Sennecke has 3 assists for Anaheim, which has won 4 straight
Jets at Ducks | Recap
ANAHEIM — Chris Kreider scored with 13 seconds left in overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 5-4 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Honda Center on Friday.
Kreider tapped in the puck at the left post off a pass from Beckett Sennecke, who toe-dragged Logan Stanley in the slot to make the play.
Sennecke had three assists, Pavel Mintyukov had a goal and an assist, and Lukas Dostal made 29 saves for Anaheim (32-23-3), which rallied from two goals down in the third period before recovering for its fourth straight win.
“We just have that belief in ourselves that we’re never out of it,” Sennecke said. “That’s kind of the biggest thing in these comeback wins is we never think we’re out of it, and we know we can score goals.”
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Alex Iafallo and Kyle Connor each had a goal and an assist, Stanley and Cole Perfetti each had two assists, and Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves for Winnipeg (23-26-9), which was coming off a 3-2 overtime win at the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday.
“Obviously, we had the two-goal lead twice and gave that up,” Jets coach Scott Arniel said. “We had some leads that we should have found a way to bring home.”
Elias Salomonsson scored his first NHL goal to push the Jets’ lead to 3-1 at 1:27 of the third period. After Mason McTavish lost possession of the puck in the defensive zone, the 21-year-old defenseman took a pass from Adam Lowry and scored blocker side with a snap shot from just above the right circle.
“Stepped right into it and, yeah, happy to see that one go in,” said Salomonsson, who was playing in his 15th NHL game. “So, it’s pretty special.”
Leo Carlsson cut it to 3-2 while on a power play at 6:32. He knocked in a rebound at the edge of the crease after Jackson LaCombe batted the puck out of midair over a sprawled Hellebuyck near the right post.
Mintyukov tied it 3-3 at 9:59, burying a rebound into an open net from the bottom of the left circle.
Ryan Poehling then put the Ducks ahead 4-3 at 16:50. Shortly after a Jets power play expired, Poehling skated in on a rush, made a move around Dylan Samberg, and lifted a rolling puck over Hellebuyck’s glove.
Connor responded for Winnipeg with Hellebuyck pulled for the extra skater to tie it 4-4 at 18:38. He scored with a one-timer from the right circle off a spinning pass from Perfetti.
“The 6-on-5 goal was big at the end,” Arniel said. “Got a point out of it.”
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Alex Iafallo gave the Jets a 1-0 lead at 1:24 of the first period. He took a cross-ice pass from Perfetti at the top of the right circle and scored blocker side with a wrist shot through traffic.
It was the second straight game that the Ducks had given up a goal on the first shot.
“We’ve got to get better starts because we can’t play every game down like that,” LaCombe said. “It’s just not going to work, but proud of the effort in the third.”
Gabriel Vilardi made it 2-0 at 2:25 of the second period, scoring with a one-timer from between the hash marks while on a power play.
Jacob Trouba made it 2-1 at 19:19 with a slap shot from the right point that sailed through traffic before going in off Hellebuyck’s glove.
“He’s one of the best goalies in the world, so you’re probably not going to beat him clean,” Sennecke said of Hellebuyck. “So, you just want to create a rebound and get bodies at the net.”
NOTES: Anaheim, which also rallied from multiple goals down to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 on Wednesday, leads the NHL with nine multigoal comeback wins this season. … The Jets are 3-9 in games that have ended past regulation this season. The Ducks are 13-3. … Hellebuyck was making is first appearance since helping Team USA win the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. … Winnipeg forward Mark Scheifele appeared to sustain a lower-body injury just before Kreider’s game-winning goal, and forward Vladislav Namestnikov had to be helped off the ice after colliding with Lowry during a delayed penalty early in the second period. Arniel did not have an update on either player. … Connor extended his point streak to seven games (four goals, five assists). … Dostal is 10-1-0 in his past 11 games.
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