Ducks vs. Jets Game 3 final score: Anaheim shocks Winnipeg with overtime victory

The Winnipeg Jets will have to wait another day to claim their first playoff win in franchise history.

Down in the third period for the third straight game, the Anaheim Ducks came back and beat the Jets in overtime, 5-4, to take a 3-0 series lead. Winnipeg's all-time postseason record fell to 0-7.

Rickard Rakell won it for Anaheim with a goal 5:12 into the extra frame.

Winnipeg got on the board first thanks to a Lee Stempniak wrist shot 9:22 into the opening stanza. Cam Fowler evened the score roughly 10 minutes later with a wrister of his own, and the contest remained tied at first intermission.

Matters got more hectic in the second with five total goals scored -- three by Winnipeg, two by Anaheim -- capped by a Bryan Little slapshot that provided the Jets with their second lead of the night. Blake Wheeler and Tyler Myers chipped in tallies of their own for the home team; Corey Perry and Jakob Silfverberg each lit the lamp for the Ducks.

Perry's goal was especially frustrating for Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien, who nailed the Anaheim forward with a cheap shot just after the puck crossed the goal line. Byfuglien will undoubtedly receive some form of punishment for the hit, and given his history of foul play, it could be relatively severe.

With just 2:14 left in regulation, Ryan Kesler fired a one-timer past Ondrej Pavelec to tie the game -- kickstarting Anaheim's 26th third period come-from-behind win of the year. The Jets got a quality chance shortly thereafter, but were unable to seal the deal before the horn sounded.

Neither goaltender fared well: Ondrej Pavelec saved 26-of 31, while Frederik Andersen allowed four goals on 35 shots. The Jets -- a strong defensive club -- did a slightly better job at suppressing shots, but Pavelec simply wasn't good enough. It'd be unfair to place all the blame on his shoulders, but it's nearly impossible to enjoy postseason success with the kind of netminding he's given Winnipeg of late.