Key Highlights
- The Ducks are 11-2-0 in their last 13 games and second place in the Pacific Division.“We had kind of a mini training camp there for a bit, so it's strange having almost two weeks off in the middle of the season,” Sennecke said, “but we got two wins in a row now, so we're starting on the right foot.”The Ducks have done so with their second consecutive and league-leading ninth multi-goal comeback.
- Anaheim is just the sixth team in NHL history with nine or more mult-goal comeback wins in the first 58 games of a season and the first since the 2005-06 Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes.“I think we just have that belief in ourselves that we were never out of it,” Sennecke said, “and I think that's kind of the biggest thing in these comeback wins is we never think we're out of it, and we know we can score goals.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSennecke racked up three primary assists to retake the rookie points lead.
- The 20-year-old leads all NHL rookies with 48 points, one more than Montreal’s Ivan Demidov, and 19 goals, one more than Matthew Schaefer of the New York Islanders. Jacob Trouba got the Ducks on the board at the end of the second period, and goals by Leo Carlsson on the power play and Pavel Mintyukov on a rebound brought the Ducks level. An incredible individual effort from Ryan Poehling put Anaheim ahead, but the Jets scored with the goalie pulled to force overtime, where Sennecke hit Chris Kreider for his 20th goal of the season and the win. Lukas Dostal made 29 saves in the win, and U. S.
- Olympic gold medalist Connor Hellebuyck made 35 stops in the loss. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“It was a thrilling game,” Ducks coach Joel Quenneville said.
- “The crowd’s been great, and I'm sure there's a lot to be excited about in a game like tonight, but certainly, we find different ways, and the guys still compete, and it wasn't pretty at the start of that game.”Anaheim (32-23-3, 67 points) jumped back over Edmonton (29-23-8, 66 points) for second place in the Pacific Division with two fewer games played than the Oilers.
