ANAHEIM, Calif. – – Nicolas Roy, Tomas Hertl and Pavel Dorofeyev all scored, and the Vegas Golden Knights held on late to beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Wednesday night.

Shea Theordore had two assists and Adin Hill made 22 saves for Vegas. Jack Eichel had his twentieth assist of the season, the second most in the NHL.

Brock McGinn and Frank Vatrano scored for Anaheim. Lukas Dostal made 37 saves and Brett Leason had two assists for Anaheim.

Vatrano’s goal with 13 seconds left in the third period brought the Ducks within one, but they couldn’t get another shot off before the final buzzer.

The Golden Knights defeated the Ducks 40-24.

Takeaways

Golden Knights: Eichel continues to rack up points. The 28-year-old center has nine points (two goals, seven assists) in his last four games and has risen in the rankings. He now sits third in the NHL with 25 points behind only Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon and Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov.

Ducks: Dostal took a step back in November after a dominant October. The 23-year-old goaltender has allowed 4.71 goals per game through four starts in November, all in losses. He conceded 1.99 goals per game in eight starts in October.

Key moment

Leason committed a high stick penalty with the score tied at 1-1 early in the second period. Just 15 seconds into the power play, Hertl knocked in a rebound to give Vegas the lead for good.

Key stat

The Ducks went 0 for 3 on the power play. They are now 6 for 51 (11.8%) on the season, which is tied for the worst power play percentage in the NHL.

Next

Golden Knights visit Utah on Friday, while Ducks host Detroit to wrap up a six-game homestand.

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