Washington’s five-game road trip continues on Thursday night when it visits Seattle to take on the Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena. The Caps carry a five-game winning streak into Thursday’s game, matching their longest streak of the season. Washington also owns an 11-game point streak (8-0-3) as it prepares to take on the Kraken.

It was the first of two meetings between the two teams and the lone matchup in Buffalo. The Kraken will host the Sabres on Monday, Jan. 20, at Climate Pledge Arena. Joey Daccord, back from a brief injury absence,

Seattle has a 7-1 record all-time against the Sabres and has outscored them, 40-24. And remember, this is a fourth-year franchise that has only made the playoffs once and isn't likely to get there this year either.

Jared McCann had a goal and two assists while John Hayden, Chandler Stephenson, Matty Beniers, Jamie Oleksiak and Adam Larsson also scored for Seattle. Ryker Evans tallied a pair of assists, and goalie Joey Daccord stopped 25 of 29 shots. The Sabres went 1-for-3 on the power play and killed one of two shorthanded situations.

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The Seattle Kraken scored five consecutive goals in a span of less than 14 minutes and added an empty-netter as they overcame an early deficit to embarrass the Sabres 6-2 on Saturday afternoon in KeyBank Center.

Dylan DeMelo scored with 27 seconds left in regulation to give the Winnipeg Jets a hard-earned 2-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday.

Matty Beniers scored in the first period for Seattle and Mark Scheifele scored a power-play goal for Winnipeg in the second period. Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves and Seattle's Joey Daccord stopped 34 shots.

Kaapo Kakko scored twice in the third period, Joey Daccord made 33 saves and the Seattle Kraken overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on Saturday. Oliver Bjorkstrand gave Seattle the lead on a scramble in front of the net at 3:08 of the third.

Matty Beniers scored in the first period for Seattle and Mark Scheifele scored ... Hellebuyck kept it a 1-1 game when he stopped Andre Burakovsky on a breakaway late in the second.

Andre Burakovsky, Ryker Evans and Brandon Tanev ... Buffalo Sabres right wing Alex Tuch (89) attempts to tip the puck past Seattle Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord, right, during the first period ...

Andre Burakovsky, Ryker Evans and Brandon Tanev ... pad and into the net off the glove of Sabres defenseman Jacob Bryson. Seattle is at Detroit on Sunday in the middle of a five-game trip.