Leo Carlsson scored two goals to extend his point streak to 10 games and the Anaheim Ducks got past the visiting Winnipeg Jets 4-1 on Sunday for their seventh consecutive victory.
Rookie Beckett Sennecke added his own pair of goals, Chris Kreider and Cutter Gauthier each had two assists and Lukas Dostal made 23 saves as the Ducks improved to 5-1-0 at home.
Carlsson is tied for second in the NHL with 25 points (10 goals, 15 assists) and trails just Nathan MacKinnon (29).
Kyle Connor scored a goal and Eric Comrie made 17 saves for the Jets, who lost their third consecutive game at the start of a season-long six-game road trip. Connor recorded his 600th career point.
Winnipeg was 9-3-0 and on a three-game winning streak when their current trip began with a loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. The Jets have been outscored 9-2 on the trip so far.
Sennecke gave the Ducks an early 1-0 lead at 7:18 of the opening period when he fired from the slot after receiving a backward pass by Gauthier from the side of the Jets’ goal.
Carlsson scored on the power play off a pass from Troy Terry with 57 seconds remaining in the opening period for a 2-0 lead.
The Jets cut their deficit in half at 4:22 of the second period when Connor scored his ninth of the season on a shot through traffic.
Sennecke’s second of the game came at 11:48 of the second period when the 19-year-old reached around Jets defenseman Dylan DeMelo and put a loose puck in the net for his first multi-goal game in his 15th career contest.
Carlsson’s 10th goal of the season and the eighth of his scoring streak (19 points) came at 2:47 of the third period from the left circle off a pass from Kreider for a 4-1 advantage.
–Field Level Media
