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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- — Tye Kartye tipped in a slap shot by Oliver Bjorkstrand for the tiebreaking goal with 2:40 remaining, and the Seattle Kraken held on to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Thursday night to wrap up the regular season for two teams

that missed the playoffs.

Brock Faber answered Yanni Gourde's empty-netter with 1:46 left by scoring for the Wild on a 6-on-4 power play with 1:05 left and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury pulled, but Kraken goalie Joey Daccord — who had 21 saves — and the defense held up.

Tye Kartye Nets Late Goal for the Kraken

 

Tye Kartye Nets Late Goal for the Kraken

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“It’s been tough sledding all year, and I think it was only fitting that we brought it down to the wire there at the last second,” Daccord said.

Brandon Tanev, who assisted on both of Gourde's third period goals, painfully blocked a shot with his lower body in the final seconds that had him doubled over on the ice at the final horn.

“Turbo made some elite blocks there,” Gourde said. “Everybody battled.”

Kirill Kaprizov scored his 46th goal of the season on a power play in the first period, and Mats Zuccarello had the tying goal midway through the third period for the Wild.

Matty Beniers tied the game for the Kraken in the second period on a power play tip-in before Gourde's short-handed breakaway. He later scored on an empty-netter.

Beniers, the second overall pick in the 2021 draft, dropped to 15 goals and 37 points this season after the first-line center had 24 goals and 57 points in 2022-23.

Ryan Hartman Scores a Late Wild Goal

Kaprizov finished with 96 points this season after a slow start, by far the second-most in franchise history behind his 105 points in 2021-22 when he had 47 goals and 61 assists to set the all-time Wild marks in all three categories. Kevin Fiala is third

with 85 points in 2021-22.

When Kraken leading scorer Jared McCann made a blind pass away from the boards toward teammate Will Borgen, Kaprizov intercepted it and flicked in an unobstructed wrist shot for the early lead.

The Wild have had five 40-goal scorers in their 23-season history, including Kaprizov three times. Eric Staal (2017-18) and Marian Gaborik (2007-08) were the others.

“If you’re really going to go places in this league, you really need a player of his caliber and what he means to the team in situations he plays in,” coach John Hynes said. "I really respect his effort.”

Yanni Gourde Tallies Kraken Goal

 

 

Daccord had a strong season for the Kraken, but after upsetting 2022 champion Colorado in the first round of the playoffs last spring, the club took a step backward. They and the Wild were in a crowd of teams in the mix for the Western Conference

wild-card spots, but they were eliminated seven games ago.

The Wild were ousted from contention five games ago, missing the postseason for just the second time in 12 years. Fleury, who signed a $2.5 million contract extension to return for next season and received the Wild’s nomination for the King Clancy

Memorial Trophy, the NHL’s annual leadership and philanthropy award, was one bright spot. He passed Patrick Roy for second place on the all-time wins list in January.

The 39-year-old was presented with the Wild’s Tom Kurvers Humanitarian Award on the ice before the game. Kurvers, an assistant general manager for the Wild, died in 2021 of cancer.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- — Kyle Connor scored twice and Tyler Toffoli broke a third-period tie to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a key 4-3 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.

The win clinched second place in the Central Division for the Jets and home-ice advantage in their first-round playoff series with the Colorado Avalanche.

“Obviously that’s what we wanted to do tonight,” said Nikolaj Ehlers, who had a goal and assist. “Wasn’t beautiful all the way through, but we got it done and that’s what’s important.”

Winnipeg (51-24-6) also stretched its win streak to seven in front of its eighth sold-out crowd of the season at Canada Life Centre.

Toffoli took a pass from Ehlers during a power play and sent a backhand shot past Seattle goalie Philipp Grubauer with 8:20 remaining in the third period.

Nikolaj Ehlers tallies goal vs. Kraken

“Nice to get that out of the way in this game,” Connor said of securing home-ice advantage. “I thought we stuck with it, you know, ups and downs in the game.”

Connor’s pair of markers extended his point streak to eight games, including four goals and eight assists.

“I see him skating really well at both ends of the ice. He really is,” Jets coach Rick Bowness said of Connor. “That tells you that he’s engaged in the game. There have been some great back checks.”

Mark Scheifele and Josh Morrissey each contributed a pair of assists.

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Connor Hellebuyck made 20 saves for the Jets, who finish the regular season at home Thursday against the Vancouver Canucks.

Yanni Gourde had a goal and assist and Tomas Tatar and Tye Kartye also scored for the Kraken (33-35-13).

Yanni Gourde tallies goal vs. Jets

 

“I think it doesn’t matter who we’re playing, we’ve got to bring that every night,” Kartye said. “It’s a good team over there and it was a pretty good effort by us.”

Grubauer stopped 20 shots for Seattle, which lost its fourth game in a row and concludes its playoff-less season Thursday in Minnesota against the Wild.

“Our entire team fought hard tonight,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “Regardless of anything else, we’re in a situation where we’ve dug out of a two-goal deficit, got ourselves back to even.

