Joey Daccord of the Seattle Kraken makes a save against the Winnipeg Jets during the first period at Climate Pledge Arena. The Jets won 3-0 on March 8, 2024 in Seattle, Wash.Laurent Brossoit made 17 saves for his first shutout of the season, Mark Scheifele scored his 19th goal 7:15 into the third period and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Friday night.
Adam Lowry scored with 8:32 left to give Winnipeg a 2-0 lead and the Jets pulled even with Dallas and Colorado at the top of the Central Division. Nikolaj Ehlers scored an empty-netter with 49 seconds left. Brossoit posted his fourth career shutout and his first since February 2022 while playing for Vegas and was rarely tested. Tomas Tatar had Seattle’s two best scoring chances, hitting the post in the second period and sending a backhand wide early in the third.Scheifele finally broke through after more than two periods with limited chances for both sides.
The win concluded a busy day for the Jets, who added Tyler Toffoli and Colin Miller from New Jersey in separate deals ahead of the trade deadline. The loss was a deflating missed opportunity for Seattle to make up ground in the Western Conference playoff chase. The Kraken started the night six points behind Vegas with two games against the Golden Knights over the next two weeks.Seattle was without defenceman Vince Dunn for the second straight game after an ugly hit from Calgary’s Martin Pospisil that drew a three-game suspension.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: TSN_Sports - 🏆 80. / 51 Read more »
Source: SooToday - 🏆 8. / 85 Read more »
Source: PGCitizen - 🏆 65. / 51 Read more »
Source: TSN_Sports - 🏆 80. / 51 Read more »
Source: TSN_Sports - 🏆 80. / 51 Read more »
Source: TSN_Sports - 🏆 80. / 51 Read more »