ANAHEIM -- Rickard Rakell and Kevin Bieksa each had a goal and an assist to help the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Honda Center on Sunday.
Corey Perry and Ryan Kesler scored and John Gibson made 19 saves for the Ducks (16-15-7), who scored more than two goals for the third time since Nov. 30 and won by three or more for the second time this season.
Anaheim has allowed two regulation goals in its past four games, matching the record for the fewest allowed in Ducks history over a four-game stretch.
"We're not out of the woods by any stretch of the imagination, but we are playing a little bit better," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said. "We talked about this not necessarily being the second half of the season, but being the back nine. You can have a bad front nine in golf and still make up for it. They've taken it to heart."
Tyler Myers scored and Michael Hutchinson made 31 saves for Winnipeg (18-19-2).
Hutchinson hadn't played since Dec. 22 and said he felt the effects of the layoff. He was solid in the third period (12 saves) and twice denied Carl Hagelin on breakaways, but the Jets had already dug too deep of a hole.
"The first period, I think I was just trying to force things a little bit too much, make things happen instead of letting the game come to me," Hutchinson said. "I think as the game went on I relaxed more and let the game come."
Rakell opened up the scoring in the first period at 5:51, capitalizing on a broken play in front of the net by knocking a loose puck between two defenders and past Hutchinson.
Bieksa scored on the power play over three minutes later with a slap shot through traffic. It was Bieksa's first goal with the Ducks; he hadn't scored since April 11, 2015, with the Vancouver Canucks.
"It's nice to contribute," Bieksa said. "At the end of the day, we have to score a couple goals to get some wins. It's nice to get four tonight."
Perry made it 3-0 with a slap shot 5:01 into the second period for his team-leading 14th goal of the season. Gibson was credited with the secondary assist for his first NHL point.
The Jets got one back when Myers scored off the rush at 6:56 of the second. The goal ended Gibson's shutout streak at 184:30. The streak is the third-longest in Ducks history and the third-longest among rookie goaltenders since 1989-90.
Kesler scored with the man-advantage at 18:41 of the second period to give Anaheim a 4-1 lead. The Ducks have scored a power-play goal in each of the past three games and four of the past five.
"We've been working harder at it in practice the last week or so," Bieksa said. "We've been taking some more reps than usual and trying to stay sharp and trying to be productive when you only get a couple chances."
The poor start was not what the Jets were expecting after defeating the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Saturday. Winnipeg attempted to slow Anaheim down through the neutral zone but failed to keep pace and the Jets spent most of the night hemmed in their own zone.
"We were the slower team on the ice from the start to the finish, really," Jets coach Paul Maurice said. "We had a few good chances, their guy made some good saves, but not enough to warrant us being tight to that game."
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