“We take a careless penalty and that’s the difference in a hockey game like this. We did a heck of a job for the first minute and 50 of the kill, but they found a spot inside and found the game-winner on that.”

ST. LOUIS -- — Jordan Kyrou, Brayden Schenn and Nathan Walker scored in the third period, leading the St. Louis Blues to a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday.

Kasperi Kapanen also scored for St. Louis. Joel Hofer made 19 saves and hiked his record to 15-12-1.

“For me, it was all about the fans, making sure that we played for the fans tonight, getting the win so the fans can go home obviously happy,” interim Blues coach Drew Bannister said. “I think that was the No. 1 thing for us here was make sure we

do the right things for the fans.”

Jared McCann scored for the Kraken and Joey Daccord made 25 saves as his record slipped to 18-18-11.

Jared McCann Scores Goal for Kraken

Jared McCann Scores Goal for Kraken

 

“I thought we played really well. We generated some good looks,” Daccord said. “Their goalie made some good saves. It was a pretty good effort from our group tonight.”

The Blues, who were eliminated from the postseason on Friday, improved to 43-33-5 with one regular-season game remaining.

“Obviously after last game, when we’re out of the playoffs, it’s tough, right? You can’t really regroup from that in like two days," Kyrou said. "We’ve been working all year trying to make that. It's tough not being able to make the playoffs.”

St. Louis went 7-0-0 in Sunday games this season, the most wins without a loss in Sunday contests. The Blues are 7-2 against Seattle since the expansion team joined the league in 2021-22.

Seattle, which has two games remaining, fell to 33-34-13.

Nathan Walker Nets Goal for Blues

“We had good energy and we started the game well,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “We gave up that late goal in the first period and that gave them a bit of energy. They got the early one there in the third. That obviously set the tone for the

third there.”

Kyrou put St. Louis up 2-1 with his goal 59 seconds into the third period. Daccord made the save on a shot by Matthrew Kessel from the point before a long rebound went to Kyrou in the slot. It was the 31st goal for Kyrou, who has 10 goals and

seven assists in his last 12 games.

Schenn added the insurance goal at 16:37, scoring off Daccord’s skate for his 20th this season.

Walker scored an unassisted empty-net goal at 19:00.

Each team scored in the first period.

Brayden Schenn Nets Goal for Blues

McCann took the puck from Marco Scandella at the St. Louis blue line, raced down right side and snapped the puck by Hofer, scoring unassisted at 14:24. It was his second goal since March 5, and 29th of the season.

“Scoring 30 goals, it doesn’t mean anything,” McCann said. “It’s obviously great scoring goals, but I want to be in the playoffs. I want to play for something.”

SEATTLE -- — Devin Cooley is trying not to get wrapped up in the success of his past two starts. It's difficult with how impressive they've been.

Cooley made 49 saves in just his fourth career start, Kyle Burroughs and Fabian Zetterlund scored less than a minute apart in the second period, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Seattle Kraken 3-1 on Thursday night.

 

 

 

Fabian Zetterlund Lights the Lamp for Sharks

The Sharks spoiled Seattle’s final home game of the season, taking advantage of two defensive breakdowns by the Kraken just 51 seconds apart and a terrific performance by Cooley.

“It has been amazing. I’m just trying to keep myself grounded and not get too excited. Obviously, this league can humble you pretty quick,” Cooley said. “I’m just taking it one day at a time, one save at a time. Really trying to stay in the present

moment, not get too excited, not get too happy. But sometimes that’s hard, especially the way this month has gone.”

Cooley, who made his debut for the Sharks last month, is a Bay Area native and the first California-born goalie to start for San Jose. He made 34 saves in his last start against St. Louis to pick up his first career victory.

He was even better against Seattle.

Devin Cooley Robs Kraken with Save

Cooley already had 33 saves after two periods, turning away flurries of chances by the Kraken around the San Jose net. In the third period, he made terrific stops on Jaden Schwartz on a power play and Adam Larsson with an extra attacker on the

ice and two defenders hobbling after blocking shots. Shane Wright also hit the post in the third period.

“Our goalie was outstanding and there’s not much more to talk about,” San Jose coach David Quinn said.

Burroughs snapped a 1-1 tie with his second goal of the season, finishing William Eklund’s pass on an odd-man rush at 14:46 of the second period. Less than a minute later, Seattle’s defense lost track of Zetterlund as he flashed in front of the net.

His redirection of Mikael Granlund’s pass slipped under the arm of Kraken goalie Joey Daccord, who finished with 20 saves. It was Zetterlund’s 22nd goal.

Kyle Burroughs Scores Goal vs. Kraken

Luke Kunin scored in the first period on a redirection of Henry Thurn’s shot from the blue line.

Brian Dumoulin set a career-high with his sixth goal of the season midway through the first period, but Seattle otherwise could not solve Cooley. Every Seattle player had at least one shot on goal and the Kraken had more shots through two periods

than 60 other games this season.

Seattle's 50 shots were a franchise record.

