Dylan DeMelo's last-minute goal lifts Winnipeg Jets to 2-1 win over Seattle Kraken
Hellebuyck makes 18 saves, as Jets extend points streak to 5 games
Dylan DeMelo scored with 27 seconds left in regulation to give the Winnipeg Jets a hard-earned 2-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday.
Mark Scheifele scored a power-play goal for Winnipeg (31-12-3) and Matty Beniers replied for Seattle (19-24-3).
Winnipeg's goalie Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves and his Seattle counterpart Joey Daccord stopped 34 shots at Canada Life Centre.
The Jets stretched their point streak to five games (4-0-1) and improved to 8-2-2 in their last 12 to remain atop the Western Conference standings.
The Kraken capped a 2-3 road trip while Winnipeg played the seventh of an eight-game homestand.
The Jets trailed by a goal when Scheifele's power-play goal drew the hosts even at 9:35 of the second period.
With Jamie Oleksiak off for interference, Scheifele whipped a Kyle Connor rebound past Daccord.
Hellebuyck kept it a 1-1 game when he stopped Andre Burakovsky on a breakaway late in the second.
Beniers opened the scoring midway through the opening period when he converted a perfect pass from Kaapo Kakko on Hellebuyck's doorstep.
Takeaways
Jets: Outplayed in the opening period, Winnipeg came alive in the second, outshooting Seattle 20-8 and scoring a power-play goal to knot the score 1-1 heading into the third period. They continued the barrage of shots, finally beating Daccord again with DeMelo's heroics.
Kraken: Showed no signs of fatigue in the last of a five-game road trip. The Kraken were all over the Jets in the first period when they scored first and outshot Winnipeg 11-8. But the Jets kept putting the pressure on in the last two periods.
Key moment
DeMelo's goal was set up by Nikolaj Ehlers.
Key stat
The Jets outshot Seattle 36-19.
Up next
The Jets host the Calgary Flames on Saturday in the last game of their longest homestand of the season.
The Kraken return home for a matchup with the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.