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VGK Wins in OT to Take 3-2 Series Lead   

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The Vegas Golden Knights and Anaheim Ducks have quite a battle going on. Night in and night out you have no idea what is going to happen.  These evenly matched teams have put on an excellent show filled with drama and some excellent hockey.  

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Tuesday night, we needed to overtime to determine a winner in the pivotal Game 5. 

Pavel Dorofeyev scored his second goal of the game at 4:10 of overtime, and the Golden Knights defeated the Ducks 3-2 in this exciting Western Conference Second Round series at T-Mobile Arena. 

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Dorofeyev converted on a rebound near the left post following Jack Eichel's shot from the bottom of the right circle. “To be honest with you, I can't even tell you what happened there,” Dorofeyev said. “I just saw a puck, whipped my stick on it, and thankfully got in.”

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Much like the series, this game went back and forth. Beckett Sennecke started the scoring with a power-play goal for Anaheim midway through the first period. Sennecke has been a highlight reel for the Ducks. The Anaheim forward has been the driving force for his team's success so far in the first playoff run in eight seasons. He has five goals in 11 games, and has scored in four straight contests, making him the first Ducks rookie to accomplish that feat. 

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Dorofeyev scored his first goal of the night to tie the game at 1-1 later in the first period and Tomas Hertl who went 29 games without a goal before scoring in Game 4 put Vegas ahead 2-1 in the second period.

 

Olen Zellweger tied it 2-2 for Anaheim with 3:05 remaining in the third period that sent the game into overtime.  Then it was Dorfeyev heroics that sent the Golden Knights fans home happy taking a 3-2 series lead.  

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The series shifts back to Anaheim for Game 6 on Thursday where the Knights will try to close it out and return to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2023 when they won the Stanley Cup. ​​