Brian Dumoulin Scores Goal vs. Sharks

Brian Dumoulin Scores Goal vs. Sharks

 

 

Burky Pls

 

 

No surprise. Joey Daccord wins the 2023-24 #SEAKraken Fan Favorite Award

 

SEATTLE -- — With the Seattle Kraken out of playoff contention, the final stretch means a focus on young players that could be contributors in the future.

 

 

 

Practice Makes Perfect 🐟

That means a lot of attention on Shane Wright, and so far he's thriving with it.

Wright scored 68 seconds into the first period for his fourth goal in four games since being called up from the AHL, Philipp Grubauer made 39 saves for his second shutout of the season, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-0 on Tuesday night.

André Burakovsky, Justin Schultz, Brandon Tanev and Will Borgen also scored as the Kraken won for the fifth time in seven games.

Will Borgen Lights the Lamp

 

 

But with the playoffs no longer possible for Seattle, most of the attention has shifted to its young players called up from Coachella Valley of the AHL and specifically Wright, who won’t turn 21 until early next year.

Seattle’s first-round pick in 2022 had 20 goals in 53 games in the AHL this season and has immediately carried that production into his limited stint with the Kraken. Wright had the first three-point game of his career in a 3-1 win over Anaheim on Friday and needed a little more than a

minute to get on the scoresheet against Arizona.

“He just turned 20 years old and everybody wants to spin the clock ahead and fast forward. It doesn’t work that way," Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. "So huge compliments to Shane in the way he’s continued to elevate his game.”

Wright collected a pass from Jordan Eberle near the goal line and flipped a backhanded shot that caught Arizona goalie Karel Vejmelka off guard and caromed into the net.

Brandon Tanev

Brandon Tanev Scores Goal for Kraken

“I’ll take anything, any way I can get them. They all count the same on the scoresheet, that’s what I’m going to say,” Wright said. “Just tried to get it on net there and a lucky bounce for sure but we’ll take it.”

Burakovsky scored on the power play 66 seconds after Wright’s goal, his fifth power-play goal of the season — a career-high. Schultz added his seventh of the season early in the third period, finishing off a two-on-one pass from Oliver Bjorkstrand.

Tanev and Borgen scored in the third period, ending long goal droughts. Tanev had just one goal since late January, while Borgen hadn’t scored since mid-February.

Bjorkstrand and Matty Beniers had two assists apiece.

Justin Schultz

Justin Schultz Scores Goal for Kraken

Grubauer’s shutout was his second of the season after blanking Pittsburgh in late February, when Seattle still had playoff aspirations, and 22nd of his career. He was especially good in second period, stopping 18 shots, including several dangerous opportunities. He made a pair of stops

on Alex Kerfoot in the final minute to preserve the shutout.

“It means a lot. We don't have too many home games left so we want to make sure we finish this homestand off strong,” Grubauer said.

LOS ANGELES -- — Trevor Moore scored three goals for his second career hat trick, and the Los Angeles Kings snapped their three-game skid while eliminating Seattle from the Stanley Cup playoff race with a 5-2 victory over the Kraken on Wednesday night.

Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala also scored and Cam Talbot made 21 saves for the Kings, who pulled within one point of Nashville for the top wild-card spot in the Western Conference by ending their longest losing streak since the 1-6-4 midseason skid that cost coach Todd McLellan his

job.

 

Despite dropping three games in Canada over the previous week to fall out of third place in the Pacific Division, Los Angeles is now five points ahead of St. Louis for the second wild card in the Western Conference with seven games to play.

“We knew the game was important for us,” Moore said after coming through with his first hat trick since November 2022. "Wasn’t our best road trip, and it wasn’t a masterpiece tonight but we stuck with it and got it done.”

The Kings took control with two goals in just over four minutes of the second period by Moore, who then finished off Seattle on a slick breakaway with 3:03 to play.

“It's the coolest thing ever, ”Moore said of the subsequent shower of hats from Kings fans.

Adrian Kempe Notches Goal on the Power Play

The Thousand Oaks native improbably leads Los Angeles this season with 29 goals. That’s 12 more than Moore's previous career high and more than all of his elite offensive teammates.

“It feels vindicating, I guess," Moore said. “But most importantly, it just feels good to be able to play as many games as I have so far this year. Hopefully all 82.”

Pierre-Luc Dubois had three assists for the Kings, who are three points behind Vegas for third in the Pacific. Just one of Los Angeles' final seven regular-season opponents is currently in a playoff position.

“When you’re not feeling great because you didn’t get those points (on the road), you’re a little bit worried how you are going to come out and play," Kings coach Jim Hiller said. "I thought our guys were composed. They came out believing in themselves, played hard to a man, and got

the result they wanted.”

Brian Dumoulin Scores Goal vs. Kings

Andre Burakovsky and Brian Dumoulin scored in the third period for the Kraken, who will miss the playoffs for the second time in their three seasons of existence.

