John Gibson made 27 saves, including a clutch stop on Nikolaj Ehlers in overtime, to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.
WINNIPEG— The pre-game anticipation was for Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck to become the second-fastest goalie to crack the 300-win milestone. But another netminder stole the show Thursday night. John Gibson stopped 27 of 30 shots as the Anaheim Ducks battled back to beat the Jets 4-3 in overtime before a sellout crowd of 15,225 at Canada Life Centre. Troy Terry scored two goals, including the game winner in OT, and added an assist to lead the Ducks. But he took the time to praise Gibson.
“He's been kind of the man here since I got here, so he's been doing that for a long time,” Terry said. “You know, I think he's extremely underappreciated in the NHL. I think he's genuinely one of the best goalies in this league. And I think for him to miss a lot in the start of the year, be sick coming out of the break, it just seems every time he goes in there, he just gives you that sense of calmness and he makes the big saves.” One of those saves was stopping Winnipeg’s Nikolaj Ehlers on a breakaway in OT. “You can't say enough good things about him,” Terry said. “He's one of our leaders. Just some of the adversity he's dealt with in the last two years with all kinds of different stuff, and it seems he comes back and it's the same for us every night.” Terry added that Gibson deserved the assist he was given on the game-winning goal because the goaltender poked the puck away from Cole Perfetti. “He’s a veteran,” said Ducks coach Greg Cronin. “He’s been around a long time, so I didn’t have any doubt that he was going to come out and play well tonight.” It was Anaheim’s third straight victory and the second consecutive loss for the Jets (27-11-2), who blew leads of 2-0 and 3-2 on Thursday. After the Jets went up 3-2 late in the third period, Radko Gudas forced overtime when his screened shot from the point beat Hellebuyck with 1:50 left. “We’re diggin’ and scrapin’ and clawin’,” Cronin said
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