SEATTLE — Nikolaj Ehlers scored 1:26 into overtime and the Winnipeg Jets remained unbeaten this season with a 4-3 win over the Seattle Kraken.
Nino Niederreiter had two goals for Winnipeg, Gabriel Vilardi scored one and Connor Hellebuyck had 29 saves as the Jets improved to 7-0.
Matty Beniers had two goals and an assist for Seattle.
Beniers scored first at 11:27 of the first period to put the Kraken ahead 1-0. Seattle’s lead disappeared in the second period, when Niederreiter tied it with a goal at 3:56.
Vilardi put one past Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord at 15:05 of the second to give the Jets a 2-1 lead.
Niederreiter scored again just over four minutes into the third period to put the Jets ahead by two.
Jordan Eberle made it a one-score game with 9:58 left with his sixth goal in Seattle’s first eight games, and Beniers tapped in his second with 3:22 remaining to tie it at 3-3.
Daccord finished with 32 saves.
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