Philipp Grubauer stopped 22 shots for Seattle, which won 46 games and made its postseason debut last year as a wild card before stunning Central Division champion Colorado in the first round. But the Kraken have only 31 victories this season with seven games to play.

“We’re playing for other things here,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “We’re disappointed with the outcome today. We left some of our effort on the table. I don’t think our effort was poor, but we left too much in the tank here today. You have to evaluate it for what it is, both individually

and collectively. It’s good to be able to come out and have a push in the third, but that needed to start at the start of the hockey game today, and that’s where we fell short.”

Kempe put the Kings ahead on a power play midway through the first period with with a quick wrist shot in the slot off a pass from Viktor Arvidsson for his 24th goal.

Kevin Fiala Nets Goal for Kings

Moore scored in the second when he redirected a long shot by Matt Roy. Dubois then found Moore driving the net just over four minutes later, and Moore scored on his own rebound when Grubauer couldn't corral the puck under pressure from Arvidsson.

Burakovsky scored Seattle's first goal on Oliver Bjorkstrand's cross-crease pass during a power play midway through the third.

Fiala scored his 26th goal with 9:15 to play on a breakaway created by Blake Lizotte's diving stick deflection of Will Borgen's attempted slap shot, but Dumoulin ended his 25-game goal drought just 35 seconds later to keep it close.

 

 

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- — Oliver Bjorkstrand scored his 20th goal of the season and added an assist as the Seattle Kraken beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Monday night.

Jared McCann, Matty Beniers and Shane Wright also scored for Seattle, and Jordan Eberle had an assist for his 700th NHL point. Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves to earn the win.

“I thought we got good contributions from everybody,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “Everybody had a piece in it, and that’s really positive.”

Matty Beniers Scores Goal for Kraken

Matty Beniers Scores Goal for Kraken

Fabian Zetterlund had a goal and an assist for San Jose, which lost for the 19th time in its last 21 games. Klim Kostin also scored for the Sharks, and Mikael Granlund had an assist to extend his point streak to five games. Mackenzie Blackwood finished with 28 saves.

“You have to be engaged physically if you’re going to give yourself a chance, and we weren’t anything like that in the first 20 minutes,” San Jose coach David Quinn said. “It got better in the last 40, but not to the level that we need it to be.”

Beniers started the scoring 29 seconds into the first period, giving him goals in three straight games.

Jared McCann Scores Goal vs. Sharks

“That’s a good way to start the hockey game, especially in this building,” Hakstol said. “We’ve had a couple of nights where we’ve had trouble scoring in here. So that was a good way to get off to a good, positive start.”

Tye Kartye appeared to score Seattle’s second goal a few minutes later, but the Sharks successfully challenged that the play was offside.

Bjorkstrand then made it 2-0 with 8:34 left in the first period.

 

 

 

 

Zetterlund answered for the Sharks less than three minutes later on the power play, scoring his 21st goal of the year.

The Kraken regained their two-goal lead late in the first when Wright, recalled from Coachella Valley of the AHL earlier Monday, scored his first goal of the season, and the second of his career.

“Definitely felt comfortable out there,” Wright said. “Definitely felt like I belong out there. Obviously, playing with (Jaden Schwartz and Jordan Eberle) too, it’s pretty easy playing with two guys like that.”

Klim Kostin Lights the Lamp

Kostin brought San Jose back within one at 5:01 of the second period when he deflected Marc-Edouard Vlasic’s point shot past Grubauer.

“All year, I think our resilience is something that we pride ourselves on,” Sharks defenseman Kyle Burroughs said. “Being able to climb back and never say die and keep fighting.”

SEATTLE -- — Wyatt Johnson had a goal and an assist, Jake Oettinger stopped 17 shots for his second shutout of the season and the Dallas Stars beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Saturday night for their seventh straight win.

Joe Pavelski and Roope Hintz also scored to help the Stars remain on top of the Central Division and Western Conference Standings, three points up on Colorado. Dallas, which clinched its third straight playoff berth with win over Vancouver two nights earlier, trails the New York

Rangers by one point in the race for the Presidents' Trophy.

Joe Pavelski Nets Power-Play Goal

 

 

“You want to be playing well right now and winning games,” Pavelski said. “And you have to string them together. You can win a bunch of games and it feels like you make up no ground. The focus is just keep winning — keep doing it the right way and keep building our game toward the

playoffs and make sure we’re ready.”

Oettinger got his ninth career shutout and improved to 30-13-4 on the season.

“He’s been awesome,” Johnson said. “It gives you a lot of confidence when he’s playing like that. He’s been huge. He’s been huge all year.”

Roope Hintz Nets Goal for Stars

Joey Daccord finished with 27 saves for the Kraken, who had won two straight after eight consecutive losses. Seattle will finish the regular season as the only NHL team winless at home on Saturdays.

“In terms of effort, the effort was definitely there,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “Are they a good opponent? Absolutely. They’re fighting for the Presidents’ Trophy for a reason. It’s still disappointing to walk away with a loss. Not disappointed in the effort, but we’re here to win.”

