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Going into Saturday's game, MoneyPuck.com estimated Seattle's chances of winning this game to be 49.3 percent. After the team went down 2-1 after 20 minutes of play, those chances were down to 30.12 percent. But the Kraken roared back in the middle frame with two goals - both set up by Jared McCann - and established a lead. The home team would never trail again.
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It was the first post-trade deadline game for the Kraken and that means some new-look forward lines and defensive pairings along with some new faces in the dressing room. But any question of how this group would address those changes on this night was answered across 60 minutes of play. The second period was the most active with five goals. And while Arizona scored first, two Carson Soucy goals plus a Daniel Sprong tally on the power play established a lead the Kraken wouldn't relinquish. Backed by Philipp Grubauer, Seattle would go on to earn a 4-2 win in Arizona.
This Kraken didn't make the start of this game easy on themselves. In the first 10 minutes of play, the team took three penalties, including a double-minor that kept the penalty kill on the ice for the majority of the first period (just 8:38 was played 5-on-5). But captain Mark Giordano wasn't going to let that deter him and after he returned to the ice from his own penalty, he scored the first Kraken shorthanded goal at Climate Pledge Arena, which was also his second in three games. With stellar play coming from Philipp Grubauer in net, as penalties quieted, Seattle was able to find their foo...
Seattle came into Anaheim trying to avoid a series sweep by the Ducks who had previously bested them in two earlier meetings, and avoid it they did. Anaheim's powerful offense was true to form, attacking through the first 40 minutes of play, but it was the Kraken who got on the board first. While the Ducks would answer Seattle's first two scores, and gain a lead halfway through the second, the Kraken fought for a tie going into the final 20 minutes. The visitors quieted their opponent's attack in the third period with Jordan Eberle delivering the exclamation point of a game-winner with 1:42 le...