WINNIPEG – After a grueling 82 games, the Anaheim Ducks earned extra hockey in their season finale, but the NHL’s No. 1 seed sent itself into the Stanley Cup Playoffs on a high note.
Troy Terry tied the game in the third period for the Ducks, but the Winnipeg Jets broke up an overtime opportunity for Anaheim and swarmed on the counterattack for the season-ending victory, 2-1, at Canada Life Centre on Wednesday.
Anaheim took the season series over the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Jets, 2-0-1.
For the seventh straight season, Anaheim (35-37-10, 80 points) finishes out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and below the .500 mark.
However, the Ducks posted the best year-over-year standings improvement in the NHL with a 21-point increase from 2023-24–the second-worst season in franchise history–to this 2024-25 campaign
Troy Terry breaks the shutout and ties it up on the doorstep. Ian Moore picks up his first NHL point with the shot from the point.
— Zach Cavanagh (@ZachCav) April 17, 2025
1-1 in Winnipeg, under 14 minutes to play in the season.@SportingTrib | #FlyTogether pic.twitter.com/2Ldttgvy6S
How the Ducks Scored:
Anaheim had been shut out just three times all season–all three in a five-game stretch of disaster January road trip–and through two periods, the Ducks remained off the scoreboard until Troy Terry found a breakthrough in the third period.
Tim Washe, an undrafted college free agent from national champion Western Michigan that signed with Anaheim on Monday, found a loose puck down low, wheeled behind the net and found fellow college-signee Ian Moore at the point. Moore let loose a shot that Frank Vatrano tipped, which left a rebound on the doorstep for Terry to knock home to tie the game, 1-1, with 14:15 to play.
Moore, a four-year player at Harvard who signed with the Ducks on Saturday, earned his first career NHL point. Moore was a third-round pick by Anaheim in 2020.
Terry scored four goals in three games against Winnipeg this season.
Anaheim took the season series over Winnipeg, 2-0-1, but the Jets get the final say in overtime of the season finale.
— Zach Cavanagh (@ZachCav) April 17, 2025
Here's how the Ducks season came to an end:@SportingTrib | #FlyTogether pic.twitter.com/CRWOlwS9Rk
How the Jets Won:
Winnipeg had plenty of opportunities in regulation with four power plays and 43 shots–Ville Husso made 42 saves for Anaheim–but the Jets couldn’t get more than Neall Pionk’s first-period rocket through 60 minutes.
In overtime, Mason McTavish and Jackson LaCombe sprung out on a two-on-one, but Josh Morrissey made a sliding break-up on McTavish and sent the Jets the other way.
Mark Scheifele fed Kyle Connor across the crease, but Connor hit the side of the net. Connor picked up the puck and fed Morrissey on the right side, and Morrissey sent it over to Scheifele, who finally beat Husso for the game-winner.
Game Notes:
Ian Moore (Harvard) and Tim Washe (Western Michigan) were the only two players to make their NHL debuts with Anaheim this season, and each played in every available game down the stretch. Moore played three games, and Washe played the season-ending back-to-back.
The Ducks’ league-worst power play (11.76%) finished scoreless on its last 15 power plays in its last eight games. Anaheim had just two power play goals on its last 38 attempts and three goals on its last 48 attempts.
Anaheim defensemen Olen Zellweger and Oliver Kylington and forward Jansen Harkins were the healthy scratches.
Goaltender John Gibson missed his seventh straight game with a lower-body injury and did not travel with the team.