Overview
- Seattle erased a 3-2 deficit with Eeli Tolvanen’s power-play equalizer at 4:11 of the third and Jordan Eberle’s go-ahead strike at 7:21 before his empty-netter.
- Coach Lane Lambert’s in-game shuffle put Matty Beniers with Mason Marchment and Eberle, and the trio combined on both third-period tallies that decided it.
- Kaapo Kakko scored his first of the season on a first-period tip, then left shortly after with a lower-body injury and did not return.
- Philipp Grubauer started for injured Joey Daccord and made 23 saves, while Connor Hellebuyck stopped 13 of 17 shots for a .765 save percentage.
- Winnipeg outshot Seattle and led key possession metrics but was undone by giveaways and coverage lapses; the Kraken moved to 2-0 in the season series as the Jets noted Hadyn Fleury’s IR placement with concussion protocol.