The Anaheim Ducks opened their seven-game homestand with a 7-4 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night.
Carter Rowney scored twice in the win.
Josh Mahura, who was called up from the San Diego Gulls of the AHL, had three assists in the win.
“It was excellent to see him having his head up, he was moving his feet and he was all over loose pucks,” Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. “He had an excellent night.”
John Gibson made 36 saves to get the win.
Nikolaj Ehlers struck for two goals for the Jets and Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler added single markers.
“It was going back and forth a little more than we wanted it to,” Ehlers said. “They got some easy chances and scored on them.”
Derek Grant, Ryan Getzlaf, Adam Henrique, Troy Terry, and Cam Fowler all scored for the Ducks after they trailed 2-1 early.
“Our first period looked like a first period you get coming off these long road trips,” Eakins said. “You try to do different things to get better starts, and we were in the mud, but I thought the group really challenged themselves coming out for the second period.”
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Connor Hellebuyck got the start but was given the hook after teh Ducks posted five goals; he made 17 saves.
“There was a couple [shots] that I didn’t even see,” Hellebuyck said. “I liked a lot of my game, just a little bit off.”
Laurent Brossoit made seven saves in relief on nine shots.
“I’m not putting it on the goalie,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said. “He’s been too good for us up until this point. It was just off. It wasn’t easy for him around the net. Nothing was clean for him.”
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