, who won their fourth straight to reach the 100-point plateau for the first time. Winnipeg had 99 points in the 2014-15 season before being swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Ducks. The game was the second straight in which Connor scored the overtime winner. The rookie had both goals in Winnipeg's 2-1 win over Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Scheifele had the second of his two assists in the game on Connor's shot that beat John Gibson to win it. Blake Wheeler also finished with two assists as the Jets remained unbeaten on their six-game homestand (4-0-0). Nick Ritchie tied it at 2 for Anaheim at 10:17 of the third period. He went in alone on Connor Hellebuyck, who squeezed his pads on the shot, but the puck dropped under him and went over the goal line. Derek Grant also scored for Anaheim, which had its four-game win streak end. Winnipeg had outshot the visitors 41-16 heading into overtime. Hellebuyck made 16 saves for Winnipeg to pick up his 38th win of the season. Gibson kept his team in the game with some big saves, stopping 39 shots for Anaheim. Winnipeg had second-year star Patrik Laine back in its lineup. He left Tuesday's game early in the second period after blocking a shot with his left foot. The initial prognosis for the soft-tissue bruise was he'd miss Friday's game and likely Sunday's, but Laine participated in the morning skate and was deemed good to go. Anaheim used its first power play of the game to go up 1-0 as Grant deflected in a shot by Hampus Lindholm with 14 seconds left in a high-sticking penalty to Joel Armia. Winnipeg responded just 55 seconds later when Ehlers scored his 28th goal of the season with a toe drag and high wrister that beat Gibson at 6:46. Scheifele picked up the primary assist, extending his points streak to three games since returning from an injury that kept him out for five. Wheeler notched his 63rd assist on the play, stretching his point streak to five games. The Jets swarmed Gibson for most of the period, outshooting the Ducks 17-4. Winnipeg went ahead 45 seconds into the second after Wheeler did some nifty stick-handling around Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler, then passed it back for Scheifele, who fired a shot in over Gibson's blocker. NOTES: Veteran Winnipeg defenseman Toby Enstrom left the game with a lower-body injury. UP NEXTDucks: at Edmonton on Sunday. Jets: hosts Central Division-leading Nashville on Sunday.)
Time: 8:00 PM EDT Venue: Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3C 5S5 / WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The Winnipeg Jets have not won anything of consequence yet but that did not stop their fans from cheering like crazy Thursday. That's when coach Paul Maurice's gave the highly anticipated injury update on sniper Patrik Laine and had nothing but good news. The 19-year-old has a bruise on his left foot -- nothing is broken -- after blocking a slap shot from Los Angeles defenseman Alec Martinez in the second period of the Jets' 2-1 overtime victory over the Kings on Tuesday." When he gets his foot in the (skate) boot and feels comfortable, he'll be back playing," Maurice told his media conference after practice Thursday. Laine, second in league goal scoring with 43 goals, is expected to miss Friday's game against the Anaheim Ducks and Sunday's contest against the Nashville Predators and possibly more. The window for his return has been estimated at 4-to-14 days. The swelling around Laine's ankle has gone down but Maurice said the team wasn't going to rush their young superstar back into the lineup." We'll give it a few days," he said. "We want him to be able to skate, we want him to be able to play. And in the situation that we're in, we don't want him hobbling around the ice." "We want him to be able to move pretty comfortably, so we'll take as much time as we need until we get to that point. I just can't give you the day." When asked if he had any shot-blocking advice for his team's hottest scorer, Maurice said "run to the fire is the rule. It hurts a whole heck of a lot more if you're 30 feet off of it." Taking Laine's spot on the right side of center Paul Stastny and left winger Nik Ehlers on the No. 2 line is 11-year veteran center Bryan Little, who said he's comfortable with the change. He played wing during his second and third NHL seasons, and for a bit this earlier this month season. The Jets are firmly ensconced in second place in the Central Division with 98 points. The Ducks come to town riding a four-game winning streak, including a 4-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, highlighted by goalie John Gibson's fourth shutout of the season and 16th of his career. The win improves his record to 12-3-1 in his last 16 starts." Your goalie is paid to stop the puck. He shouldn't let any in," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said in his post-game press conference. "That's the theory coaches always go to, but it's unrealistic to look at it that way. We know how strong Gibson's been." The Ducks are in a dogfight for the third playoff spot in the Pacific Division or a wild-card spot and will be without the services of defenseman Kevin Bieksa, who has undergone surgery to remove scar tissue from one of his hands and will be out 2-to-5 weeks.
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