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Tuesday Dec. 20
FINAL
STL 2 vs 5 SEA
Final Buzzer: Holiday Cheers
Kraken notch goals from five different goal scorers to outskate St. Louis.
Three-goal second period and bevy of Martin Jones timely saves gift-wrap satisfying win for fans
STL @ SEA
Extended highlights of the St. Louis Blues at the Seattle Kraken
the best way to spread holiday cheer is yelling THAT’S KRAKEN HOCKEY BABY for all to hear
“You did it! Congratulations! World’s best yeet! Great job, everybody!” -Buddy the elf
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken The Kraken took a commanding four-goal lead into the third period here Tuesday and could have made it 5-0 with a Brandon Tanev penalty shot. Instead, the St. Louis Blues, playing their second game in back-to-back nights, put a scare in the full-house holiday crowd with two goals in the first 11
minutes of the final period.
But with just over four minutes left, Tanev sealed the win with an empty-net goal. The cheeriest of holiday moods ensued. The Kraken are now 18-10-3 with 39 standings points.
you know the drill, hit the when you sea the puck Jones Paves the Path In a game seemingly dominated by Kraken goals on the twin video boards at Climate Pledge Arena, the through-line of this 5-2 victory belongs to goalie Martin Jones despite the late charge by the Blues. He lost a shutout in the third period, then gave up one more, but provided the steadying influence
needed for the Kraken to take a stranglehold on this matchup with a three-goal second-period outburst.
The veteran keeper faced a St. Louis power play just two minutes into the game. He made a couple of solid stops and survived clean when Blues forward Robert Thomas hit a post instead of net.
Within one shift, it was the Kraken embarking on an early power play. But the man-advantage scenario nearly turned horror show when Blues defenseman Justin Faulk broke in on Jones, who made the first save and a second later the rebound save to avoid letdown and any measure of St. Louis
momentum.
Jones turned away 12 Grade-A scoring chances (per Natural Stat Trick) in the first two periods. One highlight was stopping Blues forward Alexey Toropchenko early middle period to a roaring crowd and before Seattle doused this affair with three goals in the last 10 minutes of the period. Thirty seconds
after Carson Soucy made it 2-0 good guys, Jones stoned STL forward Noel Acciari on a point-blank snap shot.
"Jonesy was good for us," said coach Dave Hakstol post-game, "especially when he made a couple of real good saves on the inside for us after we took the 2-0 lead."
This week's victorious two-game homestand featured a highly functional goalie tandem for Seattle.
Philipp Grubauer looked equally dependable and game-preserving in Sunday's win over Winnipeg. The coaching staff is making the right calls on the right starter and, no doubt, goalie coach Steve Briere
is making an impact on the Kraken's record.
"I said it all year," said Hakstol when asked about the two goalies currently both dialed in. "These guys have to do their part. Jonesy did his part tonight just like Grubi did a couple nights ago."
Tanev Scores Goal
Brandon Tanev scores against the St. Louis Blues to make it 5-2
Tanev putting on the finishing touches empty netter makes it 5-2 kraken!
Offense Can Be Contagious Mid-second period, the Kraken strung together three, maybe four straight shifts during which Seattle forwards were passing tape to tape, getting behind St. Louis defenders and generally looking faster and more cohesive than the Blues. STL goalie Thomas Greiss, a career backup, made several Grade-A
stops to keep the game 1-0.
The Kraken finally broke the Greiss barrier when Will Borgen (who simply puts pucks on net when it's his turn to shoot) fired from inside the blue line. Greiss made the save but couldn't control the rebound. Borgen's defensive partner, Carson Soucy, swooped toward the net and, one-handed, deflected
the puck in a sort of fencing move to beat a sprawling Greiss.
Mayhem and decibels exploded from the crowd, which had oohed and aahed on a few too many near-misses and Greiss saves. St. Louis found a bit of sustained offensive zone pressure after the second goal but Martin Jones was up to the task.
Soon after, the Kraken busted more moves. Fourth-liner Daniel Sprong jumped off the bench and linemate Morgan Geekie noticed. Pass complete at the STL blue line, breakaway for Sprong, who displayed textbook forehand-backhand-forehand stick handling before wiring a shot past the faltering Greiss.
The fans were in a buoyant holiday mood with one minute to play in the period and three goals gift-wrapped. But Jared McCann wasn't done in this giving season. He broke free for a shot on goal, which came back his way with only a sharp and bad angle left for his elite shot.
No worries. McCann banked the puck off Greiss' goalie pad and/or skate for his 15th goal of the season (making GM Ron Francis look good for re-signing McCann to five-year deal in season last spring). The Kraken's leading goal scorer now has the most goals of any NHLer who taken less than 60 shots on goal to
date in 2022-23.
Donato Scores for Fourth Straight Time Ryan Donato opened the scoring here on the last home game before the holiday break. Defenseman Adam Larsson , the night's bobblehead honoree, wheeled deep in his own zone, then fired a perfect stretch pass to Donato at the St. Louis blue line. Donato broke free and triple-deked Blues goalie
Thomas Greiss to deposit his seventh goal of the year into the back of the net. It's Donato's fourth straight game with a goal.
"That was a spectacular pass," said Donato. "I saw it coming a little bit ... On the breakaway I just kind of closed my eyes and hoped for the best."
Donato said the second-period trio of goals and close to 10 high-energy, scoring-chance-filled shifts was a result of playing simple: "If you do the right things, you're gonna get chances. Sometimes the chances don't come as often and you try to do something different, when, really you should just bear
down and do the simple things to turn it around in your favor."
Shane Wright Update Named captain of Team Canada earlier in the week, Kraken forward Shane Wright is settling in with linemate Connor Bedard in preparation for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship that starts Monday (Boxing Day in Canada). Bedard is widely projected as the No. 1 pick in
next July's 2023 NHL Draft. Wright scored two goals Monday in a lopsided win over Switzerland in a pre-tourney game. Bedard's no-look, behind-his-back, net-front drop pass to Wright for the tap-in was highlight-reel material. Wright added an assist to make it a three-point night. Make no mistake,
Canada is amped to see Wright and Bedard wreak havoc in the offensive end, especially with the tournament in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Moncton, New Brunswick.
Hero Of The Deep: Denver Hanson
Hero of The Deep: Denver Hanson The One Roof Foundation will donate $32k to Mary’s Place and Catholic Community Services in Denver’s honor.
Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Dec. 20, 2022 Postgame
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“We’ve played some really good hockey, but there’s definitely room for us to grow & find a little bit more consistency to our game.”
Kraken Sound: Ryan Donato - Dec. 20, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Martin Jones - Dec. 20, 2022 Postgame
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Sunday Dec. 18
FINAL
WPG 2 vs 3 SEA
Final Buzzer: Can You Dig It?
Kraken leading goal scorer Jared McCann plays hero role with game-winner in 3-2 victory after
Kraken fall behind twice. Philipp Grubauer makes big stops to keep game close
WPG @ SEA
Extended highlights of the Winnipeg Jets at the Seattle Kraken
THAT'S KRAKEN HOCKEY BABY!!
it’s not delivery, it’s donny and canner yeeting the fish
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken The Kraken dug an early hole for themselves Sunday night, giving up a goal mid-first period and finishing the opening period down 1-0. But then Seattle dug right back, tying the game at 1-1 and then again at 2-2 before Seattle's leading goal scorer, Jared McCann , gathered a loose puck with four-and-
a-half minutes remaining in the third period, deploying his signature quick-release shot to beat Winnipeg goalie David Rittich to make it a 3-2 final.
"We were creating a lot of pressure on them in the third period," said McCann about the period in which Seattle scored to tie the game 16 seconds into the period. "It forced them into defensive mistakes."
McCann fired his shot - Dave Hakstol called it "a world-class shot" during his post-game media scrum - from a deep-in angle on the rink's right side. He works on it at every practice.
"I work on it a lot and usually go far side," said McCann. "I thought it would work to go short side tonight."
Decibels bounced every acoustic panel and baffle in Climate Pledge Arena with an extra boost when it was announced as McCann's 14th goal of the season. Impressively, the Kraken didn't stop the aggressive offensive push, controlling the play for a good three minutes before Winnipeg could muster a
sustained visit in the Kraken zone.
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we woke up like this how y’all feeling today?
Sweet 16 Seconds: Anatomy of a Tying Goal The Kraken needed the first goal in the third period to avoid a two-goal lead for Winnipeg, who has the personnel and veteran group to effectively go into shutdown mode. Seattle forward Ryan Donato delivered what his teammates needed, deflecting a long shot from linemate Yanni Gourde for his sixth
goal of the year and third in the last three games (one each). New-as-of-Sunday linemate Andre Burakovsky got the secondary assist for his 28th point in 30 games wearing a Kraken uniform.
It's worth taking a closer look at the Donato goal. The play actually started with Burakovsky moving the puck deep into the WPG zone. For his part, Gourde patiently held the puck near the right point and faked a pass to an awaiting Will Borgen (who is playing consistently superb hockey lately on both
ends of the rink). Borgen obliged by posing into a backswing, but Gourde instead zipped the puck net-front and airborne. Donato deflected the puck to finish a satisfying sequence.
Flipping the Script Nearly halfway through Sunday's game, the action here equated to a buttoned-up hockey game. The Kraken were outshooting the visiting Jets, 14-4, generating several solid scoring chances but Winnipeg was leading 1-0.
Then the script went into a full costume change. Both teams started gaining possession time in the offensive zone and put the goalies to work. With under 12 minutes remaining in the middle period, Seattle evened matters at one goal apiece when D-man Adam Larsson showed off his underrated
offensive skill set by wiring a pass to Jordan Eberle from the right point inside the blue line to the top of the left faceoff circle.
Eberle took the puck on his right forehand, spun to shoot on the backhand, and roofed the puck past the mask of Winnipeg goalie David Rittich just inside the crossbar. It's Eberle's eighth goal of the season.
Grubauer Holds Serve By the end of the second period, the shots on goal totals were 22 for the Kraken and 15 for Winnipeg. The Jets broke through on a power play goal (Will Borgen went off for a holding-the-stick penalty) to make it 2-1 but SEA goalie Philipp Grubauer made two big stops to make it a one-goal game going
into the final 20 minutes.
One of those saves was against Adam Lowry (son of Kraken assistant coach Dave Lowry) on a one-timer in the high slot, choice territory for a shooter. With two-and-a-half minutes left in the period, Winnipeg forward Kevin Stenlund was all alone in front of Grubauer, but the affectionately-called German
Gentleman swallowed up the attempt and the holiday crowd was appreciative with the round of "Gruuuuuuuuu!"
Six minutes into the third period, Grubauer made one more big stop. Winnipeg forward Kyle Connor, with a red-hot 19 points in his last 13 games coming into Sunday, was alone net front and couldn't get the puck past the Seattle goalie, who held his positioning. Grubauer finished the night with 15
saves. Teammate Ryan Donato made it clear "Grubi kept us in the game" until the offensive efforts paid dividends and two more standings points. The Kraken are now 17-10-3 with 35 points, just two points behind Los Angeles with four games in hand.
For Openers Winnipeg struck first here Sunday during a 5-on-3 power play in the opening period when defensive partners Vince Dunn and Adam Larsson were whistled off within 46 seconds of each other. Jets leading scorer Mark Scheifele scored 10 seconds in the two-man advantage situation to make it 1-0 eight-
plus minutes in the game. The Kraken penalty killers delivered a clean sheet on the remaining 1 minute and 50 seconds on Larsson's penalty.
Kuhlman Flying 'First' on Jets Karson Kuhlman proved a solid performer for the Kraken, playing on third and fourth lines plus contributing on the penalty kill (including some great runs with Yanni Gourde as the two forwards up front). When the Kraken decided to claim former Nashville forward Eeli Tolvanen earlier this week,
Kuhlman was the player placed on waivers. Kuhlman played 15 games for Seattle, notching a goal and two assists. Media reports revealed the Jets were interested in Kuhlman last season when Seattle claimed him.
Winnipeg claimed Kuhlman off waivers and promptly inserted him in the lineup. He played 16-and-a-half minutes in a Jets win over Vancouver, including 1:20 on the penalty kill. Sunday night, with Winnipeg missing forward Blake Wheeler and other injured right wings, Kuhlman was getting first-line
minutes alongside center and alternate captain Mark Scheifele (18 goals in 30 games) and impressive rookie Cole Perfetti (six goals, 13 assists).
Kuhlman drew an interference penalty on Kraken D-man Vince Dunn looking to break free for a solo run toward Philipp Grubauer. The Jets scored on an ensuing 5-on-3 power play.
“We’re thirty games in, now we have to keep building and keep pushing, there’s a lot of race left to run.”
“We haven’t played with that jam, that kind of relentless and you know I feel like we had it tonight.” Hear more from Donny,
Hero Of The Deep: Amir Islam
The Seattle Kraken honored Amir Islam as the Hero of the Deep. The One Roof Foundation will donate $32k to The Residency in Amir’s honor.
Thursday Dec. 15
FINAL
SEA 2 vs 3 CAR
Final Buzzer: Stormy Sea
Philipp Grubauer fights the good fight, but slowed by Hurricanes' defense, Kraken muster two goals; fall 3-2 in Carolina
SEA@CAR
Condensed Game: Extended highlights of the Seattle Kraken at the Carolina Hurricanes
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by Alison Lukan / @AlisonL / nhl.com/kraken RALEIGH, NC - Coming into Carolina, the Kraken knew what they were up against in a Hurricanes team that Dave Hakstol described as a "tight spaces, good checking team" that doesn't allow a lot of time and space to their opponents. Carolina lived up to the expectations and worked to a 3-2 final,
sweeping the season series against the Kraken.
The 'Canes asserted their will in the first period and kept the Kraken attack quiet, all while adding two goals of their own. At that point, Will Borgen told ROOT Sports NW's Piper Shaw that the Kraken struggled to get through the neutral zone and gain any offensive possession.
And while Seattle was able to steady the ship a bit and eventually find the back of the net twice, they couldn't build enough of a sustainable attack to come back against the team with the sixth most points in the league.
"I think in the second we were playing with speed, we created some chances," Daniel Sprong said. And in the third I think we really pressed, we felt the game could be ours. And that's when we got (scoring chances)."
What stood out? Let's dig in.
Brush up the Breakout Going into this game, the Kraken wanted to be more effective on breakouts. Alex Wennberg said the team needed to keep it simple and attack with speed. This remained a work in progress, especially in the first period. On the game as a whole, Seattle was successful on the breakout 59.2-percent of the
time, but this was below season average of 79-percent (11th best in the NHL). And it was a failed breakout that led to the first Hurricanes goal. As Seattle set up the puck to move with speed up the ice, it was redirected off the intended target of Carson Soucy 's stick and went directly to Andrei
Svechnikov who had a mini-breakaway chance. He did not waste the chance and beat Philipp Grubauer to make it 1-0 Carolina.
"Their five-man pressure is outstanding and they were on it all the way through the majority of the game," Dave Hakstol said. "With their sustained five-man pressure in the first period was relentless on that. So we got caught with a couple of soft puck plays a little bit slow in a couple of decisions, and
that's what that pressure can do to you."
Transitional Play Once the Kraken did get out of their own zone, Carolina went to work making it difficult to get any farther north. Coming into this game, Carolina ranked first in the league in defensive zone denials (52.5%, all situations), and the impact was measurable. Seattle averages 6:48 of possession time in the
offensive zone per game. Tonight, they finished with 4:45. With limited opportunities to get into the offensive zone, the Kraken finished the game with 36 shot attempts, 17 of which were on target. The previous season low was 20 shots on goal Nov. 8 versus Nashville.
The Kraken did find their way through the neutral zone a bit more as play went on. Off one successful transition, they added a goal for their efforts. Borgen won a key battle in the neutral zone and got the puck to Brandon Tanev . Next came the pass to Daniel Sprong on the right side and his shot from
the top of the circle leaked through to the back of the net.
"Spronger's goal is by just shooting the puck," Hakstol said. "Which is something we didn't do enough of tonight. (It) gave us a chance in the last 10 minutes."
From the other bench, the Hurricanes were effective in transition throughout. The second goal came off a quick push by Carolina up the ice. That gave the home team the odd-man advantage and Jack Drury's pass got to Derek Stepan for the quick release score. The game-winner came off a penalty
shot after Adam Larsson had to take a penalty to stop a Stefan Noesen breakaway.
Play in Net The Carolina goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov brought a two-game shutout streak to tonight's matchup. Ryan Donato ended the rookie's bid for a third when he scored a goal for Seattle 11:26 into the third. It was the 26-year-old's second in as many games and came off a redirection of Carson Soucy's shot
from the point.
At the other end of the ice, Philipp Grubauer put on a strong performance. The final score belied the effort the German goalie gave in a surprise start (Martin Jones had been announced as the starter at morning skate). Carolina sent 66 pucks Grubauer's way, including 39 on target (a new season high
for Grubauer). He stopped all but three and turned away 1.47 more goals than he should have based on the shot quality he faced (per MoneyPuck.com). The performance was good enough to earn Grubauer his third quality start of the season. All three have come in his last five starts.
"Grubi was great tonight," Sprong said. "He made some big saves from start to finish and we have got to do a better job in front of him."
Morgan Geekie Joins NHL Now
Kraken forward Morgan Geekie joins NHL Now to discuss his transition to Seattle and the team's love for Mario Kart
By the Numbers Daniel Sprong led all Kraken skaters in 5-on-5 shot quality according to NaturalStatTrick.com. The Kraken penalty kill has been called into action 15 times over the last five games and given up only two goals against. They were perfect in two opportunities tonight.
Jordan Eberle led all Seattle players in controlled entries (6).
Matty Beniers led all skaters in possession time in the offensive zone with :42.
Here's a look at our data-driven Instant Analysis from Sportlogiq ( Click HERE for how to read this graphic):
“As the game went on we took more control, we just got to get rid of those grade-a chances that we gave up.”
Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Dec. 15, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Ryan Donato - Dec. 15, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Daniel Sprong - Dec. 15, 2022 Postgame
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Tuesday Dec. 13
FINAL
SEA 2 vs 6 TBL
Final Buzzer: Bolted Down
After a quiet start offensively, two multi-goal bursts by the Lightning prove too much for Kraken to overcome; Seattle falls 6-2 in Tampa Bay
SEA @ TBL
Extended highlights of the Seattle Kraken at the Tampa Bay Lightning
gotta have the memory of a goldfish on this one
by Alison Lukan / @AlisonL / nhl.com/kraken TAMPA, FL - The Kraken knew they had to play a complete game to battle against a team like the Lightning. Unfortunately, it took about a half a period for Seattle to find their attack and by that time, they were down by two goals. A series of three quick Tampa Bay goals in the second made it too
difficult for the Kraken to recover.
Jared McCann and Jordan Eberle did find a way to exploit some of the rare weaknesses in Andrei Vasilevskiy's game. The Tampa Bay goaltender ranks below league average in defending shots off east-west passes and is tied for the third most goals against when shots attack low left (shooter's
perspective). The two Kraken forwards used both. Eberle created the pass after blocking and gathering a shot by Ian Cole and McCann's shot got through in that one area of relative weakness.
Ryan Donato added a second goal with five seconds remaining in play but that was all the finishing the Kraken could muster on a night when they were also without Jamie Oleksiak and Justin Schultz on the blue line.
"We had some decent spurts," Jaden Schwartz said. "I think in the second period, they had three goals in a 10-minute span so that was a big momentum swing for them. I thought for probably 40 minutes of the game, we worked hard. (We) probably didn't get to the inside enough in the offensive zone.
But yeah, that's that momentum is what hurt us in the second."
What stood out? Let's dig in.
Tonight marks Carson Soucy’s 200th @NHL game. Congrats, Carson!
Stormy Start Tampa Bay got going as soon as the first puck dropped in this game. They generated the first five shot attempts of the game (which included the first goal against) and had two goals off ten shot attempts in the first 8:24 to Seattle's three. Ian Cole wired a puck through traffic with a shot from the blue
line, and Erik Cernak finished off a cross-slot pass from Brayden Point. Nikita Kucherov had the secondary assist on both goals getting him to 400 NHL assists in his career.
Thereafter, the Kraken started to find their legs. They began to get into the offensive zone for sustained work starting with a shift by the Alexander Wennberg-Jaden Schwartz-Andre Burakovsky line 11:28 into period one. The Kraken eventually pulled closer to Tampa Bay entering the offensive zone with
control 10 times (50% success rate) and firing off 22 shot attempts to the Lightning's 26 across the first 20 minutes of play.
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Danger Zone The start was so impactful in part because Tampa Bay ranks fourth in the NHL in passes to the slot as well as generating shots from that dangerous area. They established that game early against the Kraken. In the first period alone, they generated enough shot quality to earn 1.72 goals according to
Natural Stat Trick. This included eight shot attempts from the most dangerous areas to Seattle's one.
Jared McCann told ROOT Sports NW's Piper Shaw during the first intermission that his team needed to do a better job clogging lanes left available for both shots and passes. Arguably, the Kraken wanted to close up gaps against the Lightning skaters as well. Seattle did start the second period well in this
regard. After allowing seven passes to the slot in period one, Seattle allowed one in the middle frame. They also blocked 40-percent of all Tampa Bay shot attempts after getting in front of just 23.1-percent in period one. The result was that the Lightning had just 46.27-percent of all 5-on-5 shot quality
in the second period after earning 79.41-percent in the opening frame.
