<p><p>ANAHEