Seth Jarvis of the Carolina Hurricanes grew up in Winnipeg, dreaming the dream: playing in the NHL for the hometown Jets, possibly scoring a hat trick one day for the Jets, seeing hats fly on the ice.
“Definitely,” Jarvis said Friday. “But it almost feels better doing it against them.”
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Jarvis, quickly becoming the Hurricanes’ most productive offensive player, came up big with three goals in a 5-1 victory over Winnipeg at the Lenovo Center that ended a two-game losing streak.
The Canes (15-7-2), again playing without captain Jordan Staal, and the Jets were caught up in a 1-1 game after two periods as the two goalies staged a top-that kind of duel — Brandon Bussi of the Hurricanes and the Jets’ Thomas Milic, a rookie making his NHL debut.
Jarvis scored in the first, taking a terrific pass from Shayne Gostisbehere in the left circle and beating Milic, but Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele picked off an Andrei Svechnikov pass in the second and beat Bussi on a breakaway for a 1-1 tie.
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Carolina Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis celebrates a goal with the bench during the first period against the Winnipeg Jets at Lenovo Center on Nov. 28, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
But the Canes ignited in the third. Jordan Martinook and then Jarvis scored 47 seconds apart for a 3-1 lead, Martinook with a quick release and shot from the right circle, and then Jarvis getting his second after some sharp passing from Svechnikov and then K’Andre Miller setting up Jarvis in the slot.
The Jets pulled Milic for sixth attacker with 2:28 to play in regulation, and Svechnikov got the puck out of the Carolina end to Jarvis. His third goal, off a backhander with 1:03 to play, gave him a second career hat trick and had the Jets’ Josh Morrissey angrily slamming his stick against the cage. The Canes had beaten the Jets for the second time in a week, handing Winnipeg (12-11-0) a fourth straight regulation loss.
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Defenseman Alexander Nikishin added a final Canes goal with 23 seconds to play.
Jarvis now has 15 goals in 24 games, putting the winger on pace — for now — for a 50-goal season. He is the first to score 15 in the first 24 games since Eric Staal in 2005-06, Carolina’s Stanley Cup championship season.
A fan holds up a sign in support of Seth Jarvis of the Carolina Hurricanes during the game between the Winnipeg Jets and the Carolina Hurricanes at the Lenovo Center on Nov. 28, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Jarvis did not score his 15th last season until the 46th game. Why so good this season?
“I’ve just been focused on shooting pucks more, and putting pucks to the net,” he said. “I think my confidence hasn’t really wavered, and I believe every shot should go in. It’s been that way all season and hopefully that continues.”
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The Jets could have drafted the hometown kid in 2020 with the 10th overall pick, but took forward Cole Perfetti. Jarvis went 10 picks later, and has shown steady progression in his development with the Canes, scoring 33 goals in 2023-24 and then 32 last season, ending both with 67 points.
“When he gets an opportunity, he has a great shot, we know,” Canes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “Becoming a little more selfish with the puck around the net, I think, is his outlook right now. Obviously, he was good tonight.”
Hurricanes goalie Brandon Bussi tracks the puck as Jonathan Toews (19) of the Winnipeg Jets tries for a shot on goal during the third period at Lenovo Center on Nov. 28, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
So were Bussi and Milic. Bussi faced just 13 shots in the game but had Canes fans chanting “Bus-si, Bus-si” after some of his stops, his biggest on Kyle Connor’s shorthanded chance in the third.
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“The play of the game,” Brind’Amour said.
Bussi also got some help from winger Jackson Blake on a Perfetti chance in tight in the third, Blake getting his stick on the loose puck in the crease.
Milic made several sparkling glove saves in facing 35 shots, only to be undone by the Canes’ surge in the final eight minutes of the third.
The mood was light in the Carolina locker room after the game, after seeing pucks go into the net. The Canes had 68 total shots in a 4-1 loss at Buffalo and then the 4-2 loss Wednesday that started the seven-game homestand.
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“It alleviates a lot of stress,” Brind’Amour said. “We’ve been playing well. Hit a few posts tonight. It’s easy to get discouraged when it’s not working, but they stuck with it and got rewarded tonight, finally.”