Jets rally from two down to beat Ducks in OT
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Dustin Byfuglien scored with 12 seconds left in regulation and set up Mark Scheifele for the overtime winner as the Winnipeg Jets rallied from two goals down to beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 Thursday night in a thriller at MTS Centre.
Scheifele one-timed a pass from Byfuglien with 1:26 left in overtime and beat Jonathan Bernier, as the Jets (36-35-7) overcame a 3-1 third-period deficit to extend their winning streak to three.
Corey Perry scored a pair of goals for the Ducks (42-23-12), who lost to Winnipeg for just the second time in the past 10 meetings.
The Ducks, who swept Winnipeg in the first round of the 2014-15 playoffs in the Jets' only postseason appearance since returning to the NHL in 2011, had won eight of their last nine games against Winnipeg.
The Ducks saw their overall winning streak snapped at five.
The Jets got a third-period goal from Blake Wheeler to cut the deficit to one, and Byfuglien stormed his way to the crease and shoved a loose puck past Bernier to force overtime.
Byfuglien's goal, his 13th of the season, pushed him past Evander Kane for sixth in goals in franchise history.
Jakob Silfverberg opened the scoring 8:17 into the first period. Silfverberg took a puck off the left boards, took a couple steps inside and wired a wrist shot over Michael Hutchinson's shoulder for his 22nd goal of the season.
The Jets tied the game with a greasy short-handed goal a few minutes later. Joel Armia chased a loose puck into the Anaheim zone and won the puck battle in the corner. He emerged to goalie Jonathan Bernier's right and limply wristed a shot through Bernier's legs with 8:06 to go in the opening frame.
The Ducks regained the lead when Perry collected a rebound in front of the Jets' net and deposited his 17th goal of the season, with 1:04 left.
Anaheim extended its lead 7:01 into the second period. With Bryan Little in the penalty box for Winnipeg, Perry slid in from the right boards, toe-dragged around Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey and slid the puck through Hutchinson's legs to make it 3-1.
Bernier made 37 saves in the win, while Hutchinson stopped 25.
NOTES: The Jets scratched D Paul Postma, Toby Enstrom and Ben Chiarot, LW Shawn Matthias, C Marko Dano and G Ondrej Pavelec. ... Scratched for the Ducks were D Korbinian Holzer, C Logan Shaw and RW Ondrej Kase, who was called up from the AHL's San Diego Gulls on Wednesday. ... The Jets announced that Enstrom will miss the rest of the season after undergoing knee surgery Thursday morning. ... Winnipeg's Mathieu Perreault spent the 2013-14 season with the Ducks, scoring 43 points in 69 games. In 10 career games against the Ducks, he has five assists. ... Before the game, the Jets loaned D Brian Strait to the AHL's Moose. ... The Ducks continue their road trip with a game in Edmonton on Saturday. The Jets are home vs. Ottawa the same day.