Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel didn't mince words after his team's ugly 4-1 loss to the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.
"We laid a big fat egg," he told reporters. "We didn't execute, we didn't compete on pucks ... Chased the whole game. They had the puck most of the night. When we did have it, we turned it over."
Ryan Poehling had a goal and an assist to lead the visitors to victory.
Alex Killorn also registered a goal and an assist, with Tim Washe and Jackson LaCombe, into an empty net, rounding out the scoring for Anaheim. Lukas Dostal made 12 saves for the Ducks (36-25-3), who rebounded from a 4-0 loss to St. Louis on Sunday.
Morgan Barron scored the lone goal for Winnipeg, which entered the night five points out of a playoff spot. Connor Hellebuyck had 30 saves for the Jets (26-27-10), who saw their three-game win streak and six-game point streak (4-0-2) halted.
After a scoreless first period in which Anaheim outshot Winnipeg 8-2, the Jets opened the scoring at 5:04 of the second when Barron notched his eighth of the season, assisted by Elias Salomonsson and Cole Perfetti. The Ducks quickly flipped the script, scoring three times over a span of 104 seconds.
"Everybody was off," Arniel said. "That was one of those nights where we couldn't make tape-to-tape passes, or make two or three in a row. We didn't get over top of pucks or battle for them. Everybody was missing."
Washe tied the game at 6:24 and Poehling gave Anaheim the lead just 14 seconds later. Killorn added the insurance marker at 8:08 to give the visitors a two-goal lead.
TAKEAWAYS
Jets: Josh Morrissey appeared in his 720th career game, officially moving past Toby Enstrom for the most games played by a defenceman in Jets franchise history.
Ducks: The Ducks outscored the Jets 12-6 in three games this year. The win keeps the Ducks in first place in the Pacific Division, while continuing a hot run for goaltender Dostal, who has now won 13 of his last 15 games.
KEY MOMENT
Killorn scored at 8:08 of the second period, capping off a three-goal rally for the Ducks in just 104 seconds to take a healthy 3-1 lead that completely shifted the momentum of the game.
KEY STAT
With the victory, Anaheim completed a three-game series sweep of Winnipeg.
UP NEXT
Ducks: Visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.
Jets: Host the New York Rangers on Thursday.
— with files from Sportsnet.
