WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The Anaheim Ducks are the first team to advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs.

Ducks center Ryan Kesler scored a pair of third-period goals to spark Anaheim to a 5-2 triumph over the Winnipeg Jets before a sold-out, towel-waving crowd of 15,016 at MTS Centre, the vast majority wearing white.

Anaheim wrapped up a four-game sweep of Winnipeg in the opening-round Western Conference playoff series.

The Ducks now await the winner of the series between the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks. The Flames lead that best-of-seven series 3-1.

Kesler scored his second goal of the series at 6:41 of the third period to hand the Ducks at two-goal cushion when he tapped in a rebound after Winnipeg goalie Ondrej Pavelec made back-to-back saves on defenseman Simon Despres and left winger Tomas Fleischmann.

Jets blueliner Mark Stuart let a bullet go from the point that beat Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen at 10:27 of the final periof to make it 3-2, but Kesler struck again, taking a pass from right winger Jakob Silfverberg on a two-on-one rush before ripping a shot past Pavelec.

Ducks defenseman Sami Vatanen closed out the victory with an empty-net goal with just 27 seconds left in the final period.

Left wingers Emerson Etem and Andrew Cogliano also scored for the Ducks, while right winger Corey Perry chipped in a pair of assists to lead all skaters with seven points in the series.

Center Bryan Little fired the other goal for the Jets.

The clubs were tied 1-1 after the first period and the Ducks held a 2-1 lead after the second, marking the first time in the series the Jets trailed heading into the final 20 minutes of regulation time.

Andersen got his fourth straight start and made 25 saves. Pavelec stopped 30 shots.

The Jets scored first at 16:26 as Little scored a power-play goal. Winnipeg center Mathieu Perreault hit a streaking Little with a perfect pass and he beat Andersen with a quick snap shot just 19 seconds into the chance.

It didn't take the Ducks long to tie it up as Etem scored his first of the playoffs on a highlight-reel play at 17:52. Rushing into the Jets' zone, he turned blueliner Jacob Trouba inside out and then let a hard backhand go that Pavelec couldn't snare.

Anaheim took a 2-1 lead on Cogliano's first of the postseason at 12:55 of the second period. After not allowing a shot while a man short, the Ducks raced down on a three-on-two, defenseman Hampus Lindholm dropped the puck to Perry and he fed Cogliano, who had half the net open.

NOTES: Ducks C Tomas Fleischmann played his second straight game, with Ducks RW Chris Wagner (upper body) and C Nate Thompson (upper body) still on the mend. ... Jets coach Paul Maurice made one lineup change, inserting D Ben Chiarot for D Adam Pardy. ... Anaheim's 3-0 series lead was historic, according to the statistics gurus from Elias Sports Bureau. The Ducks are the first team in NHL history to win three in a row when trailing each game at the start of the third period. ... Winnipeg D Dustin Byfuglien did not face supplemental discipline by the NHL for hitting RW Corey Perry after the Ducks star scored in Game 3. ... Anaheim C Rickard Rakell, just two weeks shy of his 22nd birthday, became the youngest player in franchise history to score an overtime goal in the playoffs, clinching Anaheim's victory Monday night.