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Longtime Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb took a puck to the face on a blistering slap shot during Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Carolina Hurricanes.

The winger has a chronic hip impingement, the team revealed Thursday, and the procedure could endanger his availability at the start of next season.

The Vegas Golden Knights jump out to a 3-0 lead and that proves too much for the Ducks to overcome as their season ends.

The Ducks rallied to tie the Golden Knights in the third period, but Pavel Dorofeyev scored on a rebound 4:10 into overtime to seal Vegas' Game 5 win.

Beckett Sennecke and Alex Killorn each score on the power play and the Ducks hold off a last-minute surge from the Vegas Golden Knights to win 4-3 in Game 4.

Mitch Marner scores three goals as Vegas capitalizes on three first-period goals and holds off a late Ducks surge to take a 6-2 win and a 2-1 series lead.

Rookie Beckett Sennecke and scoring leader Leo Carlsson each score and goaltender Lukas Dostal makes 24 saves in a 3-1 win that evens the playoff series 1-1.