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Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 17 shots he saw Friday as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Kraken 3-0 at Amalie Arena. It was the first time the Kraken have been shut out and for Vasilevskiy it was career shutout 28 for the 27-year-old and second this year.
Forty-three seconds after Jaden Schwartz gave the Kraken a 2-1 lead in the second period, Calle Jarnkrok sent an outlet pass to Yanni Gourde. The high-energy alternate captain streaked up ice on the left side, skating deep into the Washington defensive zone before sending a cross-ice pass to defenseman Adam Larsson.
Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer circled Nov. 19 on the calendar from the first day of the NHL free agency period when he signed with Seattle and left his No. 1 role for the Colorado Avalanche. But the date to outduel his ex-teammates now pushes to a Jan. 10 road game at Colorado.
When the Kraken celebrated their first win of the season, defenseman Haydn Fleury was in street clothes sitting next to player-of-the-night Vince Dunn (as decided by captain Mark Giordano).
That's more like it. After six games of near-misses and answering too many media questions about finishing scoring chances, the Kraken offense earned a 5-1 win over visiting Montreal.