippled up connected the powerfulness play pinch 7:12 remaining successful the first arsenic Gauthier’s agelong changeable done postulation hit Ingram for his first extremity of the post-season.

Anaheim utilized different surface efficaciously 2:44 into the 2nd play to return a 2-1 lead arsenic Trouba scored connected a constituent shot.

The Ducks sewage different power-play tally to drawback a two-goal advantage 5:35 into the 2nd arsenic Killorn had his ain return bounce backmost to him and scored.

Shortly earlier that goal, the Oilers sewage a existent scare arsenic prima guardant Connor McDavid near the crippled aft his correct limb sewage tied up pinch teammate Mattias Ekholm astatine the Edmonton blueline, but he returned a fewer minutes later.

Edmonton sewage a extremity backmost pinch 8:14 near successful the mediate framework arsenic Draisaitl sent the puck backmost to Murphy and he put a agelong changeable done a surface to hit Dostal. The extremity made the 33-year-old blueliner the oldest Oilers defenceman to grounds his first profession playoff goal.

Anaheim regained the two-goal separator pinch a short-handed tally pinch 4:10 near successful the 2nd aft a dreadful series wherever the Oilers allowed Poehling to deflect successful a Killorn shot.

The Oilers battled backmost again pinch 2:12 near successful the 2nd arsenic an Ekholm constituent changeable was tipped location by Hyman.

Edmonton tied the crippled pinch 6:09 near successful the 3rd aft a bargain by Matthew Savoie led to a speedy snipe by rookie Samanski.

Anaheim made it 5-4 pinch 4:52 remaining erstwhile a clearing effort went disconnected a defender’s skate and consecutive to Gauthier, who sniped his 2nd of the crippled into a wide-open net.

Poehling put the crippled away, scoring into the quiet nett pinch 70 seconds near connected the crippled clock.

McDavid was held without a constituent for the 2nd game.

NOTES

Edmonton was without guardant Jason Dickinson who had 2 goals successful Game 1 and seasoned Adam Henrique, while the Ducks were missing blueliner Radko Gudas.

Up Next

Game 3 takes spot connected Friday successful Anaheim.

This study by BERITAJA was first published April 22, 2026.