Petr Taticek scored with 3:49 to play and Josh Harding made 23 saves as Houston defeated Manitoba, 3-2, at the MTS Centre on Friday night.
The Aeros earned a split of their two-game series with the Moose and improved their West-leading record to 14-5-1-1.
Prestin Ryan and Mike Keane scored 12 seconds apart to give Manitoba an early 2-0 lead. It was Ryan’s second goal of the season, and Keane’s first in the AHL since 1988.
Curtis Murphy began the Houston comeback with a power-play goal 41 seconds into the middle frame, and Erik Westrum tied the score 27 seconds into the third, his league-leading 30th point of the year.
Taticek, who assisted on the Aeros’ first two goals, then gave Houston the lead for the first time, poking a loose puck past Wade Flaherty at the 16:11 mark.
Harding made a huge glove save on Craig Darby with just over a minute to play to preserve the win and improve to 10-4-0 on the season.
Flaherty made 31 saves for the Moose, who fell a point behind Grand Rapids atop the North Division.
Elsewhere on Friday:
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton ran its points streak to 15 games (14-0-1-0) as Michel Ouellet recorded a goal and an assist and Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves in a 3-1 win at Norfolk… Kelly Guard made 32 saves for his first AHL shutout, leading Binghamton to a 3-0 win over Toronto… Carsen Germyn scored two power-play goals 2:10 apart, enough to lead Omaha over Hamilton, 3-1… Valtteri Filppula recorded two goals and an assist, Tomas Kopecky dished out four assists and Grand Rapids scored four times in a span of 4:39 early in the third period en route to a 6-3 win over Cleveland… Alexandre Giroux had a hat trick and Bruce Graham scored his first two AHL goals to lead Hartford past Bridgeport, 6-4… Manchester won its fourth in a row, getting three points each from Jeff Tambellini and Brad Smyth and 42 saves from Barry Brust in a 4-3 victory over Providence… Pat Kavanagh scored 1:58 into overtime to lift Philadelphia over Hershey, 3-2… Scott Stirling made 44 stops as San Antonio ended an eight-game winless streak (0-7-0-1) with a 2-1 win at Iowa… Tuomas Tarkki made 27 saves in his AHL debut, helping Chicago to a 4-3 shootout win in Peoria… Former Lock Monster Bruno St. Jacques scored with 8:55 left in regulation to lead Portland to a 4-3 win over Lowell… Jiri Novotny and David Cullen each recorded a goal and an assist as Rochester beat Syracuse, 5-2… Norm Milley scored twice and Ryan Vesce had three assists in Springfield’s 5-3 win over Albany,
