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,

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.

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.

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.

Oliver Bjorkstrand sparked Seattle, which was winless in its previous four games (0-3-1), with a rare fight and later scored the go-ahead goal. Ryker Evans, Andre Burakovsky and Brandon Tanev also tallied, and Chandler Stephenson, Josh Mahura and Jared ...

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 ...

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 ... 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.

Alex Ovechkin scored his 875th career goal, an empty-netter with 3:28 remaining, as the streaking Washington Capitals defeated the host Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Thursday. Ovechkin logged his 22nd goal in 32 games this season -- he missed 16 games with a broken leg -- as he chases Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 career goals.

With the Capitals in town Thursday night, Kraken fans get an up-close view of Alex Ovechkin as he closes in on Wayne Gretzky's record for goals scored.