Johnston scored with 1:48 remaining in the second period to give Dallas a 1-0 lead.

Tye Kartye is quickly becoming an effective pest. He delivered a big hit on Jason Robertson that seemed to get under his skin.

“We stayed patient and we found a goal,” Pavelski said. “It came. We didn’t cheat for it. When we found that one, our game seemed to get a little bit better.”

Adam Larsson was assessed a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct early in the third period. Pavelski then increased the lead with a power-play goal 26 seconds into the third period. Seattle hadn’t allowed a power-play goal in four games before Saturday, going 8 for 8 on

the penalty kill during that span.

Wyatt Johnston Scores Goal for Stars

“We kept it close,” Seattle’s Oliver Bjorkstrand said. “It’s just a matter of us pushing the tempo and trying to create chances. They’re a hard team to play against. They play well defensively. I think maybe we just need to get more shots through and a little bit more traffic.”

Hintz scored an empty netter with 1:17 left to seal the win.

“We had good legs,” Dallas coach Peter DeBoer said. “We had good energy. It was a tough 60 minutes. They made it tough for us, but we stuck with it.”

UP NEXT

Stars: vs. Edmonton on Wednesday.

Kraken: at San Jose on Monday.

SEATTLE -- — Tye Kartye scored the go-ahead goal with 6:57 left in the third period and the Seattle Kraken rallied to beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Thursday night to sweep a two-game set.

Jaden Schwartz, Andre Burakovsky and Matty Beniers all had power-play goals for the Kraken, who overcame a 2-1 deficit after allowing two short-handed goals early in the third period. Jared McCann had three assists and Philipp Grubauer made 21 saves.

Andre Burakovsky Notches Goal on the Power Play

Andre Burakovsky Notches Goal on the Power Play

 

 

Seattle has beaten Anaheim six straight times, including a 4-0 win on Tuesday night that snapped an eight-game losing streak.

“It’s how you answer,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “And our power play answered.

Tye Kartye lights the lamp

“Obviously to give up the sloppy goals back to back that we did, that can be catastrophic in a game. Fortunately for us, we had another opportunity coming. And those guys were able to capitalize and get one back.”

Jakob Silfverberg had a goal and an assist and Isac Lundestrom also scored for the Ducks, who are 1-9-1 in their last 11 games. Lukas Dostal stopped 24 shots.

Jakob Silfverberg Scores short-handed Goal vs. Kraken

Anaheim committed 12 penalties, including eight in the third period. Seattle capitalized by going 3 for 10 on the power play, matching a season high in power-play goals.

“I think the work ethic was there, but we kind of take ourselves out of the game by taking way too many penalties,” Silfverberg said. “We have a 2-1 game, and then we just have a parade going to the box.”

Burakovsky tied the game at 2-2 with a power-play goal 6:25 into the third. His shot from the point deflected off the stick of Anaheim’s Frank Vatrano and got past Dostal.

Kartye gave Seattle the lead six minutes later, zipping a shot from the point that got through Dostal. It was his first goal since Jan. 13, ending a 25-game streak without a goal.

“He’s had some good opportunities if you look over the last few games here, but too many pucks were missing the net,” Hakstol said. “Tonight he got it, shot it and put it on net. And good things happen when you do that.”

Beniers added another power-play goal with 4:25 remaining, scoring his 12th of the season to make it 4-2.

Matty Beniers Nets Power-Play Goal

 

Seattle broke a scoreless tie 9:03 into the second when Jordan Eberle’s point-blank rebound shot deflected off Schwartz’s stick for a power-play goal. Schwartz was credited with his 13th goal of the season and Eberle picked up his 400th career assist.

Anaheim surged in front early in the third period when Lundestrom and Silfverberg netted their short-handed goals just 44 seconds apart.

SEATTLE -- — Eeli Tolvanan and Matty Beniers each had a goal and an assist, and the Seattle Kraken halted an eight-game losing streak by beating the Anaheim Ducks 4-0 on Tuesday night.

Jordan Eberle and Oliver Bjorkstrand also scored for Seattle (29-29-13). Eberle’s goal was the 299th of his career and 17th this season.

Joey Daccord made 12 saves in his third shutout for the Kraken, who went 0-6-2 in the previous eight games — seriously dimming their playoff hopes. Seattle also went 0-6-2 from Nov. 24 to Dec. 10 this season.

Matty Beniers Nets Goal for Kraken

Matty Beniers 

“It’s obviously not been going our way for the last bit or so. It was a good feeling for everyone to get a good win under our belt,” said Beniers, whose two assists gave him 20 this season. “Not getting those wins, it kind of builds up. Each loss, you lose a little bit of confidence personally and as a team.

“Getting one win is so big for getting confidence and breaking that streak and being able to move forward,” he added.

The Ducks (24-44-4), already eliminated from playoff contention, lost for the ninth time in 10 games.

Oliver Bjorkstrand Notches Goal on the Power Play

 

Anaheim goalie John Gibson stopped 32 shots.

