WINNIPEG -- Dylan DeMelo broke a tie with 27 seconds remaining, and the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Seattle Kraken 2-1 at Canada Life Centre on Thursday. DeMelo, who was playing in his 600th NHL game, scored with a wrist shot when Nikolaj Ehlers found him toward the high slot.

It was a bad night for Seattle to be missing a top penalty killer. Winger Brandon Tanev was ruled out due to illness. Tye Kartye, who was scratched in favor of John Hayden during the Kraken’s last game in Pittsburgh, went back in for Tanev.

First Period_1, Seattle, Beniers 9 (Kakko, Schwartz), 8:12. Second Period_2, Winnipeg, Scheifele 27 (Connor, Morrissey), 9:35 (pp).

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The Seattle Kraken will close out their first road trip of 2025 with a highly anticipated matchup against the Winnipeg Jets Thursday night, marking the second of three meetings between the two teams this season.

Dylan DeMelo scored with 27 seconds left to play to give the Winnipeg Jets a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken.

The Winnipeg Jets have really started to cook on this season-long eight-game homestand, going 3-0-1 after a midding 0-1-1 start. They’ll try to keep the good times rolling on Thursday night as they host a Seattle Kraken team that has spent the past week in enemy territory, going 2-2-0 so far on a five-game trip that is about to come to an end.

Dylan DeMelo scored with 27 seconds remaining in the third period as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 2-1 Thursday night to remain tied with Washington for first place in the NHL's overall standings.

The two clubs will renew hostilities after the Jets knocked off Seattle near the start of the season 4-3 on a Nikolaj Ehlers overtime winner. Winnipeg has remained atop the NHL standings, while Seattle enters play in the 28th spot.