But while more lanes were closing, Tampa Bay skaters were able to still make the most of the space given to them. Corey Perry re-established the two-goal lead scoring off the rush with a lead pass just as the Lightning power play was about to expire. Quick follow-up goals by Point and Ross Colton
widened the gap to 5-1. Colton's goal came right after Dave Hakstol made a switch in net going from Philipp Grubauer to Martin Jones .
"We carried the play at the end of the first period we had a great second period," Dave Hakstol said. "We had one hell of a penalty kill in terms of our effort and execution you know, and you know, when that third goal went in that took a lot out of us."
Grubauer Saves Three In A Row
Philipp Grubauer makes two saves in a row and then tumbles to his side to save a third and cover it, defending the net against the Lightning
Managing Momentum The three quick goals at the end of period three came within 3:23 of consecutive game time. While the opening penalty kill seemed to have provided a spark to the Kraken's play in the second period, Perry's goal with five seconds left in Seattle's second block of short-handed play started a waterfall of
scores against. It marked the ninth and tenth time this season the Kraken have allowed two opponent response goals, (the Kraken have had a response goal of their own ten times this season as well).
Yanni Gourde would try to swing the energy his team's way with a scrap five minutes into the final frame . Morgan Geekie brought physicality sparring with Cal Foote later, as well. But ultimately control of the flow of play wasn't in the cards for the visiting team that would allow one more goal by Steven
Stamkos, extending his point streak to 14 straight games.
"We can be a little better to start the hockey game," Hakstol said. "When you come in on the road, we know you have to play a full 60 minutes. We got ourselves in a little bit of a hole, but we're able to dig out of that. We deserve a little bit better."
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Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Dec. 13, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Jaden Schwartz - Dec. 13, 2022 Postgame
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Sunday Dec. 11
FINAL
SEA 5 vs 2 FLA
Final Buzzer: Curtailed Cats
Complete game powered by goals from Beniers, Burakovsky, Eberle seals the 5-2 road win over Florida
SEA @ FLA
Extended highlights of the Seattle Kraken at the Florida Panthers
by Alison Lukan / @AlisonL / nhl.com/kraken SUNRISE, FL - The Kraken lost to the Panthers just over a week ago and they came to Florida determined to not let that happen again. In what was a complete effort from all 18 skaters and their goaltender, Matty Beniers started the scoring just over a minute into the game. When the home team tied
it up in the second period, the Kraken responded right away and never let the Panthers back into the game. Andre Burakovsky , Jordan Eberle , Daniel Sprong , and Yanni Gourde added the extra goals to cement a 5-2 victory. Florida is now 0-11 this season when they go down by two or more goals.
In addition to the scoring, there was a lot to like about the Kraken played. They took three penalties against the team that draws the most in the league (4 per game). And when playing down a skater, Seattle was successful in killing each off. Speaking of which, Martin Jones was solid. He had numerous
big saves at key points in the game including 10 stops on the penalty kill (four on the first Panther power play alone). In total, the Kraken netminder turned away at least .51 goals that should have gone in the net according to Natural Stat Trick.
"I thought we were really really good tonight that felt like how we were playing on that seven-game winning streak," Martin Jones said. "That was a really strong effort for us. . .we checked really well. When we're playing like that, we just make it really tough on teams to create any offense, anything
off the rush. And we just don't spend a ton of time in that zone. A really, really strong effort (tonight)."
What stood out? Let's dig in.
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Hit the when you sea the puck Beniers Buries Opening Goal Matty Beniers gets a feed in the slot and wires a one-timer into the back of the net, opening the scoring early in the 1st period
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Geekie bouta get tripped up by a matty bananiers
geekie jumped into the post-game scrum to ask matty the hard-hitting questions
MATTY OFF A BACKHAND PASS FROM CANNER!
Role Reversal The last time these two teams met, Carter Verhaeghe was a thorn in the Kraken's side scoring the first two goals of the game to establish what ended up being an insurmountable lead. This game, the forward once again helped open the scoring, except this time it was for the other team. 51 seconds
into the game, Verhaeghe's shot rang off the crossbar. Ten seconds later the puck was in the other end of the ice and the Panther skater lost control of the puck. Jared McCann gathered it up and sent a backhand pass to Beniers in the slot who fired a one-timer past Bobrovsky for the first goal of the game.
Check, Mate The stat sheet may not always be able to reflect every puck battle, but the Kraken checking game was dialed in this game. The first goal came off a loose puck retrieval by McCann. After Eric Staal evened the score at 1-1, the second Seattle goal came off a perfectly timed takeaway by Oliver
Bjorkstrand at the top of the attack zone. The winger gained possession and sent the puck low where Yanni Gourde was able to retrieve it. For his 250th career point, Gourde sent a feed from the half wall to Andre Burakovsky who buried from the top of the right circle for his tenth of the season. The
score also marked the tenth time this season the Kraken have scored a response goal right after an opponent's tally.
"I think we kept to it pretty good in the first (period)," Beniers said. "And then I think we've been. . . having trouble keeping our momentum so they had a good pushback, but I think we had another pushback after that. We were able to keep our momentum."
In the second period alone, there were multiple changes in possession that went the Kraken's way thanks to the effort from skaters like Carson Soucy and Beniers who denied more than a couple of scoring chances off Panthers skaters' sticks. The strong fight for puck control continued up and down the
lineup throughout all 60 minutes of play. On the official stat sheet, Florida was charged with 15 giveaways.
"Pregame we talked about it," Dave Hakstol said. "We talked about just getting back to who we are and a little bit better (in) five-on-five (play) in terms of all three zones, in terms of how we checked and skated. We did that tonight. That was a big, a big piece of our game."
Eberle Scores Goal
Jordan Eberle scores against the Florida Panthers to make it 3-1
EBS!!!!!!! 3-1, KRAKEN!
No Rest for the Weary The Panthers returned home for Sunday's game after playing in Tampa Bay on Saturday night (a 1-4 loss). It marked the fourth time this season Florida has played in a back-to-back and they have yet to string together two wins in any of those pairings. The Panthers have only won one of the matches
in any two-game set once this season (Nov. 5-6). This was also the first time this season that goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky has played both games in a back-to-back schedule. He did it once last season and won both games. This loss marked only the ninth time the goaltender has lost both matchups in
54 instances of playing two games in two days.
The Kraken also took advantage of what may have been some tired legs by establishing the first lead of the game and re-setting it going into the second intermission. Going into this game, on the season, the Panthers are 0-6-1 when trailing after one and 0-8-1 when trailing after two.
"I don't like talking about them being on a back-to-back," Yanni Gourde said. "I think we've done that...too often this year. And I think just focus on us, focus on what we can do, focus on our start. Doesn't matter whether they are back-to-back or if they are rested. We just have to go out there and play
our game."
Sprong's One-Timer PPG
Daniel Sprong gets a pass at the bottom of the circle and wires a one-timer into the cage, extending the Kraken's lead to 4-1 in the 3rd period
By the Numbers The Kraken controlled offensive play throughout the game earning 52.86-percent of all shot attempts and 62.34-percent of all shot quality. Matty Beniers led all skaters in the game with a 3.59 game score. That's the third-highest of his career. He also led all skaters in individual shot quality with .53 expected goals (5-on-5).
Each team had approximately 5:55 of power play time. Seattle made better use generating .8 expected goals to Florida's .5.
In all situations, the Kraken successfully entered the zone 55.8-percent of the time and had 72 successful zone exits (86.1%).
Here's a look at our data-driven Instant Analysis from Sportlogiq (Click HERE for how to read this graphic):
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Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Dec. 11, 2022 Postgame
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“That was a really strong effort from us, top to bottom.”
Kraken Sound: Matty Beniers - Dec. 11, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Yanni Gourde - Dec. 11, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Martin Jones - Dec. 11, 2022 Postgame
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Friday Dec. 9
FINAL
SEA 1 vs 4 WSH
Final Buzzer: Capped Out
Grubauer strong in net and Kraken score first, but the home team tilts the ice their way to win 4-1
SEA @ WSH
Extended highlights of the Seattle Kraken at the Washington Capitals
writing this without caps bc… well you know
by Alison Lukan / @AlisonL / nhl.com/kraken WASHINGTON D.C. - Every time the Kraken has faced off against the Capitals, the home team has come away with the win, and that trend continued Friday in the nation's capital.
Despite scoring first, the Kraken couldn't find a way to get through Washington's stout neutral zone play and generated limited scoring chances as a result. Through two periods, Seattle was successful on 46.9-percent of their entries compared to the 54.8-percent success rate they had at home versus
this same team just over a week ago. The third period was stronger and brought that success rate up to 57.4-percent thanks to 15 successful entries in the final 20 minutes of play.
The Capitals had the majority of the offensive attack, added a second goal after Jamie Oleksiak was called for a match penalty, and finished off the game with two empty-net scores.
"The biggest problem was in the second period," Dave Hakstol said. "We couldn't find our legs, we couldn't find any momentum in that period."
What stood out? Let's dig in.
Grubauer Makes Triple Save
Philipp Grubauer dives and uses the pads to defend against three shots on goal in a row in the 3rd period
“WHAT A SAVE! TWICE! THREE TIMES THE CHARM!”
when you see it
Final Line of Defense Solid Washington had the first four shots of the game and, in the initial period established an advantage in both shots (16) and shots on target (12). But on the Kraken side, goaltender Philipp Grubauer was having a strong start as well. He turned away all the pucks sent his way in the opening 20 minutes
and turned away all but 2 of the 36 pucks that were on target. This included grade-A chances from Conor Sheary and T.J. Oshie in period one; big back-to-back saves against Erik Gustafsson and Dylan Strome in period three and all eight of the pucks that came off the stick off Alex Ovechkin when
Grubauer was in net.
"He was solid," Hakstol said. "He gave us a couple big saves in the first and third that came on a couple of flurries."
In all situations, according to NaturalStatTrick.com, the netminder turned away 2.34 more goals than should have been scored. In total, Washington fired 62 pucks toward the Kraken net.
Strong Start Grubauer's strong play gave his team time to find the back of the net. With 2:13 to play, off a Morgan Geekie faceoff, Karson Kuhlman made a key play to gain possession and direct the puck back toward Adam Larsson . The blueliner had the lane to get his shot through traffic and past Charlie Lindgren
for the score. It marked the 18th time this season that the Capitals have allowed the first goal of the game. That's the third most in the league. But also, for the third straight time, the Capitals found a way to battle back.
"I thought the start was there today," Adam Larsson said. "We had a really good first period and they were better the second and the third was kind of even. It was a 2-1 game with a few minutes left. The game was right there for us."
The Big Cat pounces
THE BIG CAT!!!!!! 1-0, US!!!
Going Down a Skater Dave Hakstol has placed a premium on special teams' play especially as teams get into the meat of the season. After a penalty-free first period, it was the Kraken that went down a skater first. A little over 4.5 minutes after Alexander Alexeyev scored his first NHL point (a secondary assist on the
Anthony Mantha goal), he was checked in the corner by Jamie Oleksiak . Alexeyev headed to the Capitals' room and the officials revised their penalty call to be a match penalty for an illegal check to the head. The penalty not only removed the Kraken defender from the game but gave Washington a five-
minute power play. The Kraken penalty kill fought valiantly including aggressive play by Yanni Gourde and Geekie who pushed play north, but with 1:33 left in the power play, Washington gained their first lead of the game. Sonny Milano passed a centering feed to Marcus Johansson net front who got the
puck up and after initial contact by Grubauer, it popped over him and into the net. That pushed the score to 2-1 in favor of the Capitals.
On the game as a whole, the remaining five defenders were effective in the extra minutes they absorbed. Adam Larsson took on most of the shifts with Justin Schultz after his usual partner left the game. And the penalty kill was perfect on the two other instances of short-handed play.
By the Numbers In 5-on-5 play, the Kraken earned 45.50-percent of all shot attempts and 21.04-percent of all shot quality. They had possession in the offensive zone for 5:46. The Capitals had 7:09 of time in the attack zone. Grubauer's effort qualified as a Quality Start - his second of the season.
While transition play was challenging , Alex Wennberg led all Kraken skaters with eight controlled entries and tied with Andre Burakovsky with 10 controlled exits.
Adam Larsson led all Kraken skaters with six shot attempts.
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Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Dec. 9, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Philipp Grubauer - Dec. 9, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Adam Larsson - Dec. 9, 2022 Postgame
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Tuesday Dec. 6
FINAL
MTL 4 vs 2 SEA
Final Buzzer: Unlucky Seven
Kraken fall behind 3-1 in seven seconds of the middle period, never recovering and losing 4-2 to visiting
Original Six franchise Montreal. Shane Wright scores first NHL goal
pas notre nuit but on the brighter side of things Shane scored his first NHL goal
MTL @ SEA
Extended highlights of the Montreal Canadiens at the Seattle Kraken
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken On a night when 2022 first-round draft choice Shane Wright scored his first-ever NHL goal, the Kraken couldn't follow through with a win to cap the moment. One night after blowing a four-goal lead and ultimately the game in Vancouver, the Montreal Canadiens protected a three-goal lead built up late
second period for a 4-2 victory.
Canadiens goalie Jake Allen earned the win, facing 10 Grade-A scoring chances (per Natural Stat Trick) and turning in a quality start as determined in the Post-Game Instant Analysis chart by Sportlogiq. Overall, the Kraken outshot the visitors 33-16, and Montreal didn't record its 10th shot on goal until
the 11th minute of the final period.
The Kraken were roaring to go to begin the final period-arriving on time, per the hockey saying. But two close-in, gaping net opportunities skittered away instead while Allen and teammates scrambled to keep the puck out of the net and keep the score at 4-2 Habs. But the game slogged more than
soared in the final minutes, with Montreal mounting scoring chances to help offset any Kraken momentum. Allen fended off any opportunities that made it to his net to prevent any Seattle climb-back into a regulation tie and potential overtime win.
"You give up the goals that we did in the second period, those are hard to dig out from," said Kraken coach Dave Hakstol after the game. "Then the one later in the [second] period. They capitalized on those opportunities and made us pay for those."
The Kraken's record now stands at 15-7-3 with games in hand against first-place Vegas (two) and third-place Los Angeles (three). Their home record is 7-6-2 on the season and 8-1-1 on the road. The team leaves Wednesday for a four-game Eastern Conference swing against Washington (Friday),
Florida, Tampa Bay and Carolina over the next week.
"We weren't efficient enough in terms of getting through the neutral zone, getting out of our zone," said Hakstol about what needs to improve before facing the Capitals Friday. 'Our play with the puck [in the defensive zone] has to get a little bit more organized and have a little bit more cohesion to it."
Let's Get LOUD for the Second! Jared McCann
Right Side of Scoring Chances, Wrong End of Scoreboard Halfway through this final game of the early December homestand, the Kraken were outshooting Montreal 14 to 7. Six of the Seattle shots were Grade-A chances, as per Natural Stat Trick with one for the Canadiens.
While the Kraken controlled the tempo and scoring chances during the first period and continued to generate a good handful of second-period scoring attempts on veteran goalie Jake Allen, the visitors were thriving on the twin video scoreboards. The 1-1 tie game to start the middle period vanished two
minutes and five seconds later when an Andre Burakovsky pass was intercepted by 23-year-old Montreal captain Nick Suzuki, who promptly moved the puck to linemate Cole Caufield for a 2-1 lead on American-born Caufield's 15th goal of the year (breaking a team scoring-lead tie with Suzuki).
Off the ensuing center-ice restart faceoff, three Canadiens touched the puck over seven seconds to stun the Seattle crowd and establish a 3-1 lead. Rookie and No. 1 overall 2022 draft pick Juraj Slafkovsky started the scoring play and veteran Josh Anderson finished it, sending a shot past Martin Jones.
Dunner is all of us rn Down But Not Out? The pace of the game and Kraken rushes seemed to slow during the second half of the middle period. To worry hometown fans, even more, Montreal managed a fourth goal from forward Rem Pitlick, his first goal of the year in nine games. When playing for the Minnesota Wild last season, Pitlick notched
a hat trick in a 4-2 Minnesota win against the Kraken during November of the inaugural season.
The Pitlick goal was scored with 80 seconds left in the middle 20 minutes. The Kraken maximized the time left to mount a final run in the offensive zone. With .9 seconds remaining, Jared McCann redirected yet another highlight-reel pass from Kraken-leading scoring and primo free-agent signee, Andre
Burakovsky.
It's McCann's 12th goal of the year, tops among Kraken players while Burakovsky's 17th assist leads the Seattle squad. SEA fans, players, and coaches alike retreated to the second intermission with hopes for a full comeback.
(Can)ner You Believe it?! with 0.9 Left on the Clock
WITH 00.9 LEFT IN THE PERIOD JARED MCCANN
Not the Story While there was lots of temptation among Montreal media to size up Tuesday's game as a proving ground that 6-foot-3, 238-pound, Slovakia-born forward Juraj Slafkovsky was the better choice at No. 1 overall in this past summer's draft. For his part, the Kraken's top draft choice, Shane Wright , was
having none of it. He calmly and cheerfully answered all media questions Monday that he was viewing Tuesday's game as a chance to show the five-game conditioning loan to American Hockey League affiliate Coachella Valley was good for his game.
Mission accomplished. Wright scored his first-ever NHL goal in the first period, with a net-front assist from linemate Oliver Bjorkstrand and a trademark puck battle and pass by Yanni Gourde . Wright, who scored four goals in five games for the Coachella Valley Firebirds, was ready for the feed from
Bjorkstrand. He one-timed it with the skill and speed of a seasoned pro. Jubilation on his face and mega-decibel cheers after the score then even louder when the goal was officially announced.
"Obviously it's going to be something I'll remember for the rest of my life," said Wright after the game. "Everyone was pretty happy for me and congratulated me and told me to go get another one."
In fact, Wright nearly scored a second goal later in the first period and had a third legitimate scoring chance before his first of many NHL goals over what promises to be a stellar career. Wright also blocked a shot late in the opening frame that kept the game close. The three scoring chances were all
close to the net.
The majority of the goals are scored from inside the blue paint inside the crease," said Wright, who handles media scrums like a veteran of 10 years. "If I want to score goals and create opportunities, that's where I've got to go."
For his part, Slafkovsky earned an assist on the first Montreal goal and was stoned on a solo mini-break by Martin Jones with 11 minutes left in the contest.
@PiperShawTV caught up with Shane Wright during the intermission to talk about his first NHL goal.
“It’s gonna be something I remember for the rest of my life.” - Shane Wright
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Hero Of The Deep: Amy Bettle
The Kraken honored Amy Bettle as the Hero of the Deep during the game vs. the Canadiens. ORF will donate $32k to Spark Northwest in Amy's honor
Saturday Dec. 3
FINAL
FLA 5 vs 1 SEA
Final Buzzer: Streak Ends at 7
Kraken can't overcome two early goals by Florida and young goalie Spencer
Knight stopping 36 of 37 shots in 5-1 final
FLA @ SEA
Extended highlights of the Florida Panthers at the Seattle Kraken
ready to reverse out of this game
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken All good things do tend to come to an end. The Kraken's seven-game winning streak met such fate Saturday night with visiting Florida jumping on the backs of 21-year-old goalie Spencer Knight and offseason trade acquisition Matthew Tkachuk. Knight held off the Kraken, who outplayed the visitors in
the second period while looking to come back from a two-goal deficit. Tkachuk logged a goal, two assists, and plenty of physicality to seal a 5-1 win.
That's the bad news. The better news is the Kraken are still nine games over the .500 mark with a record that now stands at 15-6-3. Montreal visits Tuesday and the Kraken will no doubt recoup and reload.
"I think we're a little slow to pucks," said Jared McCann , who scored the lone Kraken goal. "We didn't have any jam ... We weren't playing the way we normally do. We had a good streak going. It's time to reset and refocus."
"Many parts of our game weren't very good tonight," said Dave Hakstol post-game "That's a tough way to win a game. The bottom line: We take a day off tomorrow, get a day of practice and get back to work."
McCann Scores Goal
Jared McCann scores against the Florida Panthers to make it 2-1
Jared McCann, Canner Scoring Goals got us like
Grubauer Gets Crowd Going The "Gruuuuuuu" cheers for Kraken goalie Philipp Grubauer began with starting lineup introductions and rose again several times in the first period. Thirteen minutes in the game, Grubauer had defended nine shots before surrendering a goal to Florida's Carter Verhaeghe while the Seattle goaltender
was scrambling to get upright after being flat on his back.
Grubauer had been knocked over by Florida defenseman Marc Staal right before the goal, leading Hakstol and his staff to challenge the score due to potential goalie interference. The Kraken lost the review (best guess because Grubauer was outside the blue paint of the crease when hit, though former
NHLer and Kraken analyst JT Brown said on-air he considered it interference). Verhaeghe was credited with his 13th goal of the year. Let's agree the home crowd was furiously and noisily displeased with the decision.
