ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Gino Odjick didn't win any points for artistic expression on his game-winning goal. Getting two points in the standings for the woeful New York Islanders was enough for him.

Odjick scored from a nearly impossible angle with 5:05 remaining as the Islanders beat the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4-2 Wednesday night.

"It wasn't even a scoring chance," Odjick admitted. "I just got lucky. But sometimes, when you work hard, it goes in. I was really happy because I've taken a lot of shots in some games this year and nothing went in."

In the only meeting of the season between these two last-place teams, Odjick got his third game-winner and second in two games when his centering pass from the left corner deflected off Anaheim defenseman Pavel Trnka's stick and past Guy Hebert.

"We certainly left the game up to a point where a lucky bounce will kill you, And that's exactly what happened," Ducks coach Craig Hartsburg said. "We had chances to put it away and didn't.

Dave Scatchard and Jorgen Jonsson also scored, and Dmitri Nabokov scored into an empty net to help the Islanders win for only the third time in 15 games (3-11-1) and snap a four-game road winless streak.

It was only the second time this season that the team with the NHL's worst record has won consecutive games. They haven't won more than two in a row since a four-game streak from April 1-8, 1998 -- which included three consecutive shutouts.

Paul Kariya tied a career best by scoring in his fourth consecutive game, Teemu Selanne also scored and Steve Rucchin had two assists for Anaheim. But the Ducks, who have outshot their last four opponents by a 137-86 margin, have only a win and a tie to show for it. They are 2-10-2 in their last 14 games.

New York took a 2-1 lead at 6:12 of the second period on Jonsson's 10th goal. Josh Green got the puck from Mariusz Czerkawski behind the net, shook off a check from Antti Aalto and made a centering pass that glanced off Hebert's stick out to Jonsson in the slot. His 10-footer beat Hebert high to the glove side.

Less than six minutes later, Kariya scored on a short wrist shot over Roberto Luongo's glove -- Kariya's 26th goal and eighth in seven games.

It marked the third straight game in which Kariya and Selanne have both scored -- following a 31-game drought by Anaheim's All-Star tandem. The Ducks are 33-6-9 when they both score, including a 21-1-3 mark in home games. They hadn't lost a game in which Kariya and Selanne both scored since Jan. 27, 1998, when San Jose beat them 4-2.

Mike Leclerc thought he had given the Ducks 3-2 lead with 14:09 to play, after Luongo stopped Kevin Haller's shot from the left point. But video replays confirmed that Leclerc kicked the puck into the net while being hauled down by Kenny Jonsson in front of the crease.

Luongo survived two other close calls, when Marty McInnis hit the right post at 13:05 of the second period, and Selanne's shot banged off the post with 6½ minutes left in the game.

"The goaltending and goal posts were all on our side tonight. We worked hard and battled all night -- and then we got lucky," Islanders coach Butch Goring said. "It was a pretty even game, but we played a pretty good game and the penalty-killing unit is probably what won it for us."

The Ducks, who were 0-for-5 on the power play, opened the scoring at 14:16 of the opening period with Selanne's 19th goal, which extended his goal streak to three games after he was held to one in his previous 11 contests. Selanne was forced wide into the right corner by Eric Cairns, but his attempted centering pass deflected off the defenseman's stick and over Luongo's glove.

The Islanders tied it with three minutes left in the opening period. Scatchard, pinching along the left boards, intercepted Trnka's backhanded clearing attempt and surprised Hebert with a 25-foot wrist shot between the goalie's stick and the left post. It was Scatchard's fifth goal since joining the Islanders in a trade last month from Vancouver.

"We weren't ready to play and it showed, obviously," Leclerc said. "Everybody's got to be responsible for themselves and do their jobs."