ANAHEIM — The government shutdown may have ended, but the Jets were still grounded on Sunday night at Honda Center.

There, the Ducks soared to remain the hottest team in the NHL by topping Winnipeg, 4-1.

Beating the 2025 Pacific Division champs in Vegas and last year’s Presidents’ Trophy winners on consecutive nights, the Ducks have now taken seven straight games. That’s their longest streak since the 2021-22 season, when they won eight in a row and they’ve triumphed in nine out of their past 10 matches. Leo Carlsson is now tied with the only player drafted ahead of him in 2023, Chicago’s Connor Bedard, for second place in points league-wide.

Carlsson’s two goals extended his personal scoring surge to 10 games, tying fellow Swede William Nylander of the Toronto Maple Leafs for the long

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