Kyle Connor scores 47th, Jets rally for win over Kraken

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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 on Sunday.

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. "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."

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Kyle Connor #81 of the Winnipeg Jets takes a shot on goal during first period action against the Calgary Flames at the Canada Life Centre on April 29, 2022 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images)

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. "Those are the pieces we will take. We will start to dig in, re-evaluate things, and that process starts (Monday)."

The game was rescheduled following a storm in Winnipeg last month. It was the only one on the schedule and came two days after the rest of the league wrapped up the regular season.

The Jets had