“You could tell they were just hungrier than we were,” Ducks winger Troy Terry said. “It’s unacceptable to start the game like that. Whatever the reasons were, I just thought they kind of jumped out early and kind of dictated the game, which led to us taking too many penalties because

they had the puck. Once you kind of get in that cycle, it’s hard to break out of.”

Tolvanan put the Kraken up 1-0 at 7:50 of the first period. Beniers dug out the puck from behind the net and found Tolvanen at the top of the crease, and he scooped it past Gibson.

Eberle scored on the power play at 16:51, firing a shallow shot that deflected off Gibson’s stick and behind him into the other side of the net.

Jordan Eberle Capitalizes on the Power Play

That marked the first time in four games the Kraken managed more than one goal. Their previous multi-goal game was a 6-2 home loss to Buffalo on March 18.

Bjorkstrand scored on a power play at 5:08 of the second. Beniers made it 4-0 at the 15:55 mark, as he and Tolvanen converted a 2-on-1 into Beniers’ 11th goal of the season.

Beniers, Tolvanen and Bjorkstrand have been together on Seattle’s top line since mid-March.

“He’s just a really smart player. He does a really good job of reading the play and reading off me and Ollie and being in good spots,” Beniers said about Tolvanen. “And you saw tonight he makes that play back to me, and he’s got the brains for that.”

Kraken coach Dave Hakstol, who lit into his team’s effort after Sunday’s 5-1 loss to Montreal, was much more pleased with what he saw against Anaheim.

Eeli Tolvanen Scores Goal vs. Ducks

SEATTLE -- — Alex Newhook scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens sent Seattle to its eighth straight loss, beating the Kraken 5-1 on Sunday night.

Kaiden Guhle had a goal and two assists for a career-high three points. Nick Suzuki and Mike Matheson also scored, and Cayden Primeau stopped 36 shots to help Montreal snap a four-game losing streak.

“We felt like we were maybe a little snake bit,” Guhle said. “We felt we’ve definitely played better and have lost. It just seemed like pucks were going in for us tonight. A couple tips, couple rollers go in the net. One of those games when everything went in for us, and I’ll take that.”

The Canadiens matched their season high for goals despite being outshot 37-17.

Jordan Eberle scored his 16th goal for the Kraken, with Seattle either being shut out or held to one goal in six of the losses during the streak that tied its longest skid of the season.

Jordan Eberle Lights the Lamp for Kraken

Jordan Eberle Lights the Lamp for Kraken

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“You play this game with passion, you play it with heart, you play it for the guy next to you, and we’re not doing that right now. That’s more than disappointing. It’s hard to be part of, and it’s something that we’re going to change,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “It’s hard to see us fall

off like this because of what is still on the line. Every time you put this jersey on it means a lot, and right now we’re not portraying that out on the ice.”

Philipp Grubauer allowed four goals on six shots before being pulled in favor of Joey Daccord, who had 10 saves.

The Canadiens’ first two shots resulted in goals.

Montreal got the first goal about four minutes in when a long shot from Guhle made it through traffic in the front of the net. Another shot from Guhle just over two minutes later was deflected in by Newhook.

The Canadiens got another quick pair toward the end of the first period. With 2:27 left, Suzuki led a two-on-one break and put the puck over Grubauer’s right shoulder.

Newhook gave Montreal a 4-0 lead 27 seconds later, knocking Grubauer out of the game.

“It was a good game right from the start,” Primeau said. “It’s always good when you’re leading instead of chasing.”

Habs go up 4-0 in first period on Newhook's 2nd goal

 

 

Mike Matheson Scores short-handed Goal vs. Kraken

The Kraken got on the board in the first minute of the second period on Eberle’s shot from the right circle. Seattle thought it had another goal five minutes into the period on a power play, but the score was called off after a challenge showed the Kraken had been offside.

Montreal added a fifth with about seven minutes left in the second period on Matheson’s short-handed goal.

TEMPE, Ariz. -- — Dylan Guenther scored on a breakaway at 4:12 of overtime to give the Arizona Coyotes a 2-1 victory over Seattle on Friday night, the Kraken's seventh straight loss.

Guenther put a wrist shot over former Arizona State goalie Joey Daccord’s glove. The 20-year-old Guenther has 11 goals in 33 games since being recalled from the minors.

“He brings a lot to the game — competitiveness, pace, execution,” Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said. “Really good defensively, really good stick. He wants to win. He has that fire in his eyes.”

Clayton Keller tied it for Arizona with 1:08 left in the regulation with his 29th goal. He put in a rebound of a shot from Nick Bjugstad on a 3-on-3 break.

“We were our own worst enemy on the tying goal,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “We just misplayed the three-on-three. Certainly we’d like to play that differently."

Clayton Keller Scores Goal for Coyotes

Karel Vejmelka made 27 saves for the Coyotes in the first of seven straight home games. They have split their last four games but have lost 19 of 25.

“It was a different game than usual,” Vejmelka said. “We were waiting for a goal for a long time. We had a great comeback. The boys in front of me did a great job. They blocked a ton of shots again.”

