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Kraken Fall 5-3 Against Winnipeg - Game Recap

The Kraken came up short Thursday against the Jets, falling 5-3.

Winnipeg was favored by -129 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Kyle Connor, Blake Wheeler, Dominic Toninato, Pierre-Luc Dubois, and Josh Morrissey each scored for the Jets in the victory. Toninato opened the scoring for Winnipeg.

Eric Comrie stopped 20 of 23 Seattle shots in the victory.

Jordan Eberle, Vince Dunn, and Marcus Johansson scored for the Kraken, finding the net behind Eric Comrie.

Philipp Grubauer stopped 24 of 28 shots for the Kraken, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Winnipeg went 0-for-3, while the Kraken were 1-for-2 with the man advantage.

Seattle lost the shots on goal battle to Winnipeg by a margin of 29-23.

Winnipeg heads into a battle against the Oilers. Seattle, meanwhile, will have their next action against Calgary.