Florida coach Paul Maurice told reporters he saw it as a "hockey play" with Staal looking to retrieve the puck and easing up as the veteran defenseman realized he was going to collide with Grubauer. His counterpart had a different opinion and both head coaches know the interpretative nature of goalie
interference in today's NHL.
Yanni is just in a Silly, Goofy Mood
"I felt like a goaltender didn't have a chance to do his job," said Hakstol, adding there's 20 to 30 seconds to make a decision to challenge and that "we needed to stand up [for Grubauer] a little bit."
But Hakstol was clear he didn't see the unsuccessful review as the night's turning point. He instead identified the middle period and Florida's third goal as a game-changer.
"We take an undisciplined penalty in a situation [Vince Dunn called for slashing in the neutral zone], then don't get the kill," said Hakstol about ensuing the result in the form of Matthew Tkachuk converting the second of three Florida man-advantage goals. "That puts us [back] to a two-goal deficit. We
had the opportunity to respond, which our team has been really efficient [during the seven-game win streak].
"We just couldn't get it done. We had the opportunity on the powerplay right after we went down 3-1."
Losing such a challenge begets a bench penalty for delay of game, leaving Seattle with a penalty kill to stave off further damage. But after Grubauer made an outstanding stop on major trade acquisition Matthew Tkachuk, Verhaeghe buried the rebound to make it 2-0. The two visitors' goals were scored
in 26 seconds.
20 minutes to go, let's get back in this
Grubauer made at least five great saves in the period, three of them after Florida took the two-goal lead. The Kraken penalty killers (featuring a trio of Grubauer saves in the first minutes and several clears in the second minute) doused a late-period Panthers power play. Just before intermission, Matty
Beniers had a primo chance to cut the lead to 2-1 but couldn't elevate a close-in over prone FLA goalie Spencer Knight. Both goaltenders turned in a quality period.
*Insert the longest GRUUU ever here*
Reverse, reverse - cha cha now y'all!
Chasing the Game The second period started with promise for the full house here at Climate Pledge Arena. After high-volume refereeing booing in the first period, fans generated Seattle-worthy decibels when Jared McCann gathered a rebound to go backhand to receive the feed than his lefty forehand to shoot and beat
Knight.
The scoring play actually started with McCann disrupting a Florida attempt to clear the puck from the goal line, tipping the puck to Eberle on the side boards. Eberle, from one knee on the ice, nonetheless shot the puck on net. Knight made the initial save before McCann roused the crowd. McCann took
the team lead with his 11th goal and Eberle tied Andre Burakovsky for the team lead in assists (16).
Third and Long 'Knight' The chasing and hot pursuit of a second Kraken goal continued into the third period. The Beniers line made a strong dash with Eberle getting a pass to Beniers for a one-timer that Knight smothered. Just a couple handfuls of seconds later, Grubauer made a huge stop net-front to keep Kraken chances alive.
But eight minutes in the final frame, Florida racked up a fourth goal and seemingly doomed any notions of a full comeback. Even the hearty and loud home faithful uncharacteristically quieted for about a half minute before cheering a big hit. The clock was no friend of Seattle and the home squad lost for
the first time in eight games, busting up a four-game winning streak at home.
“We got to shake it off, and we got to get back to work.” Hear more from Soucy, McCann & Coach Hakstol on the adjustments the #SeaKraken will make moving forward following tonight’s loss → http:// bit.ly/KrakenYT22
Hero Of The Deep: Adrienne Hall
The Kraken honored Adrienne Hall as the Hero of the Deep during the game vs. the Florida Panthers.
Thursday Dec. 1
FINAL/OT
WSH 2 vs 3 SEA
Final Buzzer: Kraken Win 7th Straight on Beniers OT Goal
After two Washington goals in the first 14 minutes, Philipp Grubauer keeps his team in game
and Kraken get late equalizer, pushing to overtime. Then magic off stick of Matty Beniers
WSH @ SEA
Extended highlights of the Washington Capitals at the Seattle Kraken
GRUUUUU Y eet, Philipp Grubauer
Yanni Gourde, Just like his bobblehead
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken
The Kraken extended their franchise-high winning streak to seven and did it with more magic from rookie sensation Matty Beniers . He took the opening faceoff of overtime - good move from Dave Hakstol and his coaching staff - then when Andre Burakovsky won a 50-50 puck against Washington all-star
defenseman John Carlson, the Kraken winger moved the puck to his rookie teammate. Beniers skated the loose puck into the Washington zone and shot it past goalie Darcy Kuemper seven seconds into overtime.
Can we get a GRUUUUUUU?! The German Gentleman just out here picking on Ovi in tonight's @WAFDbank Save of the Game!
Big Mood another gem for our 'hockey pics that go hard' folder
Bedlam, noise, hugs, more bedlam, more noise, lots of decibels. The Kraken hockey dream is blaring at high volume. Seattle is now 15-5-3 and only two points behind first-place Vegas with the Kraken holding two games in hand. They are 8-1-1 in their last 10 games compared to 4-5-1 for rival Vegas.
Beniers Streak Continues in Dramatic Fashion Earlier Thursday, Vegas rookie goaltender Logan Thompson was named NHL Rookie of the Month by the league, in large part for Thompson's 8-2 record. The guess here is if November had 31 days instead of the standard 30, Beniers might have nudged past the Vegas goalie. Beniers is riding a six-game
point streak with five goals and seven assists. That's 2 points per game. And that's just the last week of the month. For the season, he has 20 points in 22 games.
"I don't know if I've seen that before," said veteran forward Jaden Schwartz . "That happened quick ... I think I was grabbing water, looked up and [Beniers] was on a breakaway. They [Beniers and Burakovsky] were hungry off the faceoff there. We were ready and we're super happy for him."
[Matty] has been awesome for us. He's a hard-working kid and learns from other guys and he's hungry to win. He's hungry to score goals. It's nice to have that and definitely brings a spark to our team and excitement for us and excitement for the fans too."
While Schwartz looked up from a drink of water, Dave Hakstol said, smiling, his quick thought seeing the Beniers breakaway was "shoot it in the net."
I don't care if it's overtime ... or five on five in the middle of the game," said Hakstol, who broke out into a grin a few times during his media scrum. "It comes down to little battles like that, right? It's all about your battle level and your 50-50 puck wins."
Back to Their Best Look After recent high-scoring games, the Kraken found their tight-knit defensive selves Thursday but took a bit longer to convert on the offensive end. After halving a 2-0 lead late second period, Daniel Sprong grabbed ahold of the puck, deked, and dangled laterally deep in the Washington zone to lift a
backhand shot at Caps goalie Darcy Kuemper. The save was made but the rebound was fair game. Yanni Gourde rammed it past Kuemper for his third goal of the year and the game-tying.
"I thought we played like we're used to seeing how the Kraken win games," said Gourde. "This is exactly the type of game that we want to be in. I'm not saying down by two in the third [period] but a close game that's tight all the way through. We didn't give up too many chances. Grubi was
phenomenal [when there were chances] and we just kept grinding away."
Second-Period Surge Lasts into Third With seven minutes left in the second period, the shots on goal count was 18 total, with both teams in single digits with nine apiece. Per Natural Stat Trick, Kraken goalie Philipp Grubauer faced five Grade-A scoring chances compared to one for Seattle against 2022 Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Darcy
Kuemper (who signed with the Capitals after a championship season with Colorado).
In those next seven minutes, the Kraken added three Grade-A chances, including a power play score by SEA forward Jaden Schwartz, who converted a Vince Dunn bank shot off the back boards to cut the lead to 2-1. Andre Burakovsky earned an assist for starting the play and now has five goals and
five assists in his last five games. He assisted on the OT winner too.
One shift later, Jordan Eberle took an elite pass from rookie star Matty Beniers and looked like he was about to knot this physical, taut game. Eberle's shot rung a goal post instead and Beniers couldn't collect the spinning, rolling puck on a rebound attempt.
The Schwartz goal clearly energized the Beniers line. Just seconds later, the puck was in the Kraken offensive zone and on the stick of third linemate Jared McCann . No goal ensued but the rest of the period was exciting for fans.
Grubauer Keeps Kraken In It
Philipp Grubauer sticks out his left pad and makes a save on Evgeny Kuznetsov to keep the Capitals from increasing their lead in the 2nd period
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Grubauer's Night The aforementioned end-of-second-period action might have been a little too exciting. Phillip Grubauer, facing the team that drafted him and with whom he won a Stanley Cup, made a huge net-front stop on Evgeny Kuznetsov with 70 seconds left in the period. It could easily have been a 3-1 score
going into the second intermission with no blame on Grubauer on the would-be third goal.
Grubauer made a big stop toward the end of the first period, too, keeping the score at a manageable 2-0 deficit for Seattle after the opening frame. On that play, offensive-minded Caps defenseman Erik Gustafsson fired a shot from the left point that his defense partner and future Hall of Famer John
Carlson expertly tipped outside the Kraken crease. Carlson was likely anticipating his eighth goal of the year (high for any NHLer at the quarter-mark, especially so for a D-man) but smothered the attempt.
More Grubi high points: He made two big saves on Alex Ovechkin during a second-period Caps power play, both one-timers from his "office" at the left faceoff circle. Grubauer really stretched on the second attempt. You just know those two had their share of showdowns in practice during Grubauer's
time in D.C.
There were more timely saves for Grubauer during the third period, keeping the game and fans' hopes alive. Two games into his return from a lengthy stint on injured reserve, it appears the Kraken might be featuring a goaltender tandem that will keep their squad in the hunt for standings point most
nights if not every night.
"Grubi was big," said alternate captain Schwartz. "He made some big, timely saves for us. There might have been probably a handful of close calls and he allowed us to get that comeback. I'm super happy for him with missing some time with injury."
Ovechkin Fuels Early Lead The home crowd welcomed the Kraken back with loud cheers during the starting lineup introductions, but the rest of the opening 20 didn't satisfy. The visiting Washington Capitals scored first, with a foiled Alex Ovechkin shot bouncing right to teammate Martin Fehervary, who scored his second goal on
year on a bullet train of a shot.
Ovechkin, who is nearing 800 career goals picked up his second assist of the first period with a secondary assist on a power play score by Conor Sheary. The tic-tac-toe goal started with Ovechkin, moved quickly to former Kraken forward Marcus Johansson, then to Sheary (eight goals on the year).
Washington's man-advantage goal came with Jordan Eberle whistled off for tripping inside seven minutes remaining in the period. Trouble is, Eberle was in the box sitting next to Yanni Gourde, who was serving a five-minute fighting penalty drawn in a lengthy scrap with Caps alternate captain T.J. Oshie.
It certainly roused the Climate Pledge Arena full house, featuring fan-favorite Gourde trading blows with Mountlake Terrace native Oshie. Both benches reacted as if their guy won. It all started when Gourde took exception to Oshie dropping a hard hit on Kraken linemate Brandon Tanev.
"Awesome," said SEA defenseman Carson Soucy when asked by ROOT SPORTS' Piper Shaw during the first intermission about Gourde's fisticuffs. "He's sticking up for his teammate. He's a warrior night in and night out."
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“I thought we played like we should play, we’re used to seeing the Kraken win games.” Hear more from the squad on what went right in tonight’s OT win → http:// bit.ly/KrakenYT22
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Kraken Honor Derek Belgarde
The Kraken honored Derrick Belgarde as the Hero of the Deep. The One Roof Foundation will donate $32k to Chief Seattle Club in Derrick's honor
Tuesday Nov. 29
FINAL/OT
SEA 9 vs 8 LAK
Final Buzzer: Wild, Wild Western Night in Hollywood
Believe it or not, Kraken win a game in which they give up eight goals and several leads yet hold on to sweep a divisional road trip and post a November record of 10-1-1
SEA @ LAK
Kraken, Kings Score 17 Goals
The Kraken and the Kings combine for 17 goals in a back-and-forth game that ended with Seattle winning 9-8 in overtime
Kings, Kraken join forces for mind-blowing feat never been done before in league history
O n Tuesday night, the NHL and its fans were witnesses to a ridiculous scoring performance by the Seattle Kraken and the Los Angeles Kings. The final score of that game read 9-8, with the Kraken coming away with the victory in overtime, thanks to the 17th and final game of the contest that was
scored by Andre Burakovsky — his second of the night — on the power play.
If it felt like the final score was something you’d never seen before in a game that went to overtime, it is because the NHL actually had never had a finish like that before. According to OptaSTATS, it’s the first time in the history of the league that an overtime game had ended with both teams combining
for at least 17 goals. It almost looked like two bad football teams played at Crypto.com Arena.
Moreover, it’s just the seventh game over the last 30 seasons that saw at least 17 goals scored in total. The last time that happened was just last February when the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings in regulation, 10-7.
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken LOS ANGELES - Some nights you go off-script, way off-script. That happened here in the vicinity of Hollywood proper Tuesday. What was anticipated to be a grinding, tight, defensive-leaning game turned into a "High Noon" old-school western shootout during the first period. The undoing of any
possible goalie duel started early, 16 seconds into the game.
get some well-deserved sleep after that one #SeaKraken The wild back-and-forth goal scoring was so furious, fans needed the scoreboard here in Crypto.com Arena or score graphic watching on ROOT SPORTS. You basically could lose track and/or be jolted back to rollicking reality musing about how the last goal was scored when the next goal light went on.
By mid-third period, the game was 8-7 when Los Angeles closed the first two-goal of the night back to a tenuous one-goal margin yet again. Just more than a minute later, Los Angeles tied the game again and the final six-plus was nerve-wracking for all involved. The game going to overtime seemed
only fair that each team's goal scorers come away with a point for their squads.
Burakovsky Nets OT Winner On PP
Andre Burakovsky gets the puck in the circle from Jordan Eberle and snaps it past the goalie on the power play to win the game 9-8 in overtime
EMBRACE THE CHAOS!!!! we doing this right, @mariners ?
"can I join in on the fun" -burky, probably #BurkySmirk
YESSSS!! LETS GO HOME!!!!
To be frank, the overtime didn't entirely cheer up players like Jared McCann and Andre Burakovsky , who both scored two goals on the night. They were practically glum talking about surrendering so many goals and leaving goalie Martin Jones without much a chance on most of the scores. Both said it
was imperative the team get back to "who we are" and how the Kraken played during most of the current six-game winning streak and throughout a November that included a five-game winning streak as well (with one October game in that win streak). And their coach agreed.
"It's not a formula that anybody wants to duplicate, but we did get two points out of it," said Dave Hakstol. "It's the end of a long divisional run here [the Kraken swept all five games]. We get a day off tomorrow. We get to clear our heads. We don't have a day of practice. We don't need a day of
practice. We just need to get back to it when we get back and play at home here in two days."
The overtime was as thrilling and crazy as the rest of this memorable game. Andre Burakovsky scored his second goal of the Wild Night to bring a 9-8 victory to Seattle, with the primary assist going to Jordan Eberle , his fourth of the night. There was joy and relief on the ice and Kraken bench.
Burakovsky Nets Kraken's 8th Goal
From behind the net, Alex Wennberg feeds the puck to Andre Burakovsky, who snaps a shot from the circle to make it 8-6 in the 2nd
'Touchdown, Seattle Kraken' has a nice ring to it. shoutout to whoever has Bjorky on their fantasy football team.
Believe It or Not, Part 1 Crazy fact: When Oliver Bjorkstrand scored the Kraken's seventh goal mid-second period, it moved the score to 7-5 in favor of Seattle. It was the first two-goal lead of the game for either team. The Kraken and Kings effectively traded goals during the previous 11 scores here in a game that was not
conducive to making a sandwich in the kitchen or otherwise taking your eyes off John Forslund and JT Brown calling the game on ROOT SPORTS.
OT is Underway Justin Schultz Schwartzy, Wenny, Lars & Jonesy in Net
Sprong Scores Goal
Daniel Sprong scores against the Los Angeles Kings to make it 6-5
SPRONG GETS IN ON THE FUN!!! 6-5, good guys.
Believe It or Not, Part 2 Despite the gaudy numbers on the scoreboard, Kraken goalie Martin Jones made several huge saves to keep the game at 1-1 and 2-2 during the first-period fireworks, stopping the likes of LA forwards Blake Lizotte and Trevor Moore. When Seattle went up 7-5, Jones and the penalty kills doused the two
minutes in large part due to spectacular saves by Jones against Viktor Arvidsson on a breakaway, plus close-in attempts by free-agent signee Kevin Fiala, Arthur Kaliyev (who scored two power plays in a Sunday win over Ottawa) and perennial all-star Anze Kopitar. Jones ended the night stopping 27 of
the 35 pucks sent on goal.
Of course, Los Angeles narrowed the lead yet again to make it 7-6 right after the late-second period ended and before a fifth Kraken player could skate to the scene. Before Andre Burakovsky joined the free-for-all scoresheet inside of the final minute of the second period, Jones made one more monster
stop on Kaliyev, who grimaced for a second time in short order at not getting the puck past Jones. Credit to Dave Hakstol and his staff, who watched LA change goalies but held firm with a player who had been in net for 11 previous wins this season and clearly is highly capable of making the "timely
saves" that Hakstol describes as a necessary agreement on not just penalty kills but at times when another goal can give the opponent momentum and game control.
"Zero," said Hakstol when asked if he gave any consideration to pulling Jones. "Through the first half the hockey game, whatever it was at the halfway point, it was a 7-5 hockey game and he had made four or five outstanding saves. I don't believe he had a whole lot of opportunity on the ones that went
by him."
Beniers Lights Lamp Again
Matty Beniers gets a feed from Jordan Eberle and snaps home a shot from out front to give the Kraken a 4-3 lead in the 2nd period
ATTY x2
THE KID IS ON FIRE!!!! MATTY PUTS US BACK OUT ON FRONT!
Believe it or Not, Part 3 We can keep doing this the entire plane ride back to Seattle, but let's contain it to one more section of have-to-see-it-to-believe-it material will do for now. The Kraken won their sixth straight game, breaking the franchise record five-game win streak they set earlier this month-as in November, in which
the squad posted a 10-1-1 record. It's the sixth straight win over Pacific Division opponents dating back to a Nov. 1 road win over Calgary and including the last five games played this month (LA at home, San Jose at home, in Vegas, in Anaheim, and here in LA). The nine goals break a record that
Kraken set less than a week ago on Thanksgiving Eve.
There's more: The Kraken's last two road trips have resulted in a pair of three-game sweeps. The team is 8-1-1 on the road. Matty Beniers has 12 points in his last five games, including two goals Tuesday, his eighth and ninth of the season. It's his first multi-goal game and won't be the last. Jordan
Eberle notched four assists and has 13 points in the last nine games. Justin Schultz notched three assists of his own and now has 10 points in his last six games.
Whew, one more item: Hockey broadcast legend, on-air personality, and must-follow Twitter contributor John Shannon let the rest of us know the longest time between goals in the first two periods was five minutes and 46 seconds of playing time.
Wennberg's PPG Gives Kraken Lead
Alex Wennberg gets a piece of Daniel Sprong's shot from the circle on the power play to make it a 3-2 game in the 1st period
First Things First The Kings scored first and fast, 16 seconds into this final of three divisional games on the road trip. In the first of two power play goals for Seattle, rookie rock star Matty Beniers scored his eighth goal of the year, sending a heads-up chance pass to Alex Wennberg net front. Wennberg attempted to tip
the puck past two-time Stanley Cup-winning goalie Jonathan Quick. The Kings goalie made the save but rebounded out front where Beniers had smartly skated to after the pass. It was Beniers' third goal in the last five games to go with seven assists during the same stretch.
Three minutes later, Jordan Eberle was working the puck behind the Los Angeles goal line, getting LAK defenseman Mikey Anderson to pursue. Instead of turning toward the goal, the veteran alternate captain took a couple of strides toward the blue line, then abruptly and gracefully reversed, shaking
free of Anderson and sending the puck to linemate Jared McCann for a quick tap-in with long-time Kings defenseman coming to cover McCann too late.
Problem is, the "High Noon" thing was just gearing up. One shift later, Kraken D-man Vince Dunn was whistled for a two-minute roughing penalty when he ripped the helmet off LA forward Blake Lizotte. The Kings scored nine seconds later to tie matters at two goals apiece.
The Pacific Division squads traded power-play goals to make it 3-3 before 20 minutes could expire and both coaching staffs could retreat to the locker room whiteboards or whatever they could conjure to get this back to the systems both Seattle's Dave Hakstol and LA's Todd McLellan likes to play. In
total, 12 different players from SEA and LA logged at least one point (goal or assist in the opening period).
#SeaKraken #FIFAWorldCup
Hero of The Deep: Matt Krees
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Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Nov. 29, 2022 Postgame
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“We’re here to win, we won the game.” In a game where 17 goals were scored, the #SeaKraken came out on top,
but there are several areas they’d like to clean up.
Kraken Sound: Jared McCann - Nov. 29, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Andre Burakovsky - Nov. 29, 2022 Postgame
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Sunday Nov. 27
FINAL
SEA 5 vs 4 ANA
Final Buzzer: Kraken Outduel Anaheim
Seattle wins fourth straight game against Pacific Division foes with Sprong game-winner
early third period, then hold off Ducks with strong forechecking and shot blocks
SEA @ ANA
Extended highlights of the Seattle Kraken at the Anaheim Ducks
we this team!