Kraken rookie Ryker Evans scored his first career goal to open the scoring at 7:40 of the third period, beating Vejmelka with a wrist shot from a severe angle in the left circle. He had seven assists in his previous 23 games.

Ryker Evans Tallies Goal vs. Coyotes

 

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“Obviously, it took a little bit, but it was good to get the first one out of the way,” Evans said. “It was pretty cool. Hopefully, the confidence keeps building and I can play my way.”

The Kraken, 29th in the NHL in scoring, have only 10 goals in the last seven games. They gave up two goals in the final 1:20 in a 3-1 loss at Vegas on Thursday night.

Seattle had only one shot on its three power-play opportunities after having one power-play goal in each of the previous four games.

“Lethargic,” Hakstol said. “Bottom line, we're in excellent position to win this hockey game. That's a game we should have been able to close out.”

Daccord made 19 saves at 4,400-seat Mullett Arena on the Arizona State campus. Daccord played for the Sun Devils before Mullett opened.

Dylan Guenther's Goal Wins it in OT for Coyotes

Arizona forward Michael Carcone had an apparent tying goal disallowed midway through the third. A video review showed that Carcone kicked the puck into the net from right out in front.

“We want to work on playing those type of games, staying with it, being resilient,” Tourigny said.

SEATTLE -- — Jeff Skinner had a hat trick, with his first goal coming during a three-goal outburst in the first six minutes to chase Seattle Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord, and the Buffalo Sabres cruised to a 6-2 victory Monday night.

Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch also scored in the first period for the Sabres, who earned their first win in six tries against the third-year Kraken. With 71 points, Buffalo is four behind Washington for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot with 13 games left.

Jeff Skinner's Hat Trick Leads the Sabres past the Kraken

 

 

Owen Power had Buffalo’s other goal and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves as the Sabres bounced back from Saturday’s 4-1 loss at Detroit. Luukkonen has allowed three or fewer goals in 26 of his last 27 games.

“That’s just how it’s going to be from now on — we just sort of move on to the next game,” said Skinner, who leads the team with 24 goals. “We have another one tomorrow (at Pacific Division-leading Vancouver), so we won’t be able to think about this one too long. It’s sort of a big

challenge tomorrow, and everyone knows we need two points.”

Owen Power Lights the Lamp for Sabres

The three-goal barrage came after Jordan Eberle gave the Kraken a 1-0 lead just 24 seconds into the game — the third fastest-goal in team history. Matty Beniers scored on a power play late in the first but the Kraken lost their fifth straight game, all at home.

Daccord made four saves before being pulled. Phillip Grubauer came on and stopped 23 shots the rest of the way. With 68 points, Seattle is 11 out of a Western Conference playoff berth with 15 games remaining.

It was the second time in three weeks that Daccord was chased.

Pause, take a breath, & enjoy this Jordan Eberle Goal.

“No. 1, those are quality shots. The first goal against, with Thompson, I mean that’s just a hell of a shot, right?” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “But you get to a point where, even though they’re from pretty good areas, the second and the third ones are still pucks that I know, when

Joey’s on, he stops. He sees those and he makes those saves.”

Jeff Skinner Tallies Goal vs. Kraken

Just moments after Eberle put Seattle on top, Thompson tied it on a shot from just outside the top of the right circle that zipped past Daccord at the 49-second mark.

Skinner gave the Sabres a 2-1 lead at 3:56. Tuch’s shot from the top of the slot at 5:41 made it 3-1 and sent Daccord to the bench.

“I liked the response. I thought it was a great response,” Buffalo coach Don Granato said. “I thought our energy level was high, and whenever we play with a high energy level, we play well, and we did tonight. The response after giving up the goal really early, to respond really quick

after that was outstanding.”

Jeff Skinner Lights the Lamp

Skinner and Power scored 24 seconds apart midway through the second, boosting the margin to 5-2. Skinner capped his hat trick with 1:58 left in the game.

SEATTLE -- — Throughout its current points streak, different stars for Nashville have taken their turns carrying the Predators on a given night.

This time, it was Roman Josi. Again.

Roman Josi Tallies Goal vs. Kraken

“It's the reason, in my opinion, why he's the world's best defenseman," Nashville coach Andrew Brunette said. "He just does stuff like he did today and takes over games.”

Josi scored twice in the first 10 minutes of the third period, Filip Forsberg scored his 35th of the season into an empty net with 1:20 left and the Predators extended their points streak to 14 games with a 4-1 win over the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night.

The streak is tied for the second-longest in franchise history, equaling a 14-game run during the 2015-16 season. Nashville earned points in 15 straight during the 2017-18 season, a stretch during which it went 14-0-1.

Filip Forsberg Scores Goal vs. Kraken

The Predators are 12-0-2 during this stretch and strengthened their hold on the top wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

“The points streak is awesome because you need the points, but just the way we’ve been playing, it’s a lot of fun,” Josi said. “I feel like every night we’re working really hard, we’re playing fast and it’s like every guy.”

