Early look The full preview opens on Friday 26 February, three days before puck drop, with the expected goalies, the latest team news and game-day prices. Until then this page shows the matchup as it stands.
Early look · NHL 2026-27

Seattle Kraken at Winnipeg Jets: game preview

Puck drop1 Mar · 7:00 PM ET
VenueCanada Life Centre
All-time meetings15 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Three points apart last season

Seattle finished last season 27th in the league on 79 points. Winnipeg finished 26th on 82.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 16

Across 15 completed games, Winnipeg lead the head-to-head 11-4-0.

All-time record11-4-0Winnipeg's record in the series
Meetings played15This is number 16
2025-26 series—
Last 53-2Winnipeg
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
6 Apr 2026SEA 2 – WPG 6——WPG
13 Nov 2025WPG 3 – SEA 5——SEA
23 Oct 2025SEA 3 – WPG 0——SEA
16 Mar 2025WPG 3 – SEA 2 OT——WPG
16 Jan 2025SEA 1 – WPG 2——WPG
Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateSeattleWinnipeg
23 Oct 20254-2-2 · 10 pts12th5-2-0 · 10 pts8th
13 Nov 20258-4-5 · 21 pts11th10-7-0 · 20 pts12th
6 Apr 202632-33-11 · 75 pts28th34-31-12 · 80 pts24th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 23 Oct 2025, Seattle were 12th in the league and Winnipeg 8th. By 6 Apr 2026 it was 28th and 24th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Winnipeg out-attempted Seattle 178 to 157

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Seattle Kraken

157 att · 70 on goal · 10 G · 14.3%
Crease11 att · 2 G
Slot60 att · 3 G
Wing51 att · 5 G
Point31 att · 0 G
Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

Winnipeg Jets

178 att · 89 on goal · 9 G · 10.1%
Crease8 att · 2 G
Slot53 att · 2 G
Wing69 att · 4 G
Point46 att · 0 G
Neutral zone2 att · 1 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Winnipeg have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

SeattleWinnipeg
2.60xG for per game3.37
3.14xG against per game3.37
45.3%xG share50.0%
+4.6FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.1
+1.6GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+2.1

This season: 4 games for Seattle, 3 for Winnipeg. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →


Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Seattle

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2725.0%
Power play · 2025-2619.5% · 20th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2772.7%
Penalty kill · 2025-2672.2% · 31st
Faceoffs · 2026-2749.6% · 121/244
Drawn · 2026-2712 (3.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2711 (2.75/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Winnipeg

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.5% · 24th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2788.9%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 21st
Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 79/177
Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-279 (3.00/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
19Jared McCann41451.25
7Jordan Eberle42241.00
81Kyle Connor33251.67
91Cole Perfetti32351.67
17Adam Lowry31231.00
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
29Vince Dunn41341.00
62Brandon Montour40220.50
41Ryker Evans40220.50
44Josh Morrissey30331.00
2Dylan DeMelo31120.67
38Mario Ferraro31010.33
Defencemen stats

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 27 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 27 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Seattle crease

SEA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 26 Feb

Joey Daccord.9113 GP · 2-1-0 · GSAx +1.0
Philipp Grubauer.9062 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx +1.1

No appearances against Winnipeg in the last meetings.

Winnipeg crease

WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 26 Feb

Stuart Skinner.9092 GP · 1-0-1 · GSAx +1.1
Clay Stevenson.9381 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.0

No appearances against Seattle in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.0 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

6 Apr 20268 · SEA 2–6 WPG
13 Nov 20258 · WPG 3–5 SEA
23 Oct 20253 · SEA 3–0 WPG
16 Mar 20255 · WPG 3–2 SEA
16 Jan 20253 · SEA 1–2 WPG

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Seattle3.752.752.763.21
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.0Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings5.4Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

7 on the injury lists

Seattle · injuries

Jacob MelansonUpper BodyIRReturn17 Oct
Jake O'BrienLower BodyIRReturn24 Oct
Ryan LindgrenUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn9 Oct

Winnipeg · injuries

Connor HellebuyckSuspensionIRReturn17 Oct
Elias SalomonssonShoulderIRReturn15 Oct
Garrett BrownLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct
Walker DuehrLower BodyIRReturn17 Oct
3 Oct · SEA

Activated RW/C Mackie Samoskevich from injured reserve. Placed RW Jacob Melanson on injured reserve.

27 Sep · SEA

Placed C Jake O'Brien and RW Mackie Samoskevich on injured reserve.

21 Sep · SEA

Placed F Jon-Randall Avon, F John Hayden, F Logan Morrison and G Victor Ostman on waivers.

10 Aug 2026 · WPG

Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.

15 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.

13 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.

Injury report
#7Chase ReidRound 1 · Sault Ste. MarieD
#38Casey MutrynRound 2 · Usa U-18RW
#99Viktor FedorovRound 4 · Torpedo-gorky NnC
#131Finn KearnsRound 5 · St. Andrews CollegeD
Full draft
#8Viggo BjorckRound 1 · DjurgardenC
#71Samuel HrenakRound 3 · FargoG
#116Zach WootenRound 4 · Green BayLW
#135Alexandre TailleferRound 5 · QuebecD
Full draft

Updated after every final