{"id":6031,"date":"2026-05-13T23:31:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=6031"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:31:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:31:58","slug":"ducks-lean-on-resiliency-and-home-ice-in-game-6-against-golden-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=6031","title":{"rendered":"Ducks lean on resiliency and home ice in Game 6 against Golden Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>These playoffs have been full of firsts for the Ducks.<\/p>\n<p>Their first postseason berth in eight campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Their first playoff win and first series win in nine years.<\/p>\n<p>And, now, their first time facing elimination.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll joust with the Golden Knights on Thursday night at Honda Center in Game 6 of their best-of-seven, second-round series, which they trail 3-2 following Tuesday\u2019s overtime loss on the Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=6029\">Remains of 2nd US soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is where Joel Quenneville, the four-time Stanley Cup champ and big-ticket coach whose reputation was in disrepair when they hired him, will earn every cent of his paycheck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a great feel for the game in terms of the lines and matchups he creates. It\u2019s very inspiring. We\u2019ve done a really good job when we have a bad (result) of responding,\u201d said winger Alex Killorn, who won two Cups of his own in Tampa Bay and lost in two additional Final series, including one to Quenneville\u2019s Chicago Blackhawks in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, the \u2018Hawks were in the exact same situation as the Ducks find themselves today, trailing none other than the Ducks 3-2 in the conference finals. Jonathan Toews tied Game 5 with 38 seconds left in regulation, even later than Olen Zellweger tallied on Tuesday, but then Matt Beleskey scored 45 seconds into OT, much as Pavel Dorofeyev did for Vegas.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been on both sides of the equation in probably every number or sequence of a series,\u201d said Quenneville, whose Blackhawks also climbed out of a 3-1 hole against Detroit in 2013 en route to a championship. \u201c(In 2015), it was a comparable game to last night. We were down in Game 5 and tied it up late, and then lost on the first shift of the overtime, I think it was. It reminded me of last night\u2019s game, which is why I (mentioned) it, but there\u2019s still a lot of hockey left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quenneville and Killorn emphasized enthusiasm and alacrity, with Killorn cautioning against attention to detail transforming into something more obsessive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeams that are hesitant or worried about making mistakes typically aren\u2019t aggressive and don\u2019t make plays,\u201d Killorn said.<\/p>\n<p>In four of five games during this series, the Ducks have scored two goals or fewer against Vegas goalie Carter Hart. That has been problematic for a team that often outscored its issues this season and postseason.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Quenneville said he would need more juice from his top line, where Leo Carlsson has been flanked by Troy Terry and Chris Kreider.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=6027\">Former California gubernatorial hopeful Stephen Cloobeck arrested in West Hollywood<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Terry has been playing through injury since well before the end of the regular season. Kreider has also appeared limited, especially on Tuesday when the reputed big-game performer had two failed clears that led to Dorofeyev goals, an early equalizer and OT winner.<\/p>\n<p>The game within the game has been intense in this series, with the most visible incident unfolding in Game 5. Vegas defenseman Brayden McNabb came across the neutral zone to drill Ducks center Ryan Poehling into the boards, after which Poehling left the ice with noodly legs and considerable assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Poehling is \u201cout\u201d for Game 6, Quenneville confirmed, and his status seems doubtful for a potential Game 7 as well. Quenneville said he was still pondering whether to sub in a forward \u2013 perhaps Jansen Harkins or Frank Vatrano \u2013 or perhaps dress a seventh defenseman.<\/p>\n<p>McNabb was assessed a major penalty and issued a game misconduct, leaving Vegas down a defender. He was additionally given a disciplinary hearing with the NHL, indicating a likely suspension for one half of the Knights\u2019 top pairing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a guy that eats a lot of minutes for them, so if he\u2019s going to be out, they\u2019re going to have put someone in there that probably doesn\u2019t have as much experience,\u201d Killorn said. \u201cYou just want to make it hard on them, even last night when they had five \u2018D,\u2019 we tried to do everything in our power to keep them going back (for pucks) and to be physical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another Cup winner on the Ducks, defenseman and trade-deadline pickup John Carlson, is playing in his 15th postseason, a body of work that includes a 2018 triumph with the Washington Capitals. Though he was a relative newcomer to the group, he expressed confidence in a team that\u2019s very light on experience outside of himself, Killorn, Kreider and Jacob Trouba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve never thrown in the towel,\u201d said Carlson of a club yet to lose consecutive playoff games. \u201cWe\u2019ve shown that resiliency in our game and in our series, so I think that\u2019s what we can draw from and have that positivity going into a big game on home ice, and that\u2019ll present some great things for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=6025\">From Luka Doncic\u2019s injury to impending free agency: Lakers face pivotal offseason<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Who:<\/strong> Vegas at Ducks (down 3-2)<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> 6:30 p.m. Thursday<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Honda Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV:<\/strong> TNT, truTV, HBO Max<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ducks haven&#8217;t lost consecutive games this postseason, nor have they faced elimination like Thursday night against Vegas at Honda Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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