After their emotional victory over the Dallas Stars, the Winnipeg Jets needed to re-focus as they started a 3 recreation highway journey with a match in opposition to the Seattle Kraken. Would the True Northers put up one other gem of a recreation or will there be a let up after the assertion win over the Stars??? Lets discover out….
GAME RECAP
When the puck dropped to start out the sport, each squads started with good tenacity & velocity to make the opening 5 minutes pretty even. Then former Seattle Kraken Brandon Tanev lit up Shane Wright with an enormous bodycheck, which brought on a little bit of a ruckus afterwards and resulted in each the Kraken gamers & followers turning into extra concerned within the recreation. Issues continued to get fascinating when Matthew Beniers & Dylan DeMelo tumbled into goalie Eric Comrie, sending him flying into the web and getting him flagged for a concussion protocol evaluation. Enter Connor Hellebuyck. Shortly after, a Winnipeg penalty despatched Seattle to their first powerplay of the competition and when the Jets’ PKers overcommitted to battle within the nook, the Kraken capitalized when a move slipped previous the defender to permit an enormous 1 timer that Hellebuyck couldn’t cease. SEA 1-0. With momentum firmly on their facet, Seattle continued to push and get the higher of the scoring probabilities. Winnipeg acquired some excellent news when tender Comrie was cleared to renew play, sending Bucky again to the bench for the rest of the match. The Kraken had been rewarded once more for his or her efforts late within the first when former Jet Mikey Eyssimont broke in on Comrie and beat him excessive on the glove facet. SEA 2-0. Issues had been wanting fairly bleak for Winnipeg as the sport entered the ultimate minute of the first, however a dump in to the offensive zone noticed Vladislav Namestnikov win the battle for the puck. The Russian middle was capable of feed the puck again to the purpose, the place Dylan Samberg despatched a shot by way of the visitors in entrance, inflicting a juicy rebound for Cole Perfetti to bang in to re-ignite Winnipeg’s hopes. SEA 2-1.
The Jets performed a extra typical model of recreation within the 2nd interval, ensuing within the shot probabilities on each goaltenders being restricted (6-5 WPG). But there have been nonetheless sufficient defensive miscues by Seattle & Winnipeg to maintain the goaltenders on their toes. Simply previous the halfway level of the center body, Morgan Barron intercepted a move deep within the Jets’ finish after which had the presence of thoughts to spin to make a protracted stretch move to spring Kyle Connor on a rush the opposite means. Connor did what Connor does, as he walked proper in earlier than sniping a shot from the low slot and tying up the sport. TIE 2-2.
The third interval noticed Winnipeg management the shot depend (11-6), but that didn’t imply that the Jets’ Comrie didn’t must make some stellar stops to maintain the sport knotted. The True Northers additionally had some seems to attain the sport winner, however Seattle’s Joey Daccord was additionally taking part in extraordinarily effectively. The NHL’s prime powerplay lastly acquired some alternatives within the remaining interval, however the Kraken’s lower than spectacular penalty killers didn’t play that means and brought on points with aggressive puck pursuit whereas down a person. The “prick” Perfetti continues to impress the followers, because the little winger threw a bodycheck on two Seattle gamers on the similar time along with his finest Dustin Byfuglien impersonation. In the long run, neither staff might break the impasse earlier than the horn sounded, so off to OT we went.
Seattle received the opening face-off and managed the puck for the opening minute, but Winnipeg’s defenders stored the assault to the perimeter till the Jets regained possession. Namestnikov was capable of skate the puck by way of the impartial zone earlier than passing off to Perfetti on the correct wing. Younger Cole discovered himself on a 2 on 1 along with his roommate Samberg speeding to the far publish and was capable of thread the puck by way of to permit the American defender the chance to attain the sport winner.
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FINAL SCORE: WINNIPEG JETS 3 SEATTLE KRAKEN 2 (OT)
FINAL STATS
Pictures: 26-21 WPG / Hits: 37-21 WPG / Face-Offs: 50.0% TIE / x Targets: 3.34 SEA – 3.07 WPG /
MoneyPuck’s Should Win: 51.5% SEA / Excessive-Medium Hazard Scoring Probabilities: 13 to 12 WPG
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SCORING SUMMARY from ESPN
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SHOT CHART from MoneyPuck
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ADVANCED SKATER STATS from MoneyPuck
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GOALIE STATS from ESPN & MoneyPuck
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If you want to dive deeper into the sport’s stats, comply with the hyperlinks beneath to the sport pages:
MoneyPuck: Winnipeg Jets vs. Seattle Kraken – Sunday March 16 2025 – MoneyPuck.com
NaturalStatTrick: Winnipeg Jets @ Seattle Kraken, 2025-03-16
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BOJA’s Observations:
- Operating a bit late, so the observations might be brief. The Winnipeg Jets’ magic quantity is now at 10.5 with their OT win and the Dallas Stars’ OT loss.
- Man, I ponder if all these followers that had been calling for Cole Perfetti to be traded are regretting their takes? 5 factors in his final 5 video games and actually succeeding along with his new gritty perspective.
- Eric Comrie performed very effectively, though he took a giant knock to the noggin. Stopping 14 of 15 pictures (.933%) doesn’t sound that spectacular, however a few of the restricted pictures in opposition to had been from prime scoring places. His +1.15 Targets Saved Above Anticipated score helps for example that.
- My love for the play of Dylan Samberg continues to develop. All the time a plus in his personal finish, the massive defenseman is discovering how one can get entangled extra offensively currently and that’s simply including {dollars} to his upcoming contract. Get it performed Chevy….lock this man up for 8 years!!
- The duo of Samberg & Luke Schenn had been wonderful in opposition to the Kraken (82.2% xG). Schenn was additionally tied for the staff lead in hits (4) with Mason Appleton, Nino Niederreiter, & Dylan DeMelo. For the third straight contest, Winnipeg has critically out-hit the opposition….coincidentally one thing that started with the acquisition of Schenn on the commerce deadline.
Nicely, it was removed from an ideal recreation, however it was good to see the Winnipeg Jets keep within the battle and finally persevere to get the win. Our squad now has a journey day as they head off to British Columbia for his or her subsequent contest.
UP NEXT: Winnipeg Jets @ Vancouver Canucks – Tuesday, March 18th @ 9:00 pm CST