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken ANAHEIM - The Kraken's current win streak reached five games here in southern California with a 5-4 conquest over Anaheim. It ties the franchise mark for winning streaks, which the Kraken set earlier this month. Seattle can up the streak record to six Tuesday in Los Angeles, plus make it a clean
sweep of this month's recent stretch of divisional matchups.
It wasn't easy. The home squad Ducks came back twice after the Kraken went ahead 3-1 and 4-2. Four penalties in the first two periods resulted in three power-play goals. But early third period, Daniel Sprong showed yet again why GM Ron Francis and coach Dave Hakstol invited the Dutch free agent to
training camp on a professional tryout and then signed him to a one-year deal.
Jonesy @wafdbank Save of the Game
Both Kraken leaders always liked his offensive skills, especially his elite shot. What turned the tide for Sprong amid stiff competition at forward was his willingness and delivery of playing hard in all three zones, without or without the puck. Sunday, Sprong took a pass from linemate Ryan Donato (who
took a pass from temporary linemate Matty Beniers , filling in for an injured Morgan Geekie , who left the second period with an undisclosed upper-body injury).
It's Sprong's fourth goal and 11th point in 14 games. He had a goal and assist here. It was also Beniers' third point of the night (a goal and two assists) and ninth in his last four games. He leads all NHL rookies in scoring with seven goals and 11 assists.
Donato proceeded to act as a decoy net front (he's deft at getting to the crease). It afforded Sprong plenty of ice and time to get to the far side of the Anaheim net. Ducks goalie John Gibson, moving over to track Sprong, was disrupted by two ANA defensemen (Kevin Shattenkirk and Nathan Beaulieu)
falling backward onto him. Sprong made sure to bury the puck into the gaping net. Gibson immediately left the game with backup Anthony Stolarz replacing him.
"We were on a breakout and then Donnie gave it to me, when I wanted to dump in the puck and go for a long change," said Sprong when asked about the scoring sequence. "I think it ended up hitting [Mason] McTavish in the foot and came right back to me in a slot."
Sprong said he appreciates the regular playing time he's received after missing some early games due to a visa issue and ensuing healthy scratches to get back to game shape.
"It's a little bit easier mentally," he said. "You don't have to think about if you're in or out. But we have a really good, deep team. Every night there's different guys stepping up ... I think we're a really tight group in here [locker room]. We're all happy for each other and our goal is to win games and it
doesn't matter who gets it done."
Dave Hakstol told the post-game media scrum he liked what his squad got done in the third period after Sprong regained the lead for the Kraken. He was especially pleased with the consistent forechecking pressure.
"It was good to go flip the switch, lock it down a little bit and play a good 20 minutes on the road," said Hakstol.
Beniers Buries Rebound For PPG
Daniel Sprong's shot rebounds right to Matty Beniers, who puts it home for a power-play goal that makes it 4-2 in the 2nd period
MATTY ICE He has eight points in the last four games!
Jones Delivers Again After Sprong's game-winner, the rest of the period was a proverbial nail-biting time for Seattle fans. Jones continued his stellar work after the fourth goal was scored late second period. He made a pair of vital saves (ones not every NHL goaltender makes) in the final period to keep the one-goal lead.
True to what his teammates and head coach say about him, Jones was in position, calm and poised, making saves, including letting the puck hit him, to deny the home crowd one more goal roar. Jones is now 11-4-2 on the season.
Jones' teammates played with equal poise to keep Anaheim from getting too many scary chances, especially deploying rigorous and effective forechecking plus a bevy of blocked shots. Stolarz was pulled with a bit more than two minutes remaining, but Seattle gave up little in that final span.
"When you get those types of saves at the right time," said Hakstol, "it gives us a chance to get into the intermission. Then take a deep breath and then go back at it ... Then he's got two timely saves in the third period in which we gave up very, very little. But again, you need to have those saves or it
can be a tough night."
"You can look at the second period, there's stretches where Jonesy had no work. All of a sudden, we've [facing] two power plays in a row coming at us and he's got chaos around him. That's not an easy game for a goaltender to play. When you find those he saves, that's why we're standing here talking
about a win."
Timely Save after Pair of Disappointing Penalties Lost among the two late second-period Anaheim power play goals was a big and timely save by Martin Jones right after veteran winger Adam Henrique tied this back-and-forth at 4-4. Just 17 seconds following Anaheim came back from a 3-1 deficit, Vince Dunn lost the handle on a puck and Anaheim
free-agent center Ryan Strome took advantage with a wide-open chance on Jones, who turned away the backhanded shot attempt to keep this game in hand.
First of All ... Seattle struck first with goal 33 seconds into the game. Matty Beniers steers a face off to the right side wall . Jordan Eberle gives extra effort, sending the puck net from his knees. Linemate Jared McCann was there to slip in his eighth goal of the season before Ducks goalie John Gibson could react.
It was Eberle's 11th assist of the season and the 10th for Beniers, who leads all NHL rookies in scoring. McCann takes over the team lead in goals, tied with Andre Burakovsky going into Sunday's road affair.
Seven minutes into the opening period, the Kraken entered the Anaheim zone with a 3-on-1 break courtesy of a Ducks defenseman pinching up into the play and then sliding to the ice in the neutral zone. Defenseman and alternate captain Adam Larsson started the scoring sequence with a dart-like
pass to Burakovsky, who one-timed a pass to fellow Swede and first-liner Alex Wennberg at the right post. Wennberg, a magician with the stick, dangled and, abracadabra, puck in the net to make it 2-0. Burakovsky logged his team-leading 14th assist on the goal
Storybook Bookend When Daniel Sprong was whistled for a hooking penalty mid-period, the Kraken penalty killers snuffed out an offensively-talented Anaheim group. Less than two minutes later, the PK couldn't repeat the feat. Troy Terry, who scored twice in the Oct. 12 season opener for both teams that ended in a 5-4
Ducks overtime win here at Honda Center, tallied his third against Seattle this season (including the October OT winner). Terry, given too much time and space net front, did his own abracadabra dangling, to tighten the contest.
But, in the Kraken 2022-23 mode of finding ways to win, the Yanni Gourde line generated a scoring chance in the final minute. Gourde retrieved a puck from exiting the offensive zone, sending it back to the Ducks' goal line, where Oliver Bjorkstrand collected. Bjorkstrand deked a pair of defenders
wheeling at the left faceoff circle. He moved the puck to Vince Dunn, who moved up for a shot with patience, still 15 to 20 feet, beating ANA goalie Gibson clean. It marked Seattle's 16th defenseman goal of the season, second in the NHL. Only the New York Islanders have more, with 18 but in two more
games than the Kraken.
Friday Nov. 25
FINAL
SEA 4 vs 2 VGK
Final Buzzer: Kraken's Sweet Redemption
Kraken downs Vegas for four-game win streak behind Andre Burakovsky's two goals and Philipp Grubauer's big-saves return. Marks third straight 'W' against divisional foes
SEA @ VGK
Extended highlights of the Seattle Kraken at the Vegas Golden Knights
Leavin' Vegas with a Win
fist bumps but make them golden
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken VEGAS - Friday night's 4-2 Kraken win over first-place Vegas is the sweet redemption Seattle fans have been waiting for. After five previous tries to beat Vegas over two seasons, Seattle quieted the first-period boisterous home crowd here with a two-goal second period and standout work by Philipp
Grubauer in his first start in more than a month. The Kraken are now 12-5-3 overall and own a four-game winning streak.
Grubauer celebrated his 31st birthday Friday in a spotless final 40 minutes after surrendering a pair of goals in Period 1.
"Obviously a little bit rusty [in the early going]," said Grubauer, who made 20 saves on the night. "The guys have been playing unbelievable. They made it really easy for me tonight. Once you make a couple [saves], it seems like everything settles down a little bit. It is just amazing to watch from back
there, how everybody is contributing and doing the right thing. There are no selfish plays."
When asked about winning on his birthday, Grubauer smiled and said, "Besides my dog, the two points are the best birthday gift I've received."
"not on my birthday!" -grubi, probably don't miss tonight's @wafdbank Save of the Game!
Jackpot!
Knighted
Anotha one added to our 'hockey pics that go hard' folder.
Let's Finish this One Out! GRUUU
Seconding the Motion and Emotion With Philipp Grubauer doing his job by making several big saves in the middle period, including four Grade-A chances per Natural Stat Trick, the Kraken dropped a two-spot on Vegas with Jamie Oleksiak first setting up Andre Burakovsky 's second goal of the night (another elite shot from longer range, a
big reason GM Ron Francis signed the two-time Stanley Cup winner), then Matty Beniers executing yet another highlight-reel pass to linemate Jordan Eberle , who was stopped by Vegas goalie Adin Hill on the first attempt, but Eberle stayed with the puck and elevated the rebound over the prone VGK
goalie to make it 4-2.
Some cleanup details: Eberle now has five goals in his last seven games; he looked particularly jazzed to score on the second try, putting on a clinic lately in driving the net. Beniers leads all NHL rookies in scoring. Grubauer's best save of the period was a glove stop on Vegas defenseman Shea Theodore
right at net-front. And, oh yeah, Burakovsky almost notched a hat trick in the final minute of the middle frame.
Right Start, Wrong Turn This Friday night showdown couldn't have started any better for the visiting Kraken with Ryan Donato and Andre Burakovsky both scoring goals in the first eight minutes and both scoring a goal for a second straight game. But Vegas reorganized the momentum, first scoring late on a power play and just
over two minutes tying the game when an unfortunate bounce off Carson Soucy 's stick (with the Kraken D-man making the right play with wrong puck luck) pinballed to well-traveled veteran goal scorer Phil Kessel.
The opening period finished with 9 shots (four Grade-A chancers per Natural Stat Trick) for the Kraken and nine off the sticks of Vegas. After the score knotted at two goals apiece, Grubauer made a couple of key saves to keep matters tied after 20 minutes, aspiring to coach Dave Hakstol's penchant for
timely saves. The Grubauer hold-the-line work continued into the second period, with an early save on Shea Theodore.
Kraken coach Dave Hakstol was pleased with the win, but like returning goalie Grubauer emphasized, "you can't get too high or too low" over the long season. For Hakstol's part, he views Friday's big win as a more important divisional win and less redemption against Vegas. But that doesn't mean fans
can't savor the victory. In any case, Hakstol was satisfied with the effort on the ice.
"We're not looking for a measuring stick," said Hakstol when asked about gauging progress with a win over first-in-conference Vegas. "We're looking to win games. This was an important two points here on the road. We beat a good team here tonight."
Defense on the Offense Kraken defensemen have scored 15 goals this season with Jamie Oleksiak leading the way with four goals in 15 games (halfway to his career-best). The 15 goals represent nearly a quarter of Seattle's 66 goals. Only the New York Islanders have more defenseman goals. By comparison, Vegas D-men
have notched eight goals, or roughly 10 percent of the Golden Knights' 77 scores, but are second-best in the NHL in total points (translating to a plethora of assists).
Jamie Oleksiak didn't score Friday night in Nevada but his rink-long rush in the second period drew two VGK defenders, affording time and space for suddenly hot Andre Burakovsky. Oleksiak was at the Vegas goal line when he nimbly spun his 6-7, 257-pound frame 360 degrees to feed the puck to
Burakovsky. The Kraken sharpshooter beat Vegas goalie Adin Hill short side and retook the lead for his second goal of the game and seventh of the season. He now has 10 points in the last seven games.
It should be noted the Kraken's opening goal was set up by an Adam Larsson one-timer shot from the blue line, stopped by VGK goalie Hill but left near-crease for Donato to start the night's scoring. Larsson was one of the last shooters to leave the ice during warmups, maybe he had something in mind.
"Lately we're getting rewarded when we got pucks," said Larsson. "[The first goal] was a prime example. Just close your eyes and shoot. It landed pretty much on [Donato's] stick, so that was nice."
In his own manner, Larsson was effusive about the Friday night victory and the 18th and 19th points of a possible 22 standings points in the last 11 games.
"I thought it was a great, great team win today," said Larsson "There's lots of big blocks, and that kind of fires up the boys ... and Grubi played great."
First Goal First for Donato Ryan Donato scored the first-ever goal here in Vegas during the Kraken's first-ever game last season. He did it again early first-period Friday in a late-afternoon start, staying upright in front of the Vegas net to snag and shoot a rebound off SEA defenseman Adam Larsson's shot from the point. It's
Donato's second goal in two games and he continues to be one of the most effective net-front scorers and scrappers for Seattle.
First-Quarter Numbers Friday's Vegas matchup is the 20th game of the season for the Kraken. While it's too early to be closely watching the Pacific Division or Western Conference standings - Kraken play-by-play man extraordinaire John Forslund says he doesn't take it seriously until after the winter holidays - there is one
school of hockey thought that NHL teams need to start worrying if they are not in one of the eight playoff spots in each conference by Thanksgiving.
According to NHL Stats, since the 2005-06 season, 76.3 percent of teams in a playoff position on Thanksgiving Day made the playoffs. That excludes the 2019-20 season paused in March due to COVID-19 and eventually included 12 teams from each conference. Same for the 2012-13 and 2020-21
seasons because neither started before the day of gratitude.
Three-time Stanley Cup winner Mark Recchi, who has worked as an assistant coach with Pittsburgh and New Jersey, wrote in a recent "Coaches Room" NHL.com column that the "Thanksgiving deadline" was definitely a topic of discussion by both Penguins and Devils coaches.
As per usual at the quarter mark of the league's season, the NHL Stats crew also assembles fun facts and trends. Here's a "by the numbers" sampling relevant to Friday's showdown in Vegas: 6 - Number of non-playoff teams from 2022 that currently hold a playoff spot: New Jersey (No. 1 in Metropolitan), NY Islanders (No. 2 in Metropolitan), Detroit (No. 3 in Atlantic), Vegas (No. 1 in Pacific), Seattle (No. 2 in Pacific) and Winnipeg (No. 3 in Central). There has been a playoff turnover of at
least five teams in every season under the wild card format. 13 - Number of teams in NHL history that have produced a year-over-year improvement of 35+ standings points (min. 80 GP in first season) - the Devils (+68 points), Kraken (+48 points) and Golden Knights (+35 points) all are on pace to do so in 2022-23. 22 - Number of teams currently with a point percentage .500 or higher, including seven outside the playoff picture last season (New Jersey, Vegas, Seattle, Winnipeg, Detroit, NY Islanders, and Montreal).
Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Nov. 25, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Philipp Grubauer - Nov. 25, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Adam Larsson - Nov. 25, 2022 Postgame
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Hero Of The Deep: Maealie Glanzer
Kraken honor Maealie Glanzer as the Hero of the Deep. The One Roof Foundation will donate $32k to Black Girl Hockey Club in Maealie’s honor.
Dom Davis Kraken Hero Of The Deep
Kraken honor Dom Davis as the Kraken Hero of the Deep. The One Roof Foundation will donate $32,000 to Youth Achievement Center in Dom’s honor.
Wednesday Nov. 23
FINAL
SJS 5 vs 8 SEA
Final Buzzer: Kraken Hang On, Score Franchise-Best Eight Goals
In a game that could have taken a wrong turn, Seattle rights the night to earn an 8-5 victory, 4-1-1 homestand record and establish home crowd decibels level never higher
SJS @ SEA
Extended highlights of the San Jose Sharks at the Seattle Kraken
‘tis the season of yeeting
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken This date with San Jose was circled as a celebratory night given Thanksgiving eve and all. Well, that happened here at the raucous Climate Pledge Arena. This kind of night was just a dream this time last season for the Kraken, but now owners of 11 wins, shook off an early Sharks lead and later a San
Jose tying goal to stamp this divisional matchup as a decisive and goal-packed 8-5 win.
But with Kraken trying to finish a six-game homestand with four wins and nine of 12 possible standings points, the matchup with the sixth-place Sharks also sized up as a trap game of sorts with higher expectations for Seattle early this season.
After one period, it looked like the Kraken might slip back to the .500 overall mark at home, trailing 2-1 after 20 minutes. The Kraken responded to the first-intermission deficit with three straight second-period goals (Vince Dunn, Ryan Donato , Jamie Oleksiak ) to take a 4-2 lead.
MATTY BENIERS Time To Get KRAKEN
Sharks star Timo Meier, calling for a pass with loud rapping of his stick on the ice, narrowed matters to 4-3 with his second goal of the night, but the Kraken skated off for the second intermission with the lead. But the breathing room took a gut punch when San Jose tied matters at 4-4 exactly one
minute into the third period.
Seattle's 70-Second Surge Less than two minutes later, qualifying statistically as a response goal, Oliver Bjorkstrand broke an 18-game goal drought to score his second goal of the year, nudging the score to 5-4 Kraken. The scoring play started with Brandon Tanev forechecking a puck away from a Shark in the SJS zone.
Linemate Yanni Gourde collected the loose puck and moved it quickly to Bjorkstrand, who patiently but with purpose waited for Sharks goalie Kaapo Kahkonen to move low to the ice, flipping the puck and in.
Seventy seconds later, Matty Beniers entered the San Jose zone and found Andre Burakovsky , who in turn made yet another elite pass and the ultimate primary assist on Jaden Schwartz 's sixth goal of the year. Schwartz, always with the veteran move, snapped the puck as soon as he receive the puck.
Kahkonen didn't have a chance and Seattle moved back in control of the night. They have now earned 17 of a possible 20 points in their last 10 games.
When asked about the high-scoring 13-goal affair, Dave Hakstol said, "Sometimes there's just nights like this ... it kind of had that feel right from the go. I look at our goaltender [Martin Jones] and he didn't let in a bad goal tonight and he made some huge saves. You've gotta win games all different
ways. This isn't the way you draw it up but you've got to find a way to win hockey games."
"I think it was a game going back and forth a lot," said Burakovsky who capped his night with a goal and two assists. "I think we're doing a really good job taking care of the chances that we created and chances given to us. It was really good to see so many players contributing on the offensive side
and defensive side .. but overall two points is two points so great win."
Jones says "NOPE" in tonight's @WAFDbank Save of the Game!
Jones Makes Save
Martin Jones makes a save on Matt Nieto in the 3rd period
Burakovsky Evens Game With PPG
Andre Burakovsky gets a feed from Vince Dunn and fires a wrister from the circle on the power play to tie the game at 1-1 in the 1st period
Vince Dunn Serving up some Thanksgiving Dunner tonight
Matty Beniers made several end-to-end rushes Wednesday night. Get used to it in all good ways, Kraken fans. He started taking control of a shift, even power plays, as early as his second game last season, fresh from the NCAA. He will only grow more confident in moving the puck from his blue line to
the opponent's goal mouth and add a significant threat to Seattle's bustling offensive game this season-and seasons beyond.
He finished the game as the No. 1 star with a goal and two assists. The crowd, roaring all night, reached back for something extra when Beniers came to yeet the fish.
Beniers' Powerful Wrist Shot
Matty Beniers gets a feed from Jared McCann, skates to the slot and fires a wrister past the goalie to make it 7-5 in the 3rd period
"That was kind of an up-and-down game with a lot of offense so it was a fun game to play in," said Beniers. "You're always kind of active so it's easy to stay in it ... tonight we really beared down and put our chances away. It's not always like that every night but it's good to see it tonight."
Beniers, Dunn Team Up For Goal
Vince Dunn gets a backhand feed from Matty Beniers and snaps the puck in from the slot to tie the game at 2-2 in the 2nd period
REMEMBER THE NAME MATTY BENIERS
Matty HIMniers.
Matty Beniers totaled three points (one goal, two assists) in tonight’s game, setting a single-game career high.
Oleksiak Back in Gear - and Goal Mode Kraken defenseman Jamie Oleksiak missed the last four games with a lower-body injury. He returned to the lineup Wednesday, pairing with usual D-partner Justin Schultz during even-strength and pulling top minutes on the penalty kill.
Oleksiak and Schultz have partnered before when both veterans played for Pittsburgh, pairing for a good part of the 2017-18 season.
"We know each other's tendencies," said Oleksiak in a recent conversation. "It's a different system [in Seattle], which takes some adjustments. But [Schultz is] pretty easy to read off of. I like how he's able to move the puck."
Schultz moved the puck with elite ability on the Kraken's fourth of the night, which happened to be Oleksiak's fourth goal of the season. Schultz faked a shot on goal and steered it net-front to his partner who had moved up into the play.
"We complement each other," said Oleksiak. "He's so poised with the puck. It's great having a partner who is there when you get in trouble. And if you give him the puck in the offensive zone, he's gonna make a play."
That 8 Goal Win Smile
"The atmosphere in this building is awesome - it's a party happening for 18,000 people." - Head Coach Dave Hakstol on tonight's high-scoring victory over San Jose.
Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Nov. 23, 2022 Postgame
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32 Questions With Hilary Knight
Team USA star and Olympic gold medalist Hilary Knight sits down with the Seattle Kraken to answer 32 questions about hockey and life.
