Summary: The Ducks lose 3-1 to Vegas in their last game before the holidays

The Ducks again erased a third-period deficit, but this time they couldn’t finish the job, falling 3-1 to the division rival Vegas Golden Knights tonight at T-Mobile Arena.

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The loss dropped Anaheim to 13-16-4 on the season and 7-6-3 on the road.

Mason McTavish scored the only goal for Anaheim, briefly tying the game early in the third period. Radko Gudas and Robby Fabbri counted assists. Lukas Dostal and John Gibson combined for 30 saves.

Tanner Pearson, Tomas Hertl and Keegan Kolesar scored for the Golden Knights, who improved to 23-8-3 on the season and extended their lead atop the Pacific Division. Goaltender Adin Hill earned his 15th win of the season with stops on 28 of 29 Anaheim attempts.

Ducks forward Brock McGinn left the game in the first period after an awkward collision with Vegas’ Tomas Hertl on his first shift. McGinn returned to the bench later in the game and ran short laps during a TV timeout, seemingly dealing with an illness, but immediately returned to the locker room and was soon released from the stadium with a lower-body injury.

Gibson left the game later in the first frame after taking a stick to the face from Vegas forward Tanner Laczynski. Gibson was helped off the ice and did not return with an upper body injury. Laczynski was given a two-minute penalty for interfering with the game.