The Kraken laid an egg for two periods on Saturday and glided into the third period trailing a bunch of old friends (Eeli Tolvanen, Oliver Bjorkstrand, and Tye Kartye) on the New York Rangers 4-0. It appeared that the Kraken already had a foot on the plane to...
The Seattle Kraken fell 6-2 to the Calgary Flames as penalty kill struggles, defensive turnovers and lineup changes contributed to a disappointing end to October. Here are three takeaways from the loss.
Once again, never a doubt for the Seattle Kraken. The Kraken fumbled away a multi-goal lead for the fourth time since Oct. 13, when they took a two-goal lead at the Philadelphia Flyers, lost it, but then recovered to win in a shootout. Since then, they gave up a...
Much of the Seattle Kraken’s success this season has come from playing from ahead, building a lead and then holding on—sometimes for dear life—or even blowing said lead before bouncing back. In a 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Saturday, the Kraken were chasing from...
It’s almost time to start asking the question… Are the Kraken good? With their never-a-doubt [wink, wink] 5-3 win over the Utah Mammoth—who definitely are good—on Thursday, Seattle is officially off to its best start in franchise history at 7-3-1 through 11 games....
The Seattle Kraken’s 4-3 shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday at Climate Pledge Arena came dangerously close to being the kind of loss that severely damages a team’s psyche. Coming off a dreadful 8-3 defeat at the Florida Panthers on Saturday, blowing a...
The Kraken banked seven of a possible 10 points on their road trip, but a lopsided loss to Florida exposed familiar problems. Here are three takeaways from the finale, including defensive breakdowns and the challenge of matching the league’s best.
If hockey is a game of mistakes, the Seattle Kraken made one—or maybe two or three—too many on Thursday, costing themselves a standings point against the Tampa Bay Lightning. But to their credit, they very nearly overcame those mistakes again and did rally back to...
It wasn’t always pretty, but the Seattle Kraken recovered after coughing up a two-goal lead and kept the Philadelphia Flyers’ historic season-opening winless streak alive with a 3-2 shootout victory. While the Flyers fell to 0-5-3, earning plenty of boos from the...
The Seattle Kraken have had decent results so far this season, but their three previous wins came against the very bad Calgary Flames, the even worse Calgary Flames again, and the floundering Detroit Red Wings. Their first two outings against “good” teams ended in a...
After Seattle’s 6-2 loss to the Golden Knights on Tuesday, I was ridiculed by Vegas fans for my Walk and Talk, in which I stated that (A.) I thought the gameplay was a bit more even than a 6-2 score would indicate and (B.) Ben Meyers’ hit that injured Victor Olofsson...
When the home team is down 5-0 entering the third period, you assume things are over, and the rest will be boring to watch. With that scenario in place Tuesday for the Seattle Kraken, who were getting spanked by the Vegas Golden Knights on home ice through 40 minutes,...
