The five-game win streak for the Winnipeg Jets is over.
Facing a Seattle team at the end of a six-game road trip, the Jets were unable to solve the Kraken’s defensive scheme, falling 3-0 Thursday night at the Canada Life Centre.
While neither team was able to generate a lot of quality chances, the Kraken scored early in the second period and tacked on a pair of empty net goals for the three-goal win after losing their previous five consecutive meetings against Winnipeg.
The Jets found their legs in the final frame and threw 13 shots on goal, but Joey Daccord recorded his sixth career shutout as the Jets were blanked for the first time this season.
“You’re not going to tic-tac-toe your way around a team like that, that is taking away the middle of the ice,” said Jets head coach Scott Arniel. “In the second period, I thought that’s what we were trying to do – too cute. But I liked our first. I thought our first we broke out of our zone real well against a good forechecking team, we got out of there.
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“The third period I thought it was better. There was some real good looks. There was some chances that I thought the puck was going in the net and it found a way to stay out.”
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Jaden Schwartz scored twice for the Kraken in the victory, and he also added one assist.
The loss drops the Jets to 5-2 on the season and 2-2 on home ice.
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The Kraken were able to cool off the red-hot Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor. Scheifele had both his six-game point-streak and five-game goal streak halted, while Connor’s six-game point-streak also ended in the defeat.
“The second period we got a little discombobulated,” said Connor. “Not on the same page a lot of times. Great push in the third, tip your cap sometimes to the other team and the way they played ‘D’ and the goalie, yeah, not for a lack of chances.”
The Jets were held to only eight shots on goal in the middle stanza.
“I thought they kept us to the outside pretty good,” said Jets defenceman Neal Pionk. “We didn’t have a ton of grade-A chances, we had a few. Like I said, we didn’t get a lot of bounces.
“I think they limited second chances. We had a lot of first opportunities, and the rebounds just weren’t there tonight and we didn’t get a few bounces, so, overall, it wasn’t a horrible game, but we’ll get back at it tomorrow.”
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Despite the loss, the Jets have only surrendered nine goals in the last six games with the goalie in the net.
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Neither side found the back of the net in a mostly uneventful first period. Winnipeg had the best chance in the dying seconds when a point shot deflected off the crossbar and landed in the crease. Gabriel Vilardi swiped at the loose puck but was unable to make contact before it was swept away to safety.
Seattle opened the scoring early in the second. Adam Larsson came off the bench and kept the puck in at the point, sliding it down to Shane Wright. He took a shot through traffic that Connor Hellebuyck stopped but there was a big rebound that went right to the stick of Schwartz for an easy put-back at the 2:28 mark.
It stayed that way for most of the rest of the game, though Winnipeg started to push hard midway through the third period. They spent several minutes in the Seattle end but were unable to get one past Daccord.
Winnipeg pulled Hellebuyck for an extra attacker with just under two minutes left, but off an offensive-zone faceoff, the puck went back to Josh Morrissey who blew a tire, giving Schwartz an open lane to skate the puck into the empty net.
The Jets pulled Hellebuyck again but once against Seattle found free ice for an easy empty-netter, this one going to captain Jordan Eberle.
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Winnipeg managed to outshoot the Kraken 32-28 but Daccord stopped every shot he faced while Hellebuyck turned aside 25 shots in defeat.
The Jets will try to start a new win streak Friday night at home against Calgary. Pregame coverage starts at 5 p.m. on 680 CJOB with the puck dropping just after 7.
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