WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Kyle Connor scored his 47th goal of the season at 9:05 of the third period to rally the Winnipeg Jets to a season-ending 4-3 win over the Seattle Kraken.
Morgan Barron, Blake Wheeler and Dominic Toninato also scored for Winnipeg (39-32-11), which missed the playoffs but finished the season with a perfect four-game homestand. Eric Comrie made 27 saves.
“We can no longer call ourselves contenders,” Wheeler said according to AP. “I think we are one of those teams that is a fringe playoff team now.
“It´s up to everyone involved to look in the mirror and say, `Why? Why did we get to where we´re at?´ Like I said, first and foremost, it´s our responsibility as players to bring that type, that quality of play to the ice that we have a chance to contend and compete for a championship.”
Alex Wennberg had a goal and an assist for Seattle (27-49-6), and Daniel Sprong and Riley Sheahan also scored. Chris Driedger stopped 23 shots.
“There´s a lot of pieces to our game that we´ve really liked over the stretch here coming down the last two months,” Seattle head coach Dave Hakstol said.
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