Saturday Nov. 19
FINAL/OT
LAK 2 vs 3 SEA
Final Buzzer: Third Straight OT Quite the Charm for Kraken
Jordan Eberle scores the game-winner for Seattle to beat Los Angeles in divisional showdown that is start of five consecutive Pacific games. Martin Jones stars again
THAT'S KRAKEN HOCKEY BABY!!!!! SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS
LAK @ SEA
Extended highlights of the Los Angeles Kings at the Seattle Kraken
Any Saturday Night Plans? Us: Yeeting Fish 🐟
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken It's a good thing Dave Hakstol and his Kraken team practiced 3-on-3 overtime both Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Because after dropping an OT loss to Winnipeg Sunday, the Seattle squad won in overtime Thursday and again here Saturday with a decibel-delirious crowd roaring when Jordan
Eberle scored with less than three minutes left before a shootout would occur.
Eberle's shot in OT Thursday was rammed home by teammate Justin Schultz in a scramble rebound play to beat the New York Rangers. Saturday night, rushing with Brandon Tanev on a 2-on-1, Eberle held the puck then held it some more, looked at Tanev to fake a pass and shot it past LAK goalie Cal
Petersen, who deserved a better fate but lost in yet another goalie duel between the Kraken's Martin Jones and an opposing backup goaltender. The Kraken are now 8-1-1 when they score first.
Buoy debuts a brand new T-shirt gatling gun.
Did Someone Mention Playoffs? No one is jumping too far ahead in the Kraken locker room but Eberle did compare this past week's tight games going into overtime to playoff hockey. For a guy who stood in front of the media last year answering questions after tough losses and especially the thin line between winning and losing in the
NHL, the Saturday hero is no doubt happy to talk about thrilling victories.
The Kraken are now 3-1-1 on the six-game homestand with San Jose left on the docket Wednesday and they are a franchise-best five games over the .500 mark at 10-5-3, one point behind Los Angeles for second place with three games in hand. Seattle is only six points behind first-place Vegas, who
are off to a scorching start and have one game in hand. It's been a week of weeks for this group of guys and the Kraken faithful.
"I think it's important to play these games and feel comfortable," said Eberle. "That's the biggest thing. I think we're doing a better job of that. You know, once you get into the postseason, a lot of games are close. You have to feel comfortable in uncomfortable situations."
As for practicing 3-on-3 overtime situations in two mid-week practices, Dave Hakstol joked when asked about Saturday's overtime, saying "I guess all we had to figure out is just get 7 and 13 on the ice. That's the formula. I don't think it has anything to do with the practice." Winning creates a lighter
mood, no doubt.
Adding these to our 'hockey pics that go hard' folder Hakstol on the OT, Beniers and Jones There was lots to like Saturday night for the coaching staff, players, and fans alike. Hakstol weighed with a more serious answer about OT after praising Eberle and sideman/decoy Tanev. "It was a different overtime tonight," said Hakstol "We didn't have the puck a whole lot. But we defended really well.
We never really gave up. We didn't give up anything threatening. We were patient and on play for the game-winning goal, Schultzy does a good job defending. We took advantage of their defenseman diving in as we punch that puck past him."
Matty Beniers was hard to ignore Saturday night despite all four lines playing effective minutes. Beniers simply plays at a high level in all zones at a 20-year-old. He got the primary assist on Jared McCann 's 100th goal, set up several other high-danger scoring chances, keeps winning puck battles, draws
penalties, and just missed a power play goal when his one-timer hit the post.
"He's a young guy that is playing big minutes against everybody," said Hakstol. "Matty is continuing to grow. He takes the challenge. He's a guy ready to take on every single challenge. Whether it goes well or doesn't, I've said this before, he comes back ready to take the next one on ... I think we all
see it, and he's a guy that's got a real special future. "
Hakstol praised Jones and rightfully so: "The numbers are really good for Jonesy. If you look over the last eight, nine, 10 games, there's a reason that our team is growing in confidence. There is the volume of saves, right? But it's not just the volume of saves. It's the saves at the right time. Halfway
through the third period, we didn't give up a whole lot, but there's a broken play in the third period that ends up on the back door, and [Jones is] there. He gets across he makes a calm, left-pad save and we're out of trouble."
Final Period Flurry The Kraken and Kings scored just one goal apiece in the first 40 minutes of this divisional showdown at Climate Pledge Arena. In the first 53 seconds of the third period, both teams scored a goal. During a Kraken power play, LA started the sudden scoring with a shorthanded goal, then 18 seconds later
the Kraken answered, still with the man-advantage.
LA forward Trevor Moore, who notched a hat trick in Edmonton Wednesday, broke free from his own blue line when Seattle defenseman Vince Dunn hesitated ever so slightly about whether to pinch in. Moore outskated Andre Burakovsky and wristed a quick forehand shot past Martin Jones .
@SeattleKraken & @LAKings When it comes to the fight against cancer we’re all on the same team. #HockeyFightsCancer Middle-Period Frustration After falling behind 1-0, the Kings made an early push before LA defenseman Sean Walker was whistled for hooking. It provided the first power play of the night for either team - for only 23 seconds. Jaden Schwartz was called for a hooking penalty of his own when he prevented a Kings in-close break
on goal. Schwartz did not like the call, same for the knowledgeable Climate Pledge Arena fans when the replay ran on the giant twin video boards. Dave Hakstol showed similar frustration when the ROOT SPORTS production crew showed the coach talking to assistant coach Paul McFarland and shaking
his head - slightly but discernible.
Matty Beniers drew a tripping penalty with 6:40 remaining in the second period, then beat goalie Petersen on the ensuing power play only to have his one-timer shot ring off the far post (loud enough to hear on the press bridge and throughout the arena).
With 68 seconds left in the middle 20 minutes, Kings center Phillip Danault tipped in his own rebound to tie matters at one goal apiece heading to the second intermission. Danault is one of the league's best two-way centers and is renowned for his defensive play. In this case, he followed up a close-in
shot and Martin Jones save by reaching over Brandon Tanev 's shoulder (who was down on one knee) to bat the puck into the net. Jones finished the period with 12 saves.
It's a testament to Danault's elite skill and let's agree that Martin Jones has been making it mandatory for opponents to come up with such moves to score on him in his last 10 games.
Fist Pumps
100-Goal Man McCann Jared McCann scored the opening goal here Saturday to raucous noise and that was before the fans heard during the goal announcement that it marked McCann's 100th NHL goal. After Los Angeles opened with a couple of quality scoring chances on Martin Jones, the Kraken forwards rolled out several
strong shifts and put pressure on the Kings and goalie Cal Petersen before McCann gave Seattle the lead.
The scoring play started with Matty Beniers disrupting a Kings rush with his stick and sending a pass back to D-man Justin Schultz , who snapped a pass to Jordan Eberle who skated deep into the Kings zone and backhanded a shot on Petersen that Beniers redirected. Petersen made a quality save but
the rebound went straight to McCann, who owns an elite quick shot release that paid dividends yet again for the home crowd.
McCann has seven goals on the season, including the first score in Thursday's thrilling overtime win against the New York Rangers. McCann is the Kraken's leading goal scorer and making Ron Francis look good when the Kraken GM signed him to a five-year, $25 million contract last March. McCann is the
first player in the franchise to re-sign with Seattle.
Jaden Schwartz "Let's Do This!"
The Energizer Bunny Tanev
Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Nov. 19, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Nov. 19, 2022 Postgame
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“We win by committee, and when you can do that, it’s fun.”
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Kraken Sound: Daniel Sprong - Nov. 19, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Oliver Bjorkstrand - Nov. 19, 2022 Postgame
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Thursday Nov. 17
FINAL/OT
NYR 2 vs 3 SEA
Final Buzzer: Schultz, Jones Lead Kraken OT Win
In a showdown between 2022 Vezina Trophy winner Igor Shesterkin and 2022 free agent signee Martin Jones, Kraken win, 3-2, on Justin Schultz's second goal of night
- Our First-Ever Overtime Victory at Home! -
NYR @ SEA
Extended highlights of the New York Rangers at the Seattle Kraken
THAT'S KRAKEN HOCKEY BABY!!!
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken In the sort of game the Kraken have to win to stay in the playoff hunt this season, Justin Schultz scored his second goal of the night to win in overtime, 3-2. It's the Kraken's first OT victory of the season and backs up a spectacular 28-save night from SEA goalie Martin Jones .
Schultz scored the game-winner with 81 seconds left in the game, converting on a Jordan Eberle rush. The home crowd went Seattle-worthy bonkers. The Kraken are now 9-5-3.
When the @WAFDbank Save of the Game is straight
light the lamp twice score the game winning goal in OT yeet the fish
have yourself a night, Schultzy!
Twitter might disappear but yeet the fish is 4eva
The Schultz OT goal was what coach Dave Hakstol called a "dirty goal," one that takes advantage of a loose puck and, in this case, a goalie not adjusting soon enough to a shot going wide and a steep angle on the opposite.
With a goalie of Igor Shesterkin's caliber (he won the Vezina Trophy for best NHL goalie last season), that's how Seattle needed to win here Thursday in a game that fans might look back at as a turning point for the positive. The Kraken prevailed even after giving up another late goal to lose a 2-1 lead
for the second straight home game, in this case with 1:54 remaining.
In Honor of #HockeyFightsCancer , Philipp Grubauer created a custom one-of-a-kind mask that will be auctioned off at the end of the month via @OneRoofFdn 's Anchor Auction.
Taking Notice of GM's July Signings Given Martin Jones ' outstanding performance and the feat of outdueling Shesterkin and an Original Six franchise loaded with offensive talent (and an Eastern Conference finalist last season), it might get lost that Jones was a first-day free agent signee for GM Ron Francis since Andre Burakovsky was the
biggest name to join the Kraken that day.
But Jones is now 6-3-1 in his last 10 games and putting up top-10 save percentage numbers in that stretch. It might be hard to argue he isn't the best signing from July. But, wait a moment, Justin Schultz scored two goals here Thursday and turned in yet another solid defensive night.
His first goal gave Seattle a lead in the third period and his game-winning overtime goal (analyst Eddie Olczyk called it the "OTG-GWG") was the tonic the Kraken needed going into what is now five straight Pacific games on the schedule. Schultz said he was sending the puck net front more than
shooting. It's precisely what the Kraken needed to do against Shesterkin.
So Schultz is arguably as good a signing as Jones given the results of 17 games played. Oh, but, wait, Burakovsky assisted on the third-period go-ahead goal. He now leads the team in scoring with four goals (he will heat up on the goal front) and 11 assists. His playmaking is turning heads among
teammates and fans alike.
The Kraken's second goal of the game started with young defenseman Cale Fleury hurrying up a Ranger scoring attempt with Jaden Schwartz moving the loose puck up ice. Once in the offensive zone, Andre Burakovsky controlled the puck and tempo. He skated deep into the NYR zone, lapped around
the net and moved a pass to fellow summer free-agent signee Justin Schultz at the right point. The veteran defenseman fired his shot past Shesterkin to thunderous noise from the home crowd.
Late Period Disappointment But the Schultz goal didn't hold up in regulation. On the fifth NYR power play of the night and another late penalty committed by SEA defenseman Carson Soucy , Rangers forward Vincent Trocheck scored with 1:54 remaining. It marked the second straight game the Kraken gave up a late goal to send
matters to overtime.
In the 3-on-3 overtime - which the Kraken practiced both Tuesday and Wednesday this week - the Kraken looked more competitive than during the 54 seconds it took Winnipeg to win in extra time Sunday night. Seattle generated scoring attempts and played solid defensively when needed (an individual
backward skating sequence by Alex Wennberg ).
"We practiced 3-on-3 yesterday and [Tuesday]," said Jared McCann afterward. "It was huge. We felt more confident going into it. We made some plays, but we were smart.
"We don't need to force it. You know, hold on to it instead [including a McCann shot he passed up because he had to shoot through two Ranger defenders]. It's puck possession. You just have to hold on to it and make the right play."
hockey pics that go hard. (and making sure twitter still works)
Power Play Outages The Kraken were awarded three power plays in the second period alone. The six minutes ticked off without a score and only one shot to show for, plus one icing call.
Instead of bearing shots for the Kraken, Seattle's second power play of the night brought more chances for NYR penalty killers. Right after the man-advantage ended, Jones came up big with a save on New York defenseman K'Andre Miller to match one he made against another young, talented NYR
defenseman, Adam Fox, on a shorthanded attempt.
Late second period, 2019 No. 2 overall draft pick Kaapo Kakko broke free and solo on Jones, who proceeded to make his biggest save of the night to that point. Despite Kakko coaxing to commit low on the ice, Jones extended his right leg pad and skate to close off the tuck-in attempt at the right post.
Jones Denies Kakko On Breakaway
Martin Jones extends his right pad in time to stop Kaapo Kakko on a breakaway to keep it 1-1 in the 2nd period
Jones Delivers in First 20 Minutes Goalie Martin Jones turned in another strong first 20 minutes, allowing just one goal on 14 shots. The New York score was on the power play when a wide-open Mika Zibanejad scored his seventh power-play goal of the year and 10th overall. Teammate Chris Kreider set up the play, which clicked on the
second of two hooking penalties called on Seattle players in the opening period.
Shortly after surrendering the goal, Jones stopped Kreider point-blank to keep the game at 1-1. Earlier, Jared McCann provided a one-goal lead via his sixth goal of the season.
Jones stood calm and in position as the Rangers spent way too much time in the Kraken zone. The period finished with 14 shots on goal for NYR and six for the Kraken.
Jones continues to make the saves expected and that is keeping Seattle in games. It's no mistake he is getting the biggest cheers from Climate Pledge Arena fans when the starting lineups are announced. The first period felt at times like it might get out of hand for the SEA squad, but Jones' work and
solid companion work by Kraken skaters clearing potential rebounds and/or stifling the likes of New York superstar Artemi Panarin.
McCann's Tip In To Open Scoring
Jared McCann gets his stick on Will Borgen's shot from the point to give the Kraken an early 1-0 lead in the 1st period
Canner Time > Jared McCann
CANNER PUTS US ON THE BOARD FIRST!!!
Canner Time > Any Other Time
@Matty_Beniers10 with the new stache
Gourde Plays in 400th Regular Season Game Nine summers ago, Kraken forward and alternate captain Yanni Gourde sat down with his wife and high school sweetheart, Marie-Andree, for a heart-to-heart talk. They debated whether to take an offer from third-tier pro ECHL or quit the game to pursue a civil engineering degree to support the family
they planned (the couple now has two young daughters). They decided to give hockey 'one more shot.'
Thursday the two-time Stanley Cup champion and every-time all-out competitor appeared in his 400th NHL game to pair with 69 postseason games, perhaps none bigger than scoring the only goal (shorthanded, of course) in Game 7 of the 2020 Eastern Conference final to propel Tampa Bay to the first
of its back-to-back Cup runs.
Tonight marks Yanni Gourde’s 400th @NHL game. Congrats, Yanni!
Getting the Davy Jones hat & giving the team a day off makes for one special moment on #HockeyFightsCancer night.
Hero Of The Deep: Julie Self
The Kraken honored Julie Self as the Hero of the Deep. The One Roof Foundation will donate $32k to cancer research in Julie’s honor.
We are so honored to have had Paul Klein, who just finished treatment for throat cancer at @VMFHealth , sing the National Anthem ahead of tonight’s game.
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Sunday Nov. 13
FINAL
WPG 3 vs 2 SEA
Final Buzzer: Kraken Drop OT Heartbreaker
Winnipeg scores late, very late, to send the game to overtime and a 3-2 loss on a night when Kraken goalie Martin Jones deserved better. Seattle earns one standings point
WPG @ SEA
Extended highlights of the Winnipeg Jets at the Seattle Kraken
we gain a point, but can we still play a reverse uno card here?
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken On a night with puck luck was in short supply for the Kraken, Winnipeg backup goalie David Rittich won the goalie duel over the stellar-yet-again, Martin Jones , in a 3-2 overtime heartbreaker for Kraken players and faithful alike.
With the Kraken holding a 2-1 lead from the mid-third period, the visiting Jets scored on a Blake Wheeler rebound shot with 5.2 seconds remaining to tie the game and squander another outstanding night of work from Jones. Winnipeg star Mark Scheifele scored the game-winner during the first minute of 3-on-3 overtime, notching his second goal of the night and 10th of the season. The Kraken had to settle for a single standings point and an 8-5-3 record.
After hitting the crossbar on a shorthanded breakaway attempt earlier this thriller - Kraken players clanged iron three times on the night - fan favorite Brandon Tanev scored a tiebreaker goal mid-third period to thundering noise. But it wasn't enough.
MARTIN JONES
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"Boy, we wasted a good performance there [from Jones]," said cool, collected, but disappointed Kraken coach Dave Hakstol. "His performance was good enough to get us two points."
Martin Jones kicks the pad out to make a beautiful save, stopping Pierre-Luc Dubois from scoring on an empty net
Penalty-palooza Staggers Kraken The third period didn't start the way any Kraken fan would prefer. Winnipeg embarked on its fifth power play of the night and the fourth killed off by Kraken penalty killers. The Jets received a sixth two-minute man advantage late in the third period, but couldn't convert.
Then, with 26 seconds left, Carson Soucy was whistled off for a roughing penalty, drawn by Jets forward Pierre-Luc Dubois. Along with fans watching and booing the officials at Climate Pledge Arena, Kraken broadcaster Eddie Olczyk was equally baffled about what prompted Soucy to take umbrage with Dubois.
Hakstol told a post-game media scrum he was confused about why the whistle was blown to stop play since Seattle had not touched the puck, which is typically what prompts officials to call the penalty. Hakstol said he thought it meant both Soucy and Dubois were going off with no man-advantage
situation for what was already 6-on-5 play with a WPG empty net. We all know what happened from there with Blake Wheeler (primary of a second-period melee described below) rapping in a rebound to spoil the Seattle night.
While some media types and no doubt fans too were speculating about two or three second-period penalty calls that might not be seen the same by other NHL referees, Hakstol said his focus was the third-period penalties and, make no mistake, he didn't approve of Soucy's actions to go to the penalty
box in the final half-minute of regulation.
"I'm more focused on the third period, right?" he said when asked about the eight SEA penalties called with seven power plays as a result. "We had two stick penalties [in the final period then on the last one, however you want to unpack it, like I said, [we will] go back and look at it again. It's an
undisciplined penalty on our part.
"That's the piece we can fix. The rest of it, I am a little confused at how that whole sequence happened and why the play was blown down when it was if both guys weren't going to the box. But that's not something that I control. My focus is with 30 seconds to go. We just need to close that game out.
We don't need to settle any scores at that point in time."
Eberle Scores Goal
Jordan Eberle scores against the Winnipeg Jets to make it 1-0
EBS!!!! DAD STRENGTH CONTINUES
first goal in the reverse retros is as fire as the jerseys #ReverseRetro
Hero Of The Deep: Jaci McCormack
The Seattle Kraken and The One Roof Foundation will donate $32k to Rise Above in Jaci McCormack's honor.
Melee and Missed Opportunity On the first night the Kraken wore their special Reverse Retro jerseys, an old-school melee broke out shortly after Jets leading scorer Mark Schefiele tied this game in mid-second period at one goal apiece on a fortunate ricochet off the back boards.
There were several fights and fists flying that you would need to watch a replay to identify the various combatants and who got the best of whom. Even the referees required more than a few minutes to sort it out. The result was a four-minute 5-on-4 advantage for Seattle with two Jets in the penalty
box (Winnipeg forward Blake Wheeler was the biggest offender, tagged with a double-minor for roughing) and Will Borgen in the Kraken pen for a matching roughing penalty.
The Kraken couldn't solve WPG backup goalie David Rittich during the four minutes, though Jared McCann 's laser shot from the left point beat Rittich but hit the post instead of the net. Then Wheeler, just out of the box, almost made things even more frustrating with a mini-break on Martin Jones , who
made a big stop on the puck and the Jets' momentum.
Winnipeg applied pressure from there for the rest of the middle frame. Jones made several more big stops on close-range shots to keep it 1-1 after 40 minutes. Winnipeg attempted 45 shots toward Jones' net in the first two periods and finished with 28 saves.
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Kraken Sound: Jordan Eberle - Nov. 13, 2022 Post Game
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Friday Nov. 11
FINAL
MIN 1 vs 0 SEA
Final Buzzer: Fleury, Wild Shut Out Kraken
The only goal of tightly-played game was good bounce/unlucky bounce, and a future Hall of Fame goalie took care of the zeros
time to start a new winning streak.
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Five times you win, some time you lose. The Kraken dropped a 1-0 affair to Minnesota Friday night, ending a five-game winning streak at the hands of Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, who just over a week ago surrendered four goals to Seattle.
Fleury's victory, a 28-save shutout, marks the 28th NHL opponent he has shut out in his illustrious career, setting an NHL record on his way to matching Martin Jones' shutout in Saint Paul. Jones could not be faulted this night. He made the big saves at key moments that coach Dave Hakstol asks of his
goaltenders, plus the ones he was supposed to make. He finished with 20 saves and the only goal against was fluky, scored on a random ricochet off a side wall in the Kraken defensive zone.
