Vegas Golden Knights beat Ducks 3-1 in Game 1

Ivan Barbashev scored the go-ahead goal with 4:58 remaining in the third period, and the Vegas Golden Knights held on for a 3-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series Monday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Brett Howden gave Vegas the lead early in the second period, tipping in a pass from Mitch Marner for his fifth goal of the playoffs. Anaheim tied the score with 6:13 left in regulation when Jackson LaCombe drove to the net, shot off goalie Carter Hart's pad and defenseman Brayden McNabb's leg, leaving Mikael Granlund open to score from the right circle. Barbashev answered 1:05 later, converting a pass from Pavel Dorofeyev after officials waved off an icing call that left Ducks coach Joel Quenneville visibly upset on the bench. Marner sealed the win with a 162-foot empty-net goal with six seconds remaining.

Hart stopped 33 of 34 shots for Vegas, while Ducks goalie Lukas Dostal made 19 saves. The Golden Knights killed all four Anaheim power plays, extending their postseason streak to 19 of 20. Anaheim, which converted eight of 16 power-play chances in upsetting Edmonton in the first round, managed just 22 shots before the...