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WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets extended their point streak to four games (3-0-1) after they beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-1 on Tuesday night. Winnipeg has gone 3-1-2 so far on their season long eight-game homestand. The Jets next face the Seattle Kraken at the Canada Life Centre for a Thursday night tilt.

Seattle is closing out a five-game road trip and won their last game 4-2 in Pittsburgh. They added Kaapo Kakko back in December in a trade with the Rangers and already have Stanley Cup winner Brandon Montour, a free agent signing in the offseason.

“They've got speed, they get on you. They move the puck up quick, and they got some really good skill guys that can shoot the puck and make you pay. They made some acquisitions there in the offseason, some guys that have won, that winning DNA,” said Dylan DeMelo.

“Good players, quality players, so they're a good team, top to bottom, we're going to have to be good tonight.”

DeMelo will be playing in his 600th game in the NHL tonight.

“When you look back, in a blink of an eye it went by pretty fast,” said DeMelo.

“Six hundred’s pretty cool, pretty happy about that. Hopefully I can play 600 more.”

Don't forget to watch the pregame show "The Check In" at 12:30 CT.

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It looks like there will be no change to the lineup from Tuesday’s dominant 6-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Connor Hellebuyck will start in goal looking to add to his league leading win totals.

Vladislav Namestnikov and Mason Appleton skated before their teammates today and could be at practice as soon as Friday. Without Namestnikov, Scott Arniel has had to juggle his lines. His third line of Rasmus Kupari, Nino Niederreiter and Cole Perfetti was particularly effective combining for five points against the Canucks.

“Fun line to be on. Just try to do my thing, skate, work hard,” said Kupari, who will play in his 200th NHL game tonight.

“Obviously, Nino, big body, can protect the puck and make plays. Fetts, really skilled, can skate, can shoot, can score. So I think it’s a good combination of all the different things.”

The Jets scored another power play goal on Tuesday against the Canucks, and they remain first in the league in that department. They have been so good with the man advantage, teams are starting to focus on not taking penalties.

“We’re always focused on our five-on-five game because it’s a bigger-picture piece of our team. But we talk about it in our power play meetings, that the guys that are in there are largely our possession players and it is upon them to attack nets, attack the inside, hang onto puck and force the defender into a situation where he has to take a penalty to keep you from scoring,” said Jets assistant coach Davis Payne.

“If we get certain games where we’re stuck on the outside, a lot can be said for another team being disciplined, but at the same time, we look at it and are saying, ‘can we do more to force them into situations where a penalty might be their only answer?’”

The Jets are 4-1-0 against the Kraken in Winnipeg. Four of the past five meetings have been decided by one goal.