Kraken Blanked By Wild In Loss
Martin Jones stopped 20/21 shots and Oliver Bjorkstrand and Yanni Gourde led the way with 4 shots each in the Kraken's 1-0 loss to the Wild
On the Rebounds By mid-game Friday, both teams had logged just 12 shots on goal. If you were thinking this game was more slogging than that styling, you would not be wrong. If you were thinking, gee, it looked like future Hall of Fame goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was giving up prime rebound opportunities (at least
three in the first period alone and one mid-third period just there for the taking) with the Kraken not catching up with even one of those second-chance shots, you would not be wrong.
"There was definitely a lot of outside play," said Yanni Gourde matter-of-factly in the post-game media scrum. "We've got to find seconds, find rebounds. We've got to be out front [to screen Fleury]. If that goalie sees the puck, most likely he's gonna make the save. We've got to do a better job of
making his game a little bit harder ... and of finding the open guy."
In his post-game comments, coach Dave Hakstol said there were a few too many pucks "thrown to the net with nobody within 30 feet of the net [for rebound chances]."
PK Streak Reaches 16 Straight In some ways, the Kraken coaching staff was likely satisfied to enter the third period only down one goal, with the Wild afforded four minutes of power play time in the final eight minutes of the second period. Seattle penalty killers snuffed out both, making it 16 straight fruitless outings for opponents.
Minnesota young star Kirill Kraprizov, who has 10 goals on the year, scored two power-play goals in the Wild's 4-1 at Anaheim Wednesday. Makes the PK effort even more admirable. For any fans wondering, new-this-season assistant Dave Lowry has been running the PK.
Tonight marks Adam Larsson’s 700th @NHL game. Congrats, Adam!
Power Play Struggles to Score Hakstol said, "put this one on the power play [units]," which have scored two goals in the last 16 tries, including four no-goal man opportunities against Minnesota. He offered, "it's that kind of night you've got to get a score off 5-on-5" or even-strength play."
The Kraken power play went 0-for-2 in the first period. The Kraken started the second period with a power play opportunity when Minnesota defenseman Matt Dumba was called for high-sticking at the 20-minute mark. More zeros during the third power play for Seattle.
Seattle's power play got a fourth power-play opportunity early third period, generating offensive-zone time and puck movement but no Grade-A scoring chances nor a goal. The best chance was actually a shorthanded breakaway by MIN forward Mason Shaw.
Hakstol pinpointed a common problem with all four power play opportunities. Each time, Seattle lost the opening faceoff in the Minnesota zone.
"The power play has been good all year," said Hakstol. "It's been timely. You've got to find a way to come up with the puck. You don't have to win a draw clean, but we've got to find some 50-50's [puck battles] and keep those pucks in the zone."
"They did a good job on our entries. Even in the third period when we did get set up - sometimes you've got to simplify it a little bit. Maybe we tried to do a little bit too much on two or three opportunities."
Going to the Wall The Wild scored the first goal of the night on a play that fans won't see too often. Minnesota veteran defenseman Jon Merrill missed on a pass to defensive partner Calen Addison that ricocheted off the side wall right to Mats Zuccarello (the pride of Norway and a breakthrough star at the 2010 Winter
Olympics), who wired it past Martin Jones with two Kraken maneuvering but not expected the unintended bank-shot pass to cleanly to an opponent's stick blade. Zuccarello wired it past Martin Jones. for what proved
Hero Of The Deep: Matt Kress
Seattle Kraken honor Hero Of The Deep Matt Kress during the 1st period. The One Roof Foundation will donate $32k to Headstrong in Matt's honor.
Larsson Longevity Kraken alternate captain Adam Larsson played in his 700th NHL game Friday at just 30 years old. The reason why is he was drafted in 2011 and played a full season with the New Jersey Devils as an 18-year-old, picked No. 4 overall (a feat he shares with teammate Shane Wright (2022) and Ron Francis
(1981)).
"Take nothing for granted," said Larsson when asked about the personal milestone after Friday's morning skate. "I mean, it's a league where you can be out really quick if you slip your focus and your determination ... 700 is something I probably wouldn't believe if someone told me that early in my
career."
Larsson is the only Kraken player to appear in every game in franchise history. His 82-game season last year was his third year in which he didn't miss a game.
Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Nov. 11, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Yanni Gourde - Nov. 11, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Justin Schultz - Nov. 11, 2022 Postgame
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Tuesday Nov. 8
FINAL
NSH 1 vs 5 SEA
Final Buzzer: Bringing the Noise - and Goals
Kraken race to a four-goal cushion in first period back home Tuesday. It proves enough and Seattle skate past Nashville, 5-1, for franchise record fifth-straight win
NSH @ SEA
Extended highlights of the Nashville Predators at the Seattle Kraken
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken The roar inside Climate Pledge Arena started with the Kraken taking the ice at game time. Goalie Martin Jones prompted the loudest cheers when the Seattle starting lineup was announced. There was way more hockey acoustics where that came from as the Kraken returned from a three-game, six-
standings point sweep during last week's road trip.
Four first-period goals and a 5-1 victory will generate those mega-decibels and smiles and yelps. It's exactly the quality and quantity of noise the architects, engineers, and Kraken front office had in mind building this brand-new subterranean arena under the epic landmark roof. Seattle is now 8-4-2 and
owns a franchise-record five-game winning streak.
"We want to make this place the toughest place [to play]," Jordan Eberle , who scored twice in the first period, including the first goal 38 seconds into the game. "It's loud. It's one of the [more fun] buildings, in the league to play in, you can feel the energy, especially in the first period there.
"You make it a tough building play it and we did that as far as tonight. You come out with four quick goals. That's what you want to be known as a team that [the opponent] has to weather the storm here."
Let' em Know Stephen A Scoring and Roaring The decibels quickly jumped to upper-echelon, Seattle-LOUD levels when Eberle scored 38 seconds into the game, seconds into his first shift of the night taking a perfect lead pass from Andre Burakovsky . Seven minutes later, Burakovsky picked up a loose puck in the offensive zone and ultimately his
second primary of the first period.
The free-agent signee skated away from the Nashville net, camouflaging his next move, a pass to defenseman Will Borgen who was pinching in. Borgen quick-released a shot past Predators goalie Juuse Saros for his second goal in 14 games this season, matching his 2021-22 total in which he played 36
games, almost all in the second half of the season once D-men Mark Giordano and Jeremy Lauzon (suited up for Nashville Tuesday) were traded.
Burakovsky decided, OK, time to score myself 15 minutes into the opening frame. Taking a pass from linemate Alex Wennberg , Burakovsky patiently handled the puck left-side net, waiting for Saros (an elite goalie last season) to commit to a move before lifting the puck up and around the Nashville goalie.
A little more than a minute later, Eberle scored his second goal of the period and third of the season when he picked up a loose puck in front of the Predators crease and fired it past Saros. Morgan Geekie didn't touch the puck on a swiping forecheck, but clearly provided yet another example of the type
of forechecking SEA coach Dave Hakstol has preached since his first training camp team talk last season. Eberle's goal chased Saros and Seattle skated off for the first intermission up 4-0 on eight shots on goal.
Burakovsky boosted his stats to four goals and nine assists for team-leading 13 points in 14 games. He continues to impress with his playmaking and his elite shot appears on the verge of catching up.
"Some games, it just works out for you," said Burakovsky, whose nine assists lead the Kraken. "Today was one of those games. I was trying to find open ice and trying to find my teammates to set them up. I did that a few times and then 'Wenny' [linemate Alex Wennberg with the primary assist] made a good play to me and I just put it in."
Brandon Tanev capped off the night with a high-effort empty-net goal in the final 90 seconds of play, tapping a pass off the wall to himself, then outmuscling Filip Forsberg to sweep the puck into the net to a chorus of cheers from the Seattle faithful.
Keeping Up with Jones In what is a happy repeat occurrence about to become a habit: Without any prompting, Dave Hakstol heaped praise on goaltender Martin Jones ' performance, especially after staving off Nashville shooters from getting any closer than a three-goal margin. Hakstol liked Jones' on the penalty kill and
during the Predators' 5-on-5 pushes in the second and third periods.
"Jonesy was excellent," said Hakstol. He was really solid throughout the entire 60 minutes ... there were a lot of good saves tonight ... he was able to be in good spots [when Nashville won puck battles in the defensive zone]."
Nashville finished the first period with seven shots. Martin Jones, who started the night with a 4-1 record in his last five games, stopped them all to prevent Nashville from any feeling of getting back into the game. He made 10 saves in the middle period when the hockey term "tilting the ice" clearly see-
sawed to the visitors. The Kraken managed only five shots on goal in the middle period against sub-goalie Kevin Lankinen for a two-period total of 12. Fans can only imagine what Hakstol was saying to his group during the second intermission.
On the night, Jones delivered on another Hakstol tenet: An NHL goaltender needs to make the stops he is expected to make, plus one or two he is not expected to make. Jones faced eight Grade-A chances in the first two periods and his only letdown was getting beat by Filip Forsberg, who blocked a
shot inside the Preds zone, then commenced on a breakaway. Forsberg scored 42 goals last season and now has five goals and eight points in 13 games so far this year. His move on Jones to break the shutout fit the part.
Jones has surrendered three goals in the last three games and upped his record to 6-1 in his last seven starts. He finished the night with 21 saves on the night.
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Stating the Stamina With Tuesday's game broadcast nationally as part of the TNT doubleheader with Kraken play-by-play man extraordinaire John Forslund on the call, his analyst partner, JT Brown, watched the game from the Climate Pledge Arena press bridge. Watching the Kraken mostly keep control of a four-goal lead
(with the aforementioned huge performance from Martin Jones), it seemed an opportune time to ask the former NHLer who he sees as the top three most indefatigable Kraken players on the ice.
Brown's reply: Adam Larsson was quickly his first choice. Then, former Tampa Bay teammate Yanni Gourde was his next choice. Thinking a bit longer on the who rounded out the top three, he settled on Alex Wennberg, another player "who never looks tired."
Kraken Honor Kowsar Hassan
The Kraken honored Kowsar Hassan as the Kraken Hero of the Deep. The One Roof Foundation will donate $32k to Rainier Prep in Kowsar’s honor.
Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Nov. 8, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Andre Burakovsky - Nov. 8, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Jordan Eberle - Nov. 8, 2022 Postgame
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Saturday Nov. 5
FINAL
SEA 3 vs 2 PITT
Final Buzzer: Tanev Wins It
In game with multiple standouts, including Martin Jones making 35 saves, Seattle's expansion pick from Pittsburgh haunts former team. Kraken take record 4th straight victory
fun road trip with the boys sea you soon, seattle!
SEA @ PIT
Extended highlights of the Seattle Kraken at the Pittsburgh Penguins
coming home with six points.
by Alison Lukan & Bob Condor / @AlisonL @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken PITTSBURGH - The Kraken are now undefeated this season in the four games during which the first period was scoreless. Second-year Seattle is now undefeated in the last four games played (a franchise record), including a sweep of this past week's three-game road trip.
Feels pretty good, Kraken faithful? Fan-favorite Brandon Tanev was certainly feeling the joy and fun. He scored the game-winner at 16:21 of the final period, on a play started by Morgan Geekie , who moved the puck quickly to Yanni Gourde behind the Pittsburgh net, finding Tanev for what could not be a sweeter goal.
Jonesy shows off his excellent rebound control in tonight's @WaFdBank Save of the Game!
By redirecting the puck into the corners, he's allowing his teammates a prime opportunity to retrieve the puck and re-gain control.
To: #SeaKraken Fans
From: Turbo, Brandon Tanev Subject: Game-Winning Goal
Tanev was the Kraken's choice from Pittsburgh in the 2021 Expansion Draft and started strong last season before his season was abruptly cut short with a major knee injury last December. Tanev's celebration was a sight to see and soak in for Kraken fans. His "celly" included a bit of hand wave (goodbye
and good night?) to the black-and-yellow-clad fans in the ice-level seats.
"It definitely did," said Tanev, smiling, when ROOT SPORTS' Piper Shaw suggested it must feel good to score his first game-winning goal of the season against his former franchise. "It was a great road trip for our group. We are working together as a unit of five [when on the ice].
"Obviously, personally, it's great for me. But I think it's more important the team got all six [standings] points on this road trip. That's the mindset and the goal we had set out for the three games we played. We beat three good teams."
Coach Dave Hakstol talked about growing chemistry during his post-game remarks: "This group is pretty tight ... I never thought at any point felt our group was rattled ... The guys were calm and looking at what they can do on the next shift. That's significant."
Gourde's Three-Point Night Fellow energizer Yanni Gourde has been clicking of late with the similarly relentless Tanev on what you can call a third line if you choose. After winning a faceoff to get the puck back to defenseman Vince Dunn , who scored to tie the game at 1-1 in the first period.
Gourde next scored his first 5-on-5 goal of the season (after a shorthanded score in Tuesday's win) to put the Kraken up 2-1 in the second period. Morgan Geekie 's terrific puck win and deep in the Penguins zone, went net front and off Tanev's skate, pinballing the puck to Gourde, who flicked it past PIT
goalie Tristan Jarry.
Gourde finished his three-point night with a primary assist on Tanev's game-winner. He logged two goals and three assists on the road trip. The Kraken are now 7-4-2 in their first 13 games, as the squad flew home with a six-game homestand awaiting.
Penguins Power Outage Surefire Hall of Famer Sidney Crosby opened the scoring here Saturday in this rematch game, scoring his 523rd career goal on a signature quick-release hard shot and resulting goal. New-gen Pittsburgh star forward Jake Guentzel fed a pass for the primary and future Hall of Famer defenseman Kris
Letang picked up the assists.
Guentzel was robbed by Martin Jones in the second period (one of six Grade-A chances in the period). Letang took four shots through two periods to no luck and, the Penguins third Hall of Famer in the making had two solid chances that Jones rejected. Another younger PIT star, Bryan Rust, was 0-for-5
against Jones in the first 40 minutes. Both Guentzel and Rust were clearly shaking their heads on misses near the net.
Guentzel broke through to the game in the third when his pass intended for Rust was accidentally deflected in by rookie sensation Matty Beniers , who was shadowing Rust net-front. Beniers immediately threw his stick up in the air, frustrated.
Rust had a terrific chance with a minute remaining and the Penguins net empty, but Jones turned him down again.
Killing on the PK A bright spot? The Kraken changed up some systems within their penalty kill moving to a 1-3 forecheck when playing down a skater, (don't worry! We'll be digging into what this means more fully soon!)
As with any change, it took some time for the Seattle players to get comfortable with it, but it's been working with good chemistry of late. After giving up two power-play goals against in each of the first two games of the season, the Kraken PK has steadied and came into Pittsburgh with three perfect
games on the penalty kill defending eight of eight short-handed situations in total.
Across three opportunities against the Penguins, the Kraken allowed five shots on target against but no goals. The visiting team even generated a scoring chance of their own. The Penguins were attempting a retrieval at top of the zone when Morgan Geekie expertly read the play, intercepted it, and
gained possession. Then he was off to the races, even though his shot was ultimately turned away by Tristan Jarry.
It's also worth noting that the first Kraken penalty kill may have been important not just for its success but also its timing. Shane Wright was called for hooking just 1:36 into the game. Instead of giving the Penguins a way to seize momentum early, the PK kept the game at evens (and did it again about
six minutes later) to help steady Seattle's start. Equally important was when the Kraken killed off the third infraction of the game which took noted penalty mainstay Yanni Gourde off the ice for two minutes.
In a game where the Penguins held the offensive advantage in five-on-five play, the importance of keeping their powerplay off the scoresheet gave the Kraken opportunity to keep fighting in the game.
some post-game fist bumps for #krakentwitter bc your admins are v superstitious p.s. souce wins best fist bump again
First Things Fatiguing The Kraken's first period in this final game of a three-road trip started with what coach Dave Hakstol doesn't like to see: His five skaters on ice defending too much, wearing themselves out, not having optimal energy to mount an offensive rush if they do get control of the puck.
On top of those offensive and oxygen deficits, Kraken forwards Shane Wright and Jordan Eberle were whistled for penalties in the first seven-plus, putting the still-hot Seattle penalty-kill to the test twice with the likes of Brandon Tanev , Yanni Gourde, Morgan Geekie, Jamie Oleksiak and Adam Larsson .
The PK delivered, with SEA goalie Martin Jones making the necessary stops. Late period, the Kraken picked up the pace to cut the shots-on-goal margin to 12-10. Jones faced two Grade-A scoring chances in the first frame.
Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Nov. 5, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Yanni Gourde - Nov. 5, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Brandon Tanev - Nov. 5, 2022 Postgame
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Thursday Nov. 3
FINAL
SEA 4 vs 0 MINN
Final Buzzer: Three in a Row
Kraken on three-game winning streak, break scoreless tie early second period and dominate from there. Martin Jones notches first shutout with Kraken
Recap: SEA 4, MIN 0
Alex Wennberg scored two goals while Martin Jones stopped all 22 shots on net, lifting the Kraken to a 4-0 shutout win against the Wild
WE WENT WILD FOR THE NIGHT!
by Alison Lukan & Bob Condor / @AlisonL @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken SAINT PAUL - In a game with both teams coming into the night with similar records, Seattle separated themselves in all the right ways Thursday, taking the lead after a scoreless first period and pulling away with three second-period goals to ride to a 4-0 road win. Martin Jones made 22 saves for his
first shutout with Seattle and the 26th of his NHL career. He now has five Kraken victories against three losses this season.
The Kraken are now 6-4-2 and have scored three-plus goals in each of the last eight games, a franchise record and a strong indicator that GM Ron Francis' offseason moves to bolster the scoring is working, adding players such as Andre Burakovsky and Oliver Bjorkstrand to worry opponents while
quietly re-signing Daniel Sprong , who is now averaging more than a point per game in six appearances. Not to be overlooked is having leading scorer Jaden Schwartz back in the lineup along with the productive Brandon Tanev , who additionally brings high-energy and agitator vibes against foes.
Owning the Danger Anyone else tuning in to Game of Jones tonight? Check out the @WaFdBank Save of the Game!
The Kraken knew coming into this game that the Wild like to get pucks to the most dangerous areas of the ice, so it was key to limit chances by the Wild from that area. They did just that in a few ways.
First, getting into the zone. It's important to note Minnesota was without one of their transition leaders. Going into this game, Ryan Hartman has created the fourth most exits (40) and entries (23) of any Wild skater. He's out due to injury. So is Marcus Foligno who has the same number of entries as
Hartman. Add in the layered pressure Seattle applied and as a result, the Wild had more than a few dump-ins with no retrievals. Through two periods of the game, the Wild were able to convert on just 45.2-percent of the entries.
"Our group just worked hard all night," said Kraken coach Dave Hakstol. "Being good defensively usually starts with being efficient with the puck. We spent a lot of time in the offensive zone tonight. That cut down the amount of time that we had to defend. When it was time to defend, we were solid as
a group of five, pretty strong inside ... and didn't give up too much from the outside."
Jones Picks Up 26th NHL Shutout
Martin Jones turned away all 22 shots he faced, lifting the Kraken to a 4-0 win against the Wild with the 26th shutout of his career
Jones with his 26th career shutout and first with the #SeaKraken And when they did get in the zone, the Wild couldn't get to the dangerous areas until late in the second period, and then, Martin Jones stood tall.
"It makes a huge difference," said Alex Wennberg , when asked about Jones making two big stops on a late second-period penalty kill to keep the 3-0 margin. "I mean, obviously them goaltender a big part of it [Thursday's win]. Just to see [Jones making big stops on late-second period penalty kill]
gives us way more confidence going into the third right.
Wennberg's Second Goal Of Game
Alexander Wennberg sets up at the doorstep and tips the shot by Marc-Andre Fleury, adding the Kraken lead in the 3rd period
Alexander the Great
On the other side of the ice, The Wild were happy to let the Kraken cycle the puck around the zone. In the first period, Seattle didn't do much to challenge Marc-Andre Fleury. But as the Kraken pushed in the second period, they generated four chances in the most dangerous area of the ice (close in front
of the goaltender) Seattle converted on all but one. Morgan Geekie tipped the first puck to get past Fleury from close in. Jamie Oleksiak set up to Fleury's left to direct the puck behind him, and Alex Wennberg created a screen in front of the goalie and ended up in position to let the puck go in off his
back for the power play tally ("hard to say that's what I wanted to do there," quipped Wennberg). His second goal of the game also came from just outside the blue crease, deflecting a Will Borgen shot from the blue line.
Fuel from the Fourth-Line Morgan Geekie scored his fourth goal in the last five games, including one in each of the last three games, all Kraken wins. The three-straight-goals performance is a career-best and the 24-year-old forward, who has been fighting to stay in the lineup and is most definitely clicking with his fourth-line
partners, Sprong and Ryan Donato.
Sprong notched two primary assists in two periods (the other on the power play goal with his shot deflecting upward and subsequently going off Alex Wennberg's back and into the Minnesota net past goalie Marc-Andre Fleury). Geekie tipped Sprong's shot for the first goal of the night and Donato kept
the puck in the offensive zone. Geekie summed up his line's night: "We all think the game the same way. We're offensive-minded players"
Jones Stellar in Return While attending to a family matter and missing Tuesday's win in Calgary, Martin Jones started for Seattle after rejoining the team here in the Midwest. Jones made several big saves, including two on a late-first period Minnesota power play to keep it zeroes and another pair of big stops during the
aforementioned late penalty kill late in the middle period, in which the Wild fired 10 shots on goal and were stymied on six Grade-A scoring chances as per Natural Stat Trick.
