Most of the time, hockey is a game of momentum—two teams trading shifts of control, chasing the play, and weathering the storm. But every so often, a team grabs the bull by the horns and refuses to let go until the game is out of reach. That’s exactly what the Vegas Golden Knights did on Friday night.

Rolling into Honda Center, the Golden Knights wasted no time setting the tone. Just 66 seconds into the first period, Mark Stone entered the zone, slipped away from John Carlson’s check, and worked the puck deep to Jack Eichel. Eichel found Shea Theodore in the slot, and the defenseman snuck a wrister past Lukáš Dostál for his third goal of the postseason. The crowd barely had time to settle in before Vegas struck.

The Golden Knights doubled their lead at 12:13 of the first, and they did it while shorthanded. Mikael Granlund turned the puck over, and Mitch Marner took it the other way. Marner entered the zone, pulled up, and left the puck for Brayden McNabb, who rolled around Carlson and beat Dostál far-side. The penalty kill unit was outscoring the opposing power play, and the Ducks had no answer.

Late in the first period, Tomáš Hertl drew a penalty, and the Golden Knights extended their lead on the ensuing power play. Jacob Trouba blocked Marner’s shot point-blank, Dostál denied Pavel Dorofeyev on the rebound, and Marner finally buried it on the third attempt. The Ducks looked stunned, and the lead grew to 3-0.

Joel Quenneville made a goaltending change to spark his team, but it was too little, too late. The Golden Knights had grabbed the bull by the horns and never let go, cruising to a 6-2 win and taking a 2-1 series lead. Marner brought the passion, the energy, and the goals, proving once again that when this team finds its rhythm, they’re nearly impossible to stop.