Josi snapped a 1-1 tie when he scored 9 seconds into a Nashville power play at 3:59 of the period. Josi’s second goal came off an offensive zone faceoff and his slap shot from the blue line beat Seattle's Philipp Grubauer, who was screened on the play.

It was Josi’s second multi-goal game in the last few weeks after he netted a pair in a win over Ottawa that was the sixth game as part of Nashville’s points streak.

Tommy Novak also scored his 14th of the season in the first period off a fortunate bounce when his pass hit the skate of Seattle defenseman Justin Schultz and slipped past Grubauer. Mark Jankowski and Ryan McDonagh both had two assists.

Roman Josi Capitalizes on the Power Play

Seattle lost its fourth straight – all at home -- and may have officially fallen off the fringes of the chase for a wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Grubauer made 26 saves and Andre Burakovsky scored Seattle’s lone goal in the final seconds of a power play early in the third period.

But that was all Seattle could manage as it remained nine points behind Vegas with 16 games left.

Andre Burakovsky Capitalizes on the Power Play

“The last couple of games obviously haven't been going our way. But I think we just have to keep putting our foot forward. We're still fighting over here,” Seattle forward Kailer Yamamoto said.

SEATTLE -- — Connor McMichael scored on a breakaway with 8:24 left in the game and the Washington Capitals gained ground in their bid for a playoff spot by beating the Seattle Kraken 2-1 on Thursday night.

T.J. Oshie, playing in his 999th NHL game, also scored for the Capitals. Washington, now with 71 points, is one point behind the New York Islanders and Detroit for the East’s second wild-card spot. Both of those teams lost on Thursday and remain with 72 points.

Washington had lost the first two games of its Western trip, 3-0 at Winnipeg on Monday and 7-2 at Edmonton on Wednesday.

“That was a huge win for us. It’s pretty crazy to think about it,” McMichael said. “The last two games didn’t go how we wanted to at all. This was a huge response for us. We’ll just focus on one game at a time.”

Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren made 23 saves.

Capitals Regain Lead on Connor McMichael's Breakaway Goal

Oliver Bjorkstrand scored for the Kraken, who have 68 points and remain nine behind Vegas for the West’s second wild-card berth.

With the game tied at 1-1, Bjorkstrand gave the puck away in his own end to McMichael, who took it down the right wing side. He beat Seattle goalie Joey Daccord with a backhander to the opposite corner, his 14th of the season.

“I’m kind of pretty familiar with (Daccord) from last year,” McMichael said. “He plays pretty aggressive to the shooter and likes to challenge. I just wanted to throw a little fake shot and beat him to the post.’’

Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said games are often decided on something like that.

Oliver Bjorkstrand Scores Power-Play Goal vs. Capitals

 

 

“You know it’s going to come down to there’s going to be a situation where someone’s going to crack, someone’s going to make a mistake,” he said. “Whether it’s special teams or ends up being a breakaway where there’s a little bit of a bobble where there’s some sustained pressure.

Next thing you know, the puck turns over, Mikey steps up and scored a huge goal.”

Kraken coach Dave Hakstol concurred.

“We just made two mistakes. I’m not going to sugarcoat it, I’m not going to make more of it than it is,” Hakstol said. “We made two mistakes, and on a night like tonight, those are two mistakes, obviously, that we don’t want to make.”

Oshie, a native of nearby Everett, was in the right place at the right time to give Washington a 1-0 lead at 14:20 of the second period.

Kraken Concede Ugly Goal after Joey Daccord's not top-10 Moment

With their ‘backs against the wall,’ Capitals seize the moment in Seattle

With Seattle short-handed, Daccord tried to fire the puck down the ice. It hit Oshie, who was playing low in the slot on the right side. The puck went back toward the net, deflecting off Daccord’s outstretched stick. Oshie rushed toward the open goal and extended his stick toward the

puck as it trickled in.

“Those are kind of the ones you dream about. I don’t feel like the puck has been finding me too much these first couple games,” Oshie said.

SEATTLE -- — The trade deadline arrived with the Winnipeg Jets addressing their need for a little more offensive punch before finishing the day showing just how strong they are defensively.

Laurent Brossoit made 17 saves for his first shutout of the season, Mark Scheifele scored his 19th goal 7:15 into the third period and the Jets beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Friday night.

Adam Lowry scored with 8:32 left to give Winnipeg a 2-0 lead and the Jets pulled even with Dallas and Colorado at the top of the Central Division. Nikolaj Ehlers had an empty-netter with 49 seconds left.

“I think that’s where our team is learning how to win these tight games where we’re comfortable,” Lowry said. “We know we’re a great third period team. We know we’ve got the structure that we can be patient, kind of force some mistakes and that’s what we did in the third.”

Brossoit posted his fourth career shutout and first since February 2022 while playing for Vegas and he was rarely tested. Tomas Tatar had Seattle’s two best scoring chances, hitting the post in the second period and sending a backhand wide early in the third.