Fans might wonder if Kraken Joey Daccord deserved a second-straight start after making a number of big saves Tuesday. On the ROOT SPORTS pre-game show, Kraken analyst and writer reported a conversation with Dave Hakstol about the goaltenders, the coach said an NHL goaltender needs to make
the saves he's supposed to make, plus two saves he's not expected to make. Jones holding a shutout proved the coaching staff made the right choice.
10 Days of Oleksiak Jamie Oleksiak has scored three goals in five games over the last 10 days. He scored once in 72 games last season. The 6-foot-7, 258-pound Oleksiak decidedly won a fight against Flames 6-6, 248-pound defenseman Nikita Zadarov Tuesday in Calgary. Pretty good 10 days. He's halfway to his career-
high six goals for a season in only 12 games. He scored on a pass from Yanni Gourde and was joined on the rush with D-pair partner Justin Schultz.
Tuesday Nov. 1
FINAL
SEA 5 vs 4 CGY
Final Buzzer: Kraken Thriller
Down by two goals in third period, Kraken stage three-goal comeback to take down division favorite Calgary. Daccord makes 36 saves, Beniers scores first career game-winner
THAT'S KRAKEN HOCKEY BABY!!!
SEA @ CGY
Extended highlights of the Seattle Kraken at the Calgary Flames
by Alison Lukan & Bob Condor / @AlisonL @ByBobCondor / / nhl.com/kraken
CALGARY - What a night for the Kraken here in Alberta. After Alberta-native Carson Soucy scored his first goal of the season, the 5-2 Flames stormed back on a night when the town was expecting snow to make it 2-1 mid-second period. Morgan Geekie tied it up before second intermission.
Calgary scored two goals in 17 seconds in the first two minutes of the third period. Then magic happened. The Kraken stormed back with three goals of their own to win a thriller. Joey Daccord , the team's No. 3 goalie earned his first victory with the Kraken with several huge stops in the final minutes to seal the win.
"WHAT A STOP BY DACCORD"
Standing Tall This week's road trip started with a tall order: Fly into Calgary to face a 5-2 home team that is reworked with star centers Jonathan Huberdeau and Stanley Cup winner Nazem Kadri plus promising stalwart defenseman MacKenzie Weegar. Oh, and get a road win with both of your regular goaltenders not with the team.
For the first two periods, it appeared Seattle was up to the task, scoring first on defenseman Carson Soucy 's first goal of the year, then weathering two Flames goals when Morgan Geekie tallied the equalizer later second period.
But the shots-on-goal count after two periods proved a harbinger of how this game turned early third period. After the Kraken outshot Calgary 10-7, the host squad fired 20 shots on net in the second period, finishing with a 27-18 advantage. The final SOG margin for the night was 40-26 in favor of the
defeated home team. Daccord was a difference-maker, facing 10 Grade-A saves.
"Over the last couple games, we've found timely saves," said Dave Hakstol post-game "If you look back to the Pittsburgh game, and certainly tonight from Joey, the job he did. Not just the save on a [late] two-on-one, on the power play that he made in the third.
"But you can go back to the start of the game [four minutes left first-period] and save on [Dillion] Dube. We hadn't given up much at all through the first period but we give up that point-blank opportunity and Joey was there to make that stop."
Momentary Lapse In the first two minutes of the third period, Calgary did something a bit too familiar to Kraken fans. The Flames scored two goals in 17 seconds to go up 4-2. From there, Seattle was chasing the game.
And they chased valiantly - and successfully. With 11:29 remaining and the Kraken on a power play, Alex Wennberg at net-front flicked a pass over to a wide-open Daniel Sprong . The fourth-line winger with an elite shot that merits power play time, quick released the puck past Calgary goalie Dan
Vladar. The Kraken had closed it to 4-3.
When Calgary went on a power play with nine minutes remaining, the inevitable happened: the way-overdue Yanni Gourde scored his first goal of the season. Of course, he did so shorthanded to tie this game at 4-4. His relentless forechecking paid off when he poked a puck away from the Flames'
aforementioned big-time free agent signee and took the puck on a short breakaway. He confidently rapped a shot Vladar couldn't even move in response. Kadri skated away with his head down.
Gourde's goal came on the fourth penalty kill of the night for the Kraken. They snuffed all four and scored a "shorty themselves."
"Our PK was awesome all night guys, blocking shots, making my life easy," said Daccord, who contributed key saves on the PK as the cliched by true axiom that the best penalty killer needs to be the goalie. "Then to get a short-handed goal from Gourdo was huge ... I'm just happy to be part of it."
"Last year was last year," said Gourde when asked about the chatter and determination on the Kraken bench with the team suddenly down by two goals with 18 minutes left. "This year we have something in this group. We know we can rally back. We know we have the skills to do it.
"It's a matter of putting one shift together and another shift and then the next line is up. You just feel the ice a little bit and then once they feel that pressure, they start turning the puck over. You feel good about your game and you can make plays."
cCann movin' and groovin' into the third like
Speaking of Making Plays... Exactly two minutes later, the Kraken chase became a run-past when a 3-on-1 break created by more Kraken forechecking featured Jordan Eberle taking the puck into the Flames offensive zone with Adam Larsson (!) in the middle and Matty Beniers waiting on the right wing. Eberle waited for the right
moment, then passed to Beniers deep, near the goal. The 19-year-old, who will turn 20 later this week, one-timed what is becoming a trademark goal: Lifting a puck up and over the scrambling goaler from a right-side bad angle. He practices the shot every practice and is any Kraken fan surprised?
"I was fired up," said Beniers. "I was like smiling and skating on the ice because, he's [Eberle] dangerous with the puck, whatever he's gonna do. He ended up making a perfect play and gave me a wide open look on the backside."
Geekie-ing Out Geekie with an absolute SNIPE here
Young center Morgan Geekie scored his third goal in the last four games and added a highlight-reel assist in the fifth game back. As future Hall of Famer John Forslund called on the broadcast, Geekie playing like a guy who wants to stay in the lineup.
Geekie's goal tied matters at two goals apiece 13 minutes into the second period after the Flames had neutralized a 1-0 Seattle lead after 20 minutes with a pair of goals in the middle period. Daniel Sprong - another forward playing like he wants to stay in the lineup - started a breakout from the
defensive zone that subsequently led to defenseman Jamie Oleksiak moving up ice with the puck.
Oleksiak, who scored earlier, held Calgary goalie Vladar's attention enough that when the D-man passed, Geekie shot right side and Vladar couldn't move over fast enough
Career-high in saves First win with the Kraken Davy Jones Hat Have yourself a night, @JDac35 !
Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Nov. 1, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Matty Beniers - Nov. 1, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Yanni Gourde - Nov. 1, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Joey Daccord - Nov. 1, 2022 Postgame
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Saturday Oct. 29
FINAL
PITT 1 vs 3 SEA
Final Buzzer: Parents Night
New father Jordan Eberle opens the scoring - after a pair of disallowed goals - and fellow new papa Martin Jones makes big saves and 32 total to lock down a 3-1 win
PIT @ SEA
Extended highlights of the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Seattle Kraken
Haoween dub! (we gave the L’s to Pittsburgh)
Martin Jones
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken
The new-dad thing worked out perfectly for the Kraken this weekend. Veterans Jordan Eberle and Martin Jones both witnessed the birth of their sons on Friday's off day. Convenient and, most importantly, everyone is happy and healthy.
Eberle and Jones both returned in time for Saturday's morning skate, then, sleep-deprived or not, clearly showed up on time Saturday for this second victory of the three-game homestand. The Kraken record is back to the .500 mark at 4-4-2.
"We measure our season in [five-game] segments," said Hakstol. "We won this segment [three wins, two losses.]."
Eberle was all smiles after he scored the opening goal (his first of the year) and talked to the media post-game: "This is special and something you always remember ... I think, more importantly, we got the win, especially after dropping a couple. We're trying to get over .500."
Jones earned his fourth victory of the young season and was thrilled to be a first-time dad to Rory.
"Very special day yesterday obviously," said Jones, who stopped 32 shots and maybe none bigger than a big stop on Sidney Crosby on a Pittsburgh power play at the top of the final period. The last 24 hours have been a roller coaster. I just tried to wrap my head around playing hockey today.
Sometimes when you're not thinking too much, things work out. That might have been the case today."
Eberle said having a baby, Deacon, was a "relief" because his wife was overdue by 10 days. He said he's been ribbing linemate Jaden Schwartz about being the godfather but dad-joked after the game that maybe he would consider his other linemate, Matty Beniers (he called him "Bernie"), for the
primary assist. But, smiling, Eberle did quickly acknowledge Shwartz's gritty play behind the net to feed the 19-year-old Beniers. It was encouraging to see Eberle's light-heartedness after he stood in with the media to explain the tough loss Thursday to Vancouver.
Morgan Geekie scored his second goal of the year and Jaden Schwartz a last-minute empty netter to finish what can only be called Parents Night at Climate Pledge Arena.
Schwartz Scores Goal
Jaden Schwartz scores against the Pittsburgh Penguins to make it 3-1
penguins net was empty so you know the vibes *plays Lithium v loud*
Near-Misses Abound Pittsburgh started the third period on the power play and the Kraken penalty killers delivered zero to keep the game 2-1, thanks to Jones robbing an all-alone Sidney Crosby. Jones lunged left and blocked the puck with his torso to high-decibel noise.
Throughout the final frame, the Kraken's top two lines were creating havoc and logging near-misses. It's a definitive difference from last season's first 10 games. Both the Burakovsky-Wennberg-Bjorkstrand and Schwartz-Beniers-Eberle lines have stayed together this homestand and the last road trip.
Another incredible display of #DadStrength from Martin Jones for tonight's @wafdbank Save of the Game!
Twice Denied, Thrice is Charming A tremendous deke by new dad Jordan Eberle mid-second period brought Pittsburgh goalie Casey DeSmith way of his net and, subsequently, the Climate Pledge Arena fans to their feet when Eberle left the puck for Ryan Donato to tap in. One problem: Donato was a stride offside when Eberle entered
the zone with a hard rush from the Penguins' blue line. Pittsburgh challenged and the NHL's Toronto-based "Situation Room" confirmed offside.
Just a couple of shifts later, Pittsburgh forward Jake Guentzel broke free to beat Martin Jones to break the scoreless tie. Jones was stellar to this point, making a number of big saves, including three Grade-A chances in the first 10 minutes of the contest, and faced seven Grade-A chances in the first 40 minutes.
Within a minute of play, it appeared the Kraken deadlocked this game at one goal apiece when Andre Burakovsky knocked in a puck goal-front, but the Pittsburgh video coaches, clearly having a good night, urged Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan to challenge a missed high-stick call. Toronto confirmed,
yes , Alex Wennberg high-sticked the puck before it eventually settled on Burakovsky's stick. The home crowd most decidedly and loudly did not approve.
But the Kraken swiftly responded with their first goal of the night and the first of the year for new papa Eberle, who told the media after Saturday's morning skate he was aiming to score for his new son, Deacon. The play started with Jaden Schwartz winning a puck battle behind the net, moving the
puck to linemate Matty Beniers' net-front.
20 more minutes of hockey.
The rookie gathered and passed in a two-touch quick move that yanked DeSmith out of the crease again. Eberle was waiting to tap it into the net at the so-called back door. The veteran and alternate captain, not one to over-celebrate his goals, was grinning ear-to-ear and no doubt anticipating a nice
piece of family lore for years ahead. Beniers looked equally happy for his linemate and, Schwartz, he wins a tough puck to make it all happen.
🥑 oh look an avocado Putting the Puck on Net and... Kraken winger Daniel Sprong and his fourth-line mates, Morgan Geekie and Ryan Donato, hummed here tonight when given ice time. Late second period, the Kraken disrupted Pittsburgh's entry into the offensive zone with Vince Dunn reversing to puck toward the Pittsburgh zone through neutral ice.
Dunn passed to Sprong, who skated hard into the O-zone, rifled a shot and DeSmith couldn't control the rebound. Geekie zoomed in to take the puck and his time, forcing the PIT goalie to move first, then rippled the open net to score his second goal this week.
Thursday Oct. 27
FINAL
VAN 5 vs 4 SEA
Final Buzzer: Third Time Not The Charm
Down by a goal in third period, Kraken pressure for next 18-plus minutes. Seattle scores with 30 seconds left, still have chances after that, but come up short
at least we all know a kraken would take down an orca IRL
VAN @ SEA
Extended highlights of the Vancouver Canucks at the Seattle Kraken
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken
The Kraken faced a more different challenge than the last three games: Playing from behind, not once, not twice, but three times during Thursday's 5-4 loss to Vancouver.
Seattle recovered the first two times to tie the score but the third Vancouver lead of the night held up Thursday night at Climate Pledge Arena. Behind goalie Thatcher Demko's best outing of the season, the Kraken's most proximate division rival notched its first win on the season on a night when
Seattle outshot the visitors, 36 to 19.
Vancouver scored just more than a minute into the final period to go ahead 4-3. From there, Seattle pressured Demko in similar furious waves of offensive chances and near-misses. An early third-period powerplay didn't bring the reward the capacity crowd craved and Demko kept up the stellar work to
douse any dreams of an undefeated homestand.
Demko, who has struggled this season to date, appeared much more like the young goaltender who posted a 33-22-7 record last season with a .915 save percentage and 2.72 goals-against average. He stood tall, he squared up, he sprawled when acrobatics were needed, and ultimately denied a Kraken
victory and winning record.
When asked post-game if Thursday's outcome was more about Demko's performance than Kraken deficiencies, alternate captain Jordan Eberle offered insights about what Seattle didn't do enough in the offensive zone they occupied with high frequency all night.
Yeah, [Demko] played solid," said Eberle, clearly subdued but standup as usual. "We found a way to keep getting first chances. I think the biggest thing was not finding a way to get second chances, those ones that go in, especially when you are playing against a really good goaltender. You got to find a
way to get the puck to the net. Obviously, I thought we did that. But we had to find a way to get this secondary chances."
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Jordan Eberle earned an assist on Matty Beniers’ goal to give him 600 @NHL points. Congrats, Jordan! Not a 'Special' Night The Kraken scored once in four power play tries while Vancouver converted both of its two man-advantage situations, both coming in the second period and staking the Canucks to a 3-2 lead. SEA coach Dave Hakstol said the power play results factored heavily into a loss that moves the Kraken to a 3-4-
2 record with Pittsburgh arriving Saturday after playing the Canucks in Vancouver Friday.
"We were the better team for most of the night," said Hakstol. "We carried momentum for a lot of the night and didn't give up a whole lot defensively ... we weren't able to get the timely power-play goal. On our PK [the two penalty kills] it was a matter of finishing. We did everything right except get the
clears. Maybe on the second one [Vancouver's third goal of the game] we need either a clear or a save."
Hakstol noted the Kraken power play late in the second period with a 3-3 deadlock featured four shot attempts that "missed the net in one sequence."
"We had some opportunities there," said Hakstol. "We did that a little bit even right down to the end [of the game, after Jaden Schwartz made it 5-4 after Vancouver had scored an empty-net goal]. With the goaltender [Martin Jones] pulled there in the last 15 seconds we didn't get the puck in the
scoring area, we missed by a little bit. When it's wide or over the net, there's no second opportunity. That's one of the things on the power play that could have been better tonight.
With Martin Jones pulled with just under two minutes remaining, Vancouver added an empty net goal off the stick of Conor Garland, who picked up his second point of the night. But the Kraken answered back just 55 seconds later with Tyler Myers in the penalty box. Jaden Schwartz capitalized on chaos,
skillfully using his glove to drop a loose puck to the ice before guiding it with his stick blade in front of Demko's crease to put the Kraken within striking distance with just 30 seconds to go. One more late offensive-zone flurry by Seattle fell short.
Beniers Converts Veterans' Playmaking Down the early Vancouver goal in the second period, Seattle vaulted to a 2-1 lead with two goals in the final 81 seconds of the first period. When Vancouver answered with two second-period power-play goals with about five minutes left in the middle period, rookie Matty Beniers and veteran linemates
Jaden Schwartz and Jordan Eberle teamed up to tie it 16 seconds later.
Beniers' fourth goal of the season was started by a wall puck-battle win by Eberle, who earned his 600th career point by getting the puck up ice for Schwartz, who sped into the offensive zone, spinning and delivering a perfect pass in the slot to Beniers. The 19-year-old did the rest with a shot that
eluded Thatcher Demko on his glove side.
Fighting and Fighting Back Vancouver scored the first goal Thursday on a lucky/bad bounce off defenseman Justin Schultz 's stick and onto the blade of Canucks forward Ilya Mikheyev, who scored his first goal of the season after coming over from Toronto, where he scored 21 times last season.
Those early minutes featured two fights, one a showdown between Adam Larsson and Vancouver's Tanner Pearson. Larsson clearly got the best of the scrap and both players served five-minute penalties.
Not much later, Kraken defenseman Carson Soucy and Vancouver's JT Miller squared up for a quick fist exchange and Soucy wrestled Miller to the ice. Both players went to the box for two penalty minutes. The crowd loved it and showered the rink with decibels.
The Seattle-sports-fan-worthy noise cranked way louder in the final 81 seconds when defenseman Jamie Oleksiak tied the score at one goal apiece at 1:21 remaining, then Jared McCann scored 66 seconds later to put the Kraken up at first intermission. McCann set a personal NHL record, scoring a goal
in his fourth straight game. He has five on the season and leads the team.
Tuesday Oct. 25
FINAL
BUF 1 vs 5 SEA
Final Buzzer: Runaway Win
Kraken stake 2-0 lead for third time in three games, keep it safe and then pile on with three more goals. Lots of stars, including Kraken fourth line and penalty killers
BUF @ SEA
Extended highlights of the Buffalo Sabres at the Seattle Kraken
FIRST DUB AT HOME!
Martin Jones yeets the first fish of the season! #SEAKraken
what’s up fishes, Ray on the Yeet Beat here and I have an exclusive photo of the new Yeet fish!! Sadly I didn’t catch one but this one was signed by Martin Jones! Congrats those who caught the new fish!!! #yeetthefish Mood rn:
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken
In the Kraken's most satisfying home win of the season, Seattle's fourth line clicked. The power play clicked. The penalty-kill unit clicked. Video coaches Tim Ohashi and Brady Morgan clicked to erase what would have been Buffalo's second goal to make the game 4-2.
Goalie Martin Jones clicked when needed and got the nod for Third Star of the Game with 15 saves on 16 shots (that's a .938 save percentage, thank you). Matty Beniers ' desire to outmatch former NCAA Michigan teammate Owen Power clicked. The start-of-the-third-period fan "hoisting of the colors"
clicked.
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The end result was a runaway 5-1 win for Seattle with goals from Daniel Sprong (in just his second game), Jamie Oleksiak (matching his total from last season), Morgan Geekie (first of the year), Jared McCann (goals in three straight games) and Matty Beniers (his third of the year and had to feel good
beating his friend, Buffalo D-man, Owen Power, picked No. 1 to Beniers' No. 2 overall in the 2021 NHL Draft). Seattle outshot Buffalo in the contest 24-16.
ending the night with goalie hugs goodnight, #Seakraken Fans. Beniers Scores PPG
Matty Beniers scores a power-play goal against the Buffalo Sabres to make it 5-1
WHO ELSE BUT MATTY!!!!
Sprong Move to the Net Just when fans were probably thinking, hey, a three-goal lead would feel really good here, the Kraken fourth line Monday night delivered again in the second period, having a hand in each of the opening three goals for Seattle. Daniel Sprong scored his first goal of the season after an impressive assist
on the opening goal. With linemate Brandon Tanev getting the assist by forcing a Buffalo giveaway, Sprong did the rest by not one but two dekes to beat Sabres goalie, Eric Comrie. Sprong said after the game he doesn't necessarily practice such dekes but that Comrie was pretty far out of the net, so he
decided to use the fakes to pull more out of position.
Sprong came to training camp on a professional tryout after scoring six goals in 16 games after coming over in the trade with the Washington Capitals. He is highly respected by opponents and teammates alike for his elite shot. Dave Hakstol praised Sprong's camp work, emphatically saying "he worked
his ass off" after a particularly strong preseason game.
Monday was Sprong's second game and his third game is highly likely to be Thursday when Vancouver comes to town. The former first-rounder selected by Pittsburgh got derailed with customs issues in Canada as the preseason concluded. Sprong said he "saw a lot of Calgary" but missed being with his
teammates and kept working hard in practices to keep his timing when it came time for him to play. Mission accomplished. He finished the night with a goal, two assists, and First Star of the Game fish-yeeting honors.
Hey @alexa99 , play “Hail to the Victors”
back fer tha third MARTIN JNES!
Power Play Success After Buffalo broke the Martin Jones shutout, a late-second-period power play goal retrieved the three-goal lead before intermission. It's the eighth Seattle power-play goal of the season and paired nicely with a late-period penalty kill (Tanev, who had two assists on the night, was outstanding on the PK)
to help erase bad memories of losing leads and games in Chicago and Anaheim.
