Ducks Earn Much-Needed Point With OT Loss In Winnipeg

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Kyle Connor scored 3:16 into overtime and the Winnipeg Jets edged the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Friday night to set a single-season franchise record for points.

Mark Scheifele and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for the Jets (45-19-10), who won their fourth straight to reach the 100-point plateau for the first time. Winnipeg had 99 points in the 2014-15 season before being swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Ducks.

The game was the second straight in which Connor scored the overtime winner. The rookie had both goals in Winnipeg's 2-1 win over Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

Scheifele had the second of his two assists in the game on Connor's shot that beat John Gibson to win it. Blake Wheeler also finished with two assists as the Jets remained unbeaten on their six-game homestand (4-0-0).

Nick Ritchie tied it at 2 for Anaheim at 10:17 of the third period. He went in alone on Connor Hellebuyck, who squeezed his pads on the shot, but the puck dropped under him and went over the goal line. Derek Grant also scored for Anaheim, which had its four-game win streak end.

Winnipeg had outshot the visitors 41-16 heading into overtime.

Hellebuyck made 16 saves for Winnipeg to pick up his 38th win of the season. Gibson kept his team in the game with some big saves, stopping 39 shots for Anaheim.

Winnipeg had second-year star Patrik Laine back in its lineup. He left Tuesday's game early in the second period after blocking a shot with his left foot. The initial prognosis for the soft-tissue bruise was he'd miss Friday's game and likely Sunday's, but Laine participated in the morning skate and was deemed good to go.

Anaheim used its first power play of the game to go up 1-0 as Grant deflected in a shot by Hampus Lindholm with 14 seconds left in a high-sticking penalty to Joel Armia. Winnipeg responded just 55 seconds later when Ehlers scored his 28th goal of the season with a toe drag and high wrister that beat Gibson at 6:46.

Scheifele picked up the primary assist, extending his points streak to three games since returning from an injury that kept him out for five. Wheeler notched his 63rd assist on the play, stretching his point streak to five games.

The Jets swarmed Gibson for most of the period, outshooting the Ducks 17-4.

Winnipeg went ahead 45 seconds into the second after Wheeler did some nifty stick-handling around Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler, then passed it back for Scheifele, who fired a shot in over Gibson's blocker.

NOTES: Veteran Winnipeg defenseman Toby Enstrom left the game with a lower-body injury.

UP NEXT

Ducks: at Edmonton on Sunday.

Jets: hosts Central Division-leading Nashville on Sunday.

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