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Seattle Kraken to be without forward Jaden Schwartz for six weeks because of upper body injury

TORONTO — The Seattle Kraken will be without forward Jaden Schwartz for six weeks because of an upper body injury, the team said Friday. He is the second top forward that will miss significant time for Seattle as the Kraken have been without Andre Burakovsky for more than a month after an upper body injury in October that required surgery. …

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Hyman scores 3 1st-period goals, Oilers snap 4-game losing streak with 4-1 win over Kraken

SEATTLE — Zach Hyman scored three goals in the first period and the Edmonton Oilers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night. “Today was a good day to get back in the win column and just breathe.” It was the 10th time in Oilers franchise history that a player scored three …

Eberle’s scores in overtime, Kraken’s 5-4 win stops Red Wings’ five-game win streak

DETROIT — Jordan Eberle scored with 5 seconds remaining in overtime and the Seattle Kraken snapped the Detroit Red Wings’ five-game winning streak with a 5-4 victory on Tuesday night. Eberle’s game-winner was set up by Jared McCann, who tied the game on a power play goal with 1:22 left. Joe Veleno also scored for the Red Wings, while Ville …

Gourde gets OT goal, Kraken beat Stars despite Pavs’ 4 goals

DALLAS — Yanni Gourde scored 12:17 into overtime with a quick shot after regathering a loose puck and the Seattle Kraken beat Dallas 5-4 in Game 1 of their second-round series Tuesday night, even as Joe Pavelski scored all four Stars goals in his return to their lineup. He tried to drag us to a win.” The second-year Kraken got …

Schwartz, Beniers lead Kraken to 4-1 win over Ducks

SEATTLE — Jaden Schwartz and Matty Beniers scored within three minutes of each other in the first period and the Seattle Kraken hung on to beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Thursday night. “It closes out a good two points for us and it’s a real positive night.” Brock McGinn scored the lone goal for Anaheim. I think I was …

Before their first game, the Seattle Kraken already need critical adjustments — and quickly

Monday was supposed to be simple. Kraken coach Dave Hakstol already had to plan for Calle Jarnkrok to be unavailable against the Vegas Golden Knights, only to learn he also likely would be without Joonas Donskoi, Marcus Johansson, Jared McCann and Jamie Oleksiak, with all five players going through COVID-19 protocols. Since that news first broke, a source confirmed a …