The power-play goal was started by quarterback Vince Dunn moving a puck to Andre Burakovsky , who is a shoot-first-guy when it makes sense, but he clearly liked an open Jared McCann on the left side of the zone. One crisp pass later, McCann quick-released a shot past Sabres goalie Comrie on the
short side. That's three goals in three straight games for McCann, who now leads the club with four goals.
Stellar Seven Minutes The Kraken started strong for the third straight game, scoring the game's first and second goals against Buffalo, just like Friday in Denver and Sunday in Chicago. This time fueled first-of-the-year goals from defenseman Jamie Oleksiak and center Morgan Geekie .
Dave Hakstol inserted Daniel Sprong in the lineup for Ryan Donato and it produced the opening score when Yanni Gourde (back in the lineup after missing Sunday) took a hit after caroming the puck off the boards in the neutral zone resulting in the puck going to open space at Buffalo's end. Sprong
hunted it down, shot on net (well, side of the net), grabbed his own rebound skated by and around three Sabres, then spotted Oleksiak moving into the upper slot.
Oleksiak powered a partially-screened shot past BUF goalie Eric Comrie to rouse Seattle-worthy noise out of the Climate Pledge Arena crowd. He scored one goal and added 16 assists in 72 Kraken games last season. Good to see him score early. He's a defenseman's defenseman, which pairs great with
partner Justin Schultz 's offensive prowess, but getting such D-men in the scoring mix always frets advance scouts on opposing teams.
Morgan Geekie's goal came compliments of a back-handed loft pass from Brandon Tanev, who has more touch on the puck than sometimes assumed by fans smitten by his "Turbo"-charged shifts and high-volume personality. It's a pleasure seeing Tanev back in the lineup and bringing up-tempo vibes to
all he does with teammates. His willingness to play fourth-line minutes when the lineup card forces it is not lost on the coaching staff.
Geekie didn't squander the opportunity to make his case to stay in the lineup (he's been scratched three times in the first seven games before Monday). He was quick in on Comrie, then took the extra second or two that veterans-in-the-making learn to deploy. He sent a surehanded wrist shot past the
Sabres goaltender with vaunted rookie defenseman Owen Power in his wake.
Will Borgen Take Down!
"Yes, I called for [the puck]," said Geekie when asked post-game if he anticipated the sweet pass from Tanev. "He yells at me all the time, so I thought I could yell at him back. He heard me tonight. it's good, he made a heck of a play over the defenseman. I just tried to use my speed and my size to
gain some ground on it."
Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Oct. 25, 2022 Postgame
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@PiperShawTV talks to Matty Beniers after the @SeattleKraken beat the Sabres 5-1
Kraken Sound: Daniel Sprong - Oct. 25, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Morgan Geekie - Oct. 25, 2022 Postgame
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Sunday Oct. 23
FINAL
SEA 4 vs 5 CHI
Final Buzzer: No Happy Ending
Kraken go up 2-0, lose lead late first period. Recover with two-goal second period and 4-3 lead. But Chicago scores a pair of goals in 13 seconds later third period
not the sunday funday we had planned.
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken
CHICAGO - In a Sunday matinee one part conquering heroes and too many parts horror show losing leads three times, the Kraken dropped a heartbreaker, 5-4, to finish this weekend's road trip with a win and loss in regulation.
Nearly 13 minutes into the third period, looking like Kraken goalie Martin Jones and his teammates might just hold onto a 4-3 happy ending, Chicago scored twice in 13 seconds. Tyler Johnson tied matters with his second goal of the game when he was wide-open in the slot. Thirteen seconds later (too
many 13's apparently), a bouncing puck ended up on CHI center Jason Dickinson's stick. He fired it past Jones for the game-winner. Vince Dunn almost tied the game with a laser shot with 1:47 left but Blackhawks goalie Alex Stalock made a huge stop. Drama ended, wrong guys win.
SEA @ CHI
Extended highlights of the Seattle Kraken at the Chicago Blackhawks
"In the third period, we made a couple of critical mistakes and that's all it takes," said Kraken head coach Dave Hakstol. "It was that type of game."
Hakstol explained the first mistake, made on Chicago's fourth goal, was on a breakout from the defensive zone, "which is just a simple read for everybody." The second mistake, on the game-winning goal, involved his players "not getting in the right spots" when the Blackhawks moved from a center-ice
faceoff to getting to the Kraken's net-front.
One item on Hakstol's to-do list after this loss is winning puck battles. The Kraken lost too many after re-taking the lead, 4-3, 30 minutes into a see-saw game.
"If you look at this group, that's been a huge part of our success," said Hakstol. "We fed some of [Chicago's] transition. It's not getting stops on battles. It's not working above pucks [allowing players to get inside]. It's not shutting down the middle of the rink. It starts with the puck battle ... there was a
lot of time and space out there for the other guys."
After a strong Kraken start, establishing a 2-0 lead just seven-and-a-half minutes into the game, Hakstol noted losing faceoffs and ensuing puck battles was a symptom he didn't like. Chicago scored a shorthanded goal when Seattle D-man Vince Dunn lost the puck to a Blackhawks forecheck, creating a
successful two-on-one break.
"That really feeds them and gives them life in this hockey game," said Hakstol, but he quickly said the way the Kraken played "without the puck" was disappointing and why this game slipped away from a win and an above-.500 record going into the upcoming homestand.
Eberle Sets Up Burakovsky's Goal
Jordan Eberle steals the puck and sends it to an open Andre Burakovsky, who buries it for a 2-0 lead in the 1st period
one more angle for y’all #BurkySmirk
Middle-Game Recovery After a 2-2 first period, the middle period started with a Chicago power play when Kraken forward Andre Burakovsky was called for hooking with four seconds left in Period 1. The Blackhawks, with standout playmaking from stars Patrick Kane and Seth Jones, took their first lead of the game when Max
Domi converted a rebound off Jones' long-range shot.
Matters looked sour for the Kraken just about then, what with Chicago, widely marked as undergoing a rebuild year in hopes of landing a top-three draft choice next summer, scoring three times in three-and-a-half minutes of ice time.
But the future continues to arrive happily early for Matty Beniers ' standing as a Kraken star. The 19-year-old gathered a loose puck in his defensive zone on the very next shift, skating it with speed and, then just the right amount of calm, waiting for teammates to be in an optimal position, dropping a
pass to D-man Carson Soucy . Soucy dished to Jaden Schwartz , who couldn't cleanly catch and shoot but stayed with it to deftly manage a pass across the goal crease to Beniers, who flicked it home 19 seconds later for a response goal to tie this zig-zag affair.
Beniers Responds With Timely Goal
Matty Beniers finds the puck in the crease and stashes it into the net for a timely response goal, tying the game 3-3 in the 2nd period
As the great @JohnForslund says: “Pick up the phone! It’s answer time, baby!” Matty with a big response goal!
..AND WE RESPOND RIGHT BACK! MATTY TIES IT!
Beniers continues to play like a seasoned pro and not a young center who just finished his 17th career NHL game. He sounded like a veteran post-game and appears to be increasingly willing to be a leader and catalyst on the ice, from rushing the puck up ice to tapping Andre Burakovsky to indicate he
would take a power play faceoff when Alex Wennberg was booted from the dot to leveraging second and third efforts to keep Kraken puck possession.
"I think we're playing well and just need to close out our games," said Beniers, upfront and upbeat all in one answer. "We were in the same situation in Anaheim [season opener lost in overtime]. We let that one slip away. ... You can see guys are certainly getting real chemistry with each other out
there. That's great to see but we have to close games out."
Mid-period, Kraken defenseman Vince Dunn scored his first goal of the season on a Jared McCann rush up ice, not unlike Beniers' version. McCann waited patiently, puck on stick blade, until teammates arrived in the Chicago zone. McCann chose a speeding Dunn to retake the lead after losing a two-goal
advantage late in the opening 20 minutes.
Dunn Scores Goal
Vince Dunn scores against the Chicago Blackhawks to make it 4-3
*plays Law & Order theme song* Dunn Scores Goal
Dunn Scores Goal
DUNN, DUNN, DUNN!!! We back on top!
Tale of Two First Periods The Kraken jumped off to another strong start in this Sunday matinee, scoring twice on their first four shots on goal.
With Yanni Gourde not in the lineup, Morgan Geekie subbed in and clearly was out to prove his worth. He looked fast and sure-handed on his first shift. Minutes later, Geekie took a feed goal-front from a speeding Karson Kuhlman , skated past the crease, and dropped a no-look backhanded pass to Jared
McCann in the slot. McCann fired his signature quick-release shot to complete maybe the prettiest goal of the season for a forward line combination.
McCann Kicks Off The Scoring
Jared McCann caps off a nice play from Karson Kuhlman and Morgan Geekie for a 1-0 Kraken lead in the 1st period
Less than two minutes later, Andre Burakovsky took a pass from Jordan Eberle , skated toward the Chicago net holding the puck, waiting for goalie Alex Stalock to make a move, then shot the puck to double the Kraken lead. Both Burakovsky and McCann scored their third goals of the season and share
the team lead in that category.
Proving the well-known tendency of NHL goals to be scored in pairs and frequently enough within two minutes of each other, Chicago scored twice late in the period to even a game that clearly going Seattle's way.
Donny for the kids
Grubauer, Gourde Updates Both fan-favorites, goalie Philipp Grubauer and center Yanni Gourde were out of the lineup Sunday. Grubauer is officially listed as "day-to-day with a lower-body injury" per coach Dave Hakstol. He was injured on a Colorado shorthanded goal mid-third period in Friday's 3-2 Seattle win. Gourde "returned
home for personal reasons," said Hakstol.
Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Oct. 23, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Matty Beniers - Oct. 23, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Jared McCann - Oct. 23, 2022 Postgame
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Friday Oct. 21
FINAL
SEA 3 vs 2 COL
Final Buzzer: Colorado Quest
Fans looking for entertainment, suspense, momentum swings, and a strong candidate for a single game that supercharges a season, found all of the above in 3-2 win over Cup champs
KRAKEN COUNTRY...LET'S GLIDE!!!! SEA @ COL
Extended highlights of the Seattle Kraken at the Colorado Avalanche
lots of love for jonesy after he steps in for gru really hope hes okay
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken
DENVER -- This is the sort of victory fans will remember and, as importantly, players too. Jumping to a lead on the Stanley Cup champions in their own loud and primed building, check. Philipp Grubauer makes two big saves on Nathan MacKinnon, check. Andre Burakovsky explains pre-game the key to
beating Colorado is to "take away their speed," check. Not letting the game slip away when the Avalanche scored a short-handed goal to tie the game and raise the worry meter.
That's a whole passel of checkmarks. Veteran forward Jaden Schwartz offered one more in the post-game media scrum: "We checked them hard," said Schwartz. "We took away their time and space. We did a good job of using our feet today and really making it hard on them to make plays."
Schwartz, who had his own outstanding night of making plays here Friday, worked a puck once-twice in puck battles late third period, eventually lofting a puck toward the Colorado zone. SEA forward Karson Kuhlman used his speed to out-skate Kraken expansion pick Kurtis MacDermid (from LA and
traded to Colorado for 2023 fourth-rounder) to score a tie-breaking goal with just under 8-minutes left. It might seem improbable until you put together Schwartz's elite hockey IQ and Kuhlman's never-stop, never-give-in-or-give-up approach to every shift he has taken for Seattle since being picked up
on waivers from Boston last season.
"It starts with a good wall play [in the defensive zone] by Schwartz," said Kuhlman, who scored his second NHL career game-winning goal and first for the Kraken. "He makes a good play to put the puck to space that let's me skate to it… {MacDermind] was kind of draped on me. I usually like to get
that puck to the far post but I saw the opening [between goalie Pavel Francouz' pads]and was able to put it in the net."
Karson Kuhlman hustles up the ice to bury the puck on net for the go-ahead goal in the 3rd period
THE KUHL-MAN!!!!!
After the Kuhlman goal, the last eight minutes of the game were stressful for Kraken fans. Grubauer, who saved 17 of 19 shots including a dozen Grade-A chances, departed the game because he was injured on the shorthanded goal. Martin Jones stepped in a tough spot, but to the Kraken's credit,
Jones faced only one shot on goal in the final 12 minutes.
Dave Hakstol was visibly pleased with his squad's determination and poise after the shorthanded goal could have revved up Colorado.
"For the guys not to let up, for me that's kind of the benchmark for me," said Hakstol. "We played a real good hockey game, but make a mistake [allowing a shorthanded goal] that can rattle you, especially in this building and momentum gets rolling. But we just went right back to work."
Middle (Period) of It All
The second period was akin to a good old-school prize fight, with each team trading blows and the opposing squad recovering to launch another offensive counterattack. The middle 20 minutes started loudly with a Philipp Grubauer save on all-world scorer Nathan MacKinnon.
Next, after giving up two goals in 17 seconds in Wednesday's overtime home loss to St. Louis, the Kraken turned up with two goals in 22 seconds in the second minute of the second period. Jaden Schwartz scored the first goal of the night for either side, taking a textbook back-of-net pass from Eberle
who was close enough to the net to keep defenders honest. Schwartz wired a rocket past Colorado goalie Pavel Francouz. It was the Kraken's seventh power-play goal of the season.
hey @alexa99 ... ...play "all the small things" by blink-182 At even strength, Seattle kept the pressure on. With the puck in the Avalanche zone, defenseman Carson Soucy took a quick look up to note Jared McCann on the back post of Francouz's blind side of sorts. Seconds later, Soucy had the puck and sent it to McCann for the scrappy forward's second goal of
the year - first since opening night in Anaheim. 2-0 visitors.
Grubauer kept his stellar night trending up with another huge save on MacKinnon. Later in the period, he made another Grade-A stop on Newhook (more payback karma for the Colorado forward bulldozing Grubauer early first period without drawing an obvious goalie interference call). At the 5:55 mark,
the potent Colorado offensive group did break into the scorebook with Evan Rodrigues scoring his first Avs goal after signing as a free agent, leaving Pittsburgh and Sidney Crosby.
Francouz made his own pair of huge saves to keep Colorado close, stopping McCann twice from close range, one on a breakaway. Late in the second period, the Kraken penalty wiped out a second Colorado power play of the night, with a pair of major shot blocks each by defensemen Will
Borgen and Jamie Oleksiak .
Schwartz Opens Scoring With PPG
Jaden Schwartz opens scoring for the Kraken with tic-tac-toe passing between him, Jordan Eberle, and Jared McCann for the power-play goal
McCann Scores Goal
Jared McCann scores against the Colorado Avalanche to make it 2-0
First Period Kraken Have Been Waiting For Starting in Denver against his former team no doubt means something extra to SEA goalie Philipp Grubauer.
He made all of the necessary saves, including a huge Grade-A attempt by Avs forward Alex Newhook, who shot from close in and then crashed into Grubauer.
The Kraken were matching the Avalanche pace and grit throughout the first 20 minutes. Jordan Eberle had the best scoring chance, shooting off a pass from Jaden Schwartz just outside the crease. Schwartz made an elite read on the play to get the puck on Eberle's stick. Seattle outshot the defending
Cup champs 11-8 in the first frame and, more importantly, was not playing from behind after the opening period.
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Kraken Sound: Dave Hakstol - Oct. 21, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Jaden Schwartz - Oct. 21, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: Karson Kuhlman - Oct. 21, 2022 Postgame
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Kraken Sound: André Burakovsky - Oct. 21, 2022 Postgame
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Wednesday Oct. 19
FINAL/OT
STL 4 vs 3 SEA
Final Buzzer: Kraken Fall in OT
Progress sometimes looks less than ideal, but Kraken fight back to earn a standings point after falling behind 3-1 in a 17-second St. Louis burst. Ryan Donato sparks comeback
Kraken Come Up Short In Overtime
Shane Wright recorded an assist, collecting his 1st career NHL point, Martin Jones stopped 24 shots, but the Kraken fell in overtime, 4-3
The squad kept fighting til end & we take away one point.
by Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor / nhl.com/kraken
Fortified by a gorgeous hustle goal from Ryan Donato and a bit of luck prompted by an Adam Larsson shot from the point, the Kraken approached the third period with a tie score and determination to win their first home game of the young season. Seattle kept the pressure on all period and outshot St.
Louis 12-6 in the final period. The period ended 3-3 with overtime pending.
Jonesy with the windmill block in tonight's @WaFdBank Save of the Game!
The Kraken, assured of a standings point, no doubt wanted more for themselves and this Seattle high-decibel crowd. Seattle secured the first scoring chance two minutes into extra time on a drive by Yanni Gourde . But St. Louis broke the tie 2:50 into overtime on a score from defenseman Justin Faulk.
Kraken coach Dave Hakstol made it clear his squad wasn't happy with not leaving Climate Pledge Arena with two standings points Wednesday. But he noticed and appreciated the final game of the homestand compared to Games 1 and 2.
"We played a tired hockey game against Vegas," said Hakstol. "I don't like at all the way we played the other night against Carolina. This is our hockey team tonight. The way we battled competed and executed. The pace and tenacity we played with tonight is a good standard to continue to build from."
Shane Wright has been awarded an assist on Ryan Donato’s second-period goal, marking his first @NHL point. Congrats, Shane!
Shane's Parents' reactions to his first @NHL point got us in our feels
OFFICIAL: Shane Wright has his first NHL point! BONUS: mom and dad were in the house!
Donato Steps Up Let's agree with the Kraken down 3-1 going into the second period, somebody needed to spark the home team. Enter forward Ryan Donato , who was a healthy scratch in Monday's loss to Carolina. The well-liked teammate Donato shook free with a long, perfect feed from another well-liked
teammate, Brandon Tanev , to spring a good-old-school breakaway on Blues goalie Jordan Binnington.
QUITS 👏🏻
Donato Sticks With It And Scores
Ryan Donato skates in all alone, sticks with the opportunity and scores, getting Kraken within one and getting Shane Wright his first NHL point
HE'S GOT THAT DOG IN HIM
Liner Notes To make it even more fun, 18-year-old Shane Wright , notched his first NHL point on the Donato goal, picking up the secondary assist. Only fitting, because early in the game Wright was hit and leveled by veteran Blues forward Ivan Barbashev. Donato immediately challenged Barbashev, drawing a
double minor for roughing with Barbashev getting two minutes.
Wright's assist was added by the NHL official scoring crew but made for a nice moment when it was announced during the opening minute of the third period with parents Tanya and Simon Wright in attendance and making a cameo on the twin video boards. After the game, reporters showed Wright
photos of his parents on the video boards with the son insisting, "Yeah, he's crying" when answering his own question of whether his father was emotional.
"Getting his first point is awesome," said Dave Hakstol about the 2022 first-rounder and center, now officially the youngest Kraken player to register a point. "He deserved to score his first goal tonight (hitting the post on an impressive shift in the third period(. That line (Wright between Donato and
Tanev) did everything right out on that shift."
Alex Wennberg earned the primary assist on Will Borgen’s goal, earning the 200th assist of his @NHL career. Congrats, Alex! Hakstol appears eager to pick up some pace in Wright's development: "Now, I've got to get him on the ice for a couple more minutes a night and just continue letting him grow. I liked his game tonight. I liked the confidence."
It should be documented that Martin Jones made 10 saves in the second period, several Grade-A and one acrobatic on veteran scorer Brandon Saad, to keep this game close after 40 minutes.
Hakstol credited his goaltender with being the best penalty-killer on the ice during a late first-period St. Louis power play ("top two or three in the NHL with the two units they put out there") that could have effectively salted the lead beyond comeback range.
"I thought [Jones] was key in the first period on the [three] penalty kills," said Hakstol. "In the second period, he had two big saves, one that was a bit of a desperation save and he got across and got a piece of it ... I felt like in that period he matched the guy (Binnington) at the other end and gave us
a chance to continue digging out and getting it back to even."
Larsson Evens The Score
Adam Larsson fires a shot from deep that deflects off a defender and in, evening the score at 3-3 in the 2nd period
TWO GOALS IN FIVE GAMES FOR THE BIG CAT
Proof Case To complete a much more satisfying middle period for Kraken fans, defenseman Adam Larsson put a puck on net from his usual right point. Not hard but the shot made it's way net front, where STL defenseman Torey Krug inadvertently tipped the puck past an unsuspected Binnington. Tie game and
proof again that sending pucks toward the goal crease can generate good things, on purpose, accidental, incidental, transcendental, you name it.
Borgen Scores Goal
Will Borgen scores against the St. Louis Blues to make it 1-1
Blues Respond - Twice in 17 Seconds St. Louis forward Brayden Schenn scored a response goal 64 seconds after Seattle tied the game. Kraken goalie Martin Jones played the puck behind the net but appeared to get back to his crease a bit slower than ideal. Blues forward Robert Thomas snagged the puck for a takeaway that generated
enough chaos for Schenn to tap in a rebound after Adam Larsson blocked Schenn's initial shot.
Seventeen seconds later, Schenn was skating up ice with Adam Larsson on the case, but STL defenseman Justin Faulk somehow slipped past Larsson's D-partner, Vince Dunn , for an open run on Jones, beating him with a backhand move for a second response goal (within two minutes of an opponent
goal). Kraken coach Dave Hakstol called a timeout after Faulk's score.
" It's GO TIME!!!"