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04/18 23:48 CDT Vatrano's hat trick sends the Ducks to a 4-1 win over the
Golden Knights
Vatrano's hat trick sends the Ducks to a 4-1 win over the Golden Knights
By MARK ANDERSON
AP Sports Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) --- Frank Vatrano scored three goals and the Anaheim Ducks ended
their season on a high note, defeating the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 Thursday
night.
The loss could knock the Knights --- whose three-game winning streak ended ---
out of third place in the Pacific Division and into the second Western
Conference wild card. Vegas' destination hinged on the result of a game that
started a little later between Los Angeles and Chicago.
Vatrano's goals gave him 37 for the season, a career high. It was his third hat
trick this season and the sixth of his career.
Jackson LaCombe had a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who finished 27-50-5
for 59 points. Ryan Strome had two assists and Lukas Dostal made 29 saves.
Cutter Gauthier had an assist in his first career game.
Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg, who played his final NHL game after 12 seasons
in the league, shook hands with Golden Knights players after the game.
Jack Eichel scored his 31st goal for the Knights, and Adin Hill made 19 stops.
William Karlsson's second-period assist for Vegas gave him 60 points this
season, the second time he's reached the mark. He had 78 points in the 2017-18
season.
Karlsson remains the club's single-season goals leader at 43, with Jonathan
Marchessault coming one short despite 13 shots against the Ducks, including
seven on goal. Marchessault scored only one goal in his final seven games.
The Knights made a concerted effort to get Marchessault the record, sometimes
feeding him the puck when there were better options. He had nine shots in the
first period alone, four on goal to match the Ducks' first-period total. Four
other shots were blocked and one missed the net.
After a scoreless first period in which Anaheim didn't take its first shot on
goal until the 10-minute mark, both teams traded power-play goals in the
second. Vatrano scored at 4:25 and Eichel at 18:47. That was Vegas' ninth
power-play goal this month, tying Calgary for most in the NHL.
LaCombe and Vatrano scored 29 seconds apart early in the third period to give
Anaheim the lead for good. Vatrano's final goal came with 15 seconds left on an
empty-netter with the Knights on a 6-on-4 power play.
Ducks defenseman William Lagesson skated in his 100th career game.
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