Jets Split Home-And-Home With Kraken, Taking 3-0 Decision At CPA

On a day when Jordan Eberle (pictured above) was signed to a contract extension, breathing life into the Seattle Kraken's flickering playoff hopes, the visiting Winnipeg Jets may have snuffed them out.

Following two periods of lots of skating with no goals to show for it, the Jets broke through on a Mark Scheifele marker in the 48th minute.

Winnipeg would add two more for a 3-0 final, but hardly needed to, because a Kraken pushback never materialized.

Seattle mustered just 17 shots on goal on a listless evening at Climate Pledge Arena.

Jets fans at CPA, who started the night with a "True North!" yell during the Canadian National Anthem, ended it with chants of "Go Jets Go." Kraken fans weren't given any reasons on this evening to raise their voices.

1st Period

Top-pair Kraken defenseman Vince Dunn is missing his second game since getting plastered head-first into the glass by Calgary's Martin Pospisil on Monday.

Brian Dumoulin slots in alongside Adam Larsson; Ryker Evans pairs with Justin Schultz.

Joey Daccord, whose heroic last-second save preserved Seattle's 4-3 victory in Winnipeg Tuesday, returns to the Seattle net. However, his opposite number in the game north of the border, Connor Hellebuyck, reportedly is suffering from the flu which has affected his entire team this week.

Hellebuyck isn't on the Jets' bench. Laurent Brossoit goes between the pipes for the visitors.

Winnipeg's Dylan Samberg makes the game's first - and so far only - big play, intercepting a pass to break up a Seattle 3-on-1.

Both teams skate hard, pass the puck, make line changes and stay hydrated. But darned if there's anything else to write about. Shots are 9-8 Jets after 20 minutes, with none crossing the goal line.

2nd Period

Off the rush, Matty Beniers feeds Tomas Tatar flying down the left wing. Tatar's shot beats Brossoit but hits the crossbar.

Winnipeg gets its first good looks. Josh Morrissey just misses a redirect, then Daccord makes his best save on Mark Scheifele. Later, he fights off Brendan Dillon's high, hard drive.

Seattle will play the rest of the game with forward Jaden Schwartz, out with an upper-body injury. He played just 3:09 of the 1st period.

The 2nd period is over. You know what they say about, "Take a friend to one in-person hockey game and they'll fall in love with the sport"? That's absolutely true - except maybe for this game.

Goals remain zero-zero. Shots were 9-4 Jets in the period, 18-12 after two periods. Faceoffs are 50% each. Hits are even, too - 14-13 Jets. Seattle leads in shot attempts, 35-30.

3rd Period

Since it's Women In Hockey Night at CPA, and not much has been going on between the Kraken and Jets, what say we check in on the PWHL.

Now let's see if the men can match that in the 3rd period.

Daccord keeps his blocker tight against the post. Good thing, too, because Morrissey fires right into the equipment.

We have a goal. Scheifele works his way behind the Seattle defense, takes a pass, and puts the lead goal behind Daccord. 1-0 'Peg at 7:15 on the center's 19th goal.

A Tanev has scored tonight, too. Unfortunately, it's new Dallas Star Chris Tanev, Brandon's brother.

A partial breakaway for Andre Burakovsky, who scored the game-winning power play goal in Winnipeg.

Scheifele, who apparently wants to hog the 3rd period stat sheet, dives and swipes his stick at Burakovsky. All he gets is Burakovsky's skates, knocking him off balance and into a collision with goalie Brossoit, who had made a blocker save.

Scheifele is called for tripping, sending Seattle to the game's first power play. One SOG with the extra man, but no tying goal.

Seattle's hole gets doubly deep at 11:28. Adam Lowry, Winnipeg captain and son of Kraken assistant coach Dave, scores for the second consecutive game against Dad's team.

The Jets' Kyle Connor hits the post behind Daccord with 5:31 left.

Since the start of the 2nd period, shots are 22-9 Winnipeg. An empty-netter adds to the Kraken misery, which they're eventually put out of by the final horn.

Winnipeg wins 3-0, the lopsided final shots on goal are 32-17, and the visitors snag all three stars at an opponent's rink.