Terry's late goal lifts Ducks to comeback win against Jets

ANAHEIM -- Troy Terry scored off a turnover with 26 seconds left to lift the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Honda Center on Wednesday.

Winnipeg had possession in the corner of its zone, but Frank Vatrano poked the puck off the stick of Neal Pionk, and it went to Terry alone in front of the net. He waited out goalie Eric Comrie before scoring the game-winner.

"[Vatrano] is such a good forechecker and he was just able to get a stick on it," Terry said. "When the puck came to me, I knew where everyone was. They were in the corner that I was just coming from, so my first instinct was just to try to hold on to it and take it to the far side."

Anaheim trailed by one with less than five minutes remaining before Vatrano scored his second goal of the game with a slap shot through traffic to tie it 2-2 with 4:46 left in the third period.

Radko Gudas had two assists, and Lukas Dostal made 21 saves for the Ducks (12-14-4).

"This is a win that should give us a lot of confidence," Anaheim coach Greg Cronin said. "It's a team win and we can build off of it."

Gabriel Vilardi and Mark Scheifele scored, Kyle Connor had two assists, and Comrie made 28 saves for the Jets (23-10-1), who were coming off a 4-3 win at the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday.

"We’ve got to hold each other accountable for what we’re doing out there, and we’re not doing that," said Winnipeg forward Nikolaj Ehlers, who had missed the previous nine games with a lower-body injury. "We’ve got some work to do.”

The Ducks took a 1-0 lead at 4:45 of the second period when Vatrano scored on a tip-in off a slap shot from the point by Gudas.

"We knew that they were a tired team, they got in late last night. We know what that travel's like," Vatrano said. "For us, we just wanted to play a simple game early and kind of put it down their throat, and I think we did that for most of the game."

The Jets didn't get their first shot on goal until 11:28 of the first period.

"We didn't do anything in the first period," Vilardi said. "It was just Eric, he was the only one playing in the first period."

The Jets started slow in the second period as well and didn't get their first shot until 9:49, but Winnipeg went on its second power play 26 seconds later when Ross Johnston was penalized for roughing against Nino Niederreiter.

The Jets scored nine seconds into the power play when Ehlers made a one-touch centering pass to Vilardi at the top of the crease. The puck hit Vilardi's skate before he swiped it into the net to tie it 1-1 at 10:24.

"We had complete control of the game and then they scored that goal and it happened so quick," Cronin said. "I think it stunned us for a little bit."

The Jets took their first lead of the game, 2-1, at 4:13 of the third period.

Connor carried the puck through all three zones before pulling up above the right circle and sliding a pass to Scheifele, who scored on a one-timer from the left circle.

NOTES: The Jets had won eight straight against the Ducks, holding them to two goals or fewer in the previous six games. ... Winnipeg had four shots on goal in each of the first two periods. ... Comrie has lost five straight starts, and the Jets have been outscored 19-8 in those games. ... Vilardi has six points (two goals, four assists) in the past three games. .... Connor has 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in the past eight games. ... Anaheim defenseman Jackson LaCombe had an assist on Vatrano's tying goal, giving him five points (two goals, three assists) in the past three games. ... Terry has six points (three goals, three assists) in the past five games. ... Vatrano and Terry are tied for the Anaheim lead with nine goals. ... Defenseman Jacob Trouba had three hits while playing a Ducks-leading 22:12 in his Anaheim home debut ... Ryan Strome had an assist on Vatrano's first goal, giving him four assists in the past three games.