SEATTLE — Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice and Philipp Grubauer made 33 saves as the Seattle Kraken beat the Boston Bruins 5-1 on Thursday night. Bjorkstrand scored on a power play 24 seconds into the game, just eight seconds after David Pastrnak took a double minor for high-sticking. Dunn batted the puck into Boston’s net early in the third period and …
TAMPA, Fla. — Jared McCann scored a power-play goal 2:53 into overtime, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Monday night. We’ve got to focus on the next game.” Brian Dumoulin, Yanni Gourde and Kailer Yamamoto scored in the first period for Seattle. It was nice to see him get rewarded with a power-play goal.” Dumoulin …
SEATTLE — The Lightning used the theme “Last Day of School” to motivate them on their Stanley Cup run in the summer, knowing some familiar faces soon would be gone due to the salary cap. “Now,” she said, “we’re starting a new chapter.” Gourde had been selected by the Seattle Kraken in the expansion draft a few weeks earlier. “It …
Seattle Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson and his teammates should be competitive during their debut NHL season. Based on the Tampa Bay Lightning’s late-season slump and forward Nikita Kucherov being on long-term injured reserve after hip surgery, I picked the Lightning to lose in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. So, no more predictions here against the Lightning, who …