Surely after a huge win in Vancouver the other night, you’d think the Winnipeg Jets would build off that momentum following a horrendous start to their season-long six-game road trip. Well, they didn’t. Instead, they fell 5-3 to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night in a defensive disaster, dropping to 1-4-0 on the trip.

Alex Iafallo opened the scoring in the first period, tallying his second goal in as many games. He drove the net hard, Adam Lowry fired a puck into the blue paint, and Iafallo tapped it home, a perfect example of why you crash the crease.

Seattle responded with Kaapo Kakko’s first goal of the season. Jaden Schwartz tossed the puck on net and Kakko executed a smooth deflection that beat Connor Hellebuyck.

Early in the second, Mark Scheifele was left completely unchecked, broke in alone on a breakaway, and made no mistake beating Philipp Grubauer to restore Winnipeg’s lead.

Vince Dunn tied the game 2-2 shortly after, but Kyle Connor answered late in the frame with a power-play goal, his first on the man advantage since Dec. 23, 2024, in Toronto, putting the Jets up 3-2 heading into the third.

The final period, however, was all Seattle. Eeli Tolvanen ripped home a one-timer on the power play to make it 3-3 less than five minutes in. Then Jordan Eberle buried his sixth of the season after Matty Beniers found him wide open backdoor to give the Kraken their first lead of the night.

Eberle sealed it with an empty-netter for his second of the game, securing Seattle’s 5-3 victory.

It was an ugly night defensively for Winnipeg. Dylan DeMelo struggled, finding himself out of position far too often, and Hellebuyck wasn’t sharp either, turning aside just 13 of 17 shots for a rough .765 save percentage.

The Jets will close out the trip Saturday in Calgary against the Flames. Puck drop is at 9:00 p.m. CST on Sportsnet.