{"id":587294,"date":"2026-04-07T04:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/587294\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T04:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:25:12","slug":"kyle-connor-scores-twice-as-winnipeg-jets-roll-past-seattle-kraken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/587294\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Connor scores twice as Winnipeg Jets roll past Seattle Kraken"},"content":{"rendered":"

WINNIPEG \u2014 Kyle Connor<\/a> scored twice while Jonathan Toews<\/a> and Gabriel Vilardi<\/a> had a goal and an assist each to lead the Winnipeg Jets<\/a> to a 6-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Brad Lambert<\/a> and Vladislav Namestnikov<\/a>, into an empty net, also scored for the Jets (34-31-12), who have collected points in seven of their last nine games (6-2-1).<\/p>\n

Mark Scheifele<\/a> registered three assists, while Josh Morrissey<\/a> provided a pair.<\/p>\n

Connor Hellebuyck<\/a> made 22 saves for the win at Canada Life Centre.<\/p>\n

Jordan Eberle<\/a> and Jared McCann<\/a> replied for the Kraken (32-33-11), who extended their losing streak to five games and have lost nine of their last 10 (1-7-2).<\/p>\n

Seattle starting goaltender Philipp Grubauer<\/a> left the game with an undisclosed injury in the second period after allowing three goals on 15 shots. Joey Daccord<\/a> entered in relief and made 10 saves.<\/p>\n

The Kraken opened the scoring at 9:17 of the first period when Eberle netted his team-leading 25th of the season, marking the fourth consecutive game Winnipeg has surrendered the opening goal.<\/p>\n

The Jets responded on the man advantage at 12:39 when Toews, who was moved back to the top power-play unit in Sunday\u2019s practice, put in his 10th of the campaign to tie the game.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg took control in the second period with a pair of power-play markers. Vilardi gave the Jets their first lead at 9:55, followed by Connor\u2019s team-leading 37th goal of the season at 12:09.<\/p>\n

Seattle cut the deficit to 3-2 at 2:28 of the third period on a goal by McCann. The assist went to Kaapo Kakko<\/a>, extending his point streak to three games.<\/p>\n

Lambert restored the two-goal cushion at 5:59 of the final frame to seal the win, with Connor and Namestnikov adding insurance markers.<\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Jets: Winnipeg\u2019s special teams dominated the matchup, as the club scored three times on the power play for the first time all season.<\/p>\n

Kraken: The loss dealt a devastating blow to Seattle\u2019s bid for a playoff spot, costing the club an opportunity to close the gap in the highly competitive Western Conference wild-card race.<\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n

With Seattle seizing momentum after cutting the lead to one early in the third period, Lambert fired home his third goal of the season to make it 4-2. Lambert celebrated the insurance marker right in front of the Kraken bench and his uncle, Seattle head coach Lane Lambert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

KEY STAT<\/p>\n

Scheifele registered his 900th career NHL point with his secondary assist on Connor\u2019s second-period goal.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Jets: Visit the St. Louis Blues<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Kraken: Visit the Minnesota Wild<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 6, 2026.<\/p>\n

Jeff Hamilton, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG \u2014 Kyle Connor scored twice while Jonathan Toews and Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,82,22073],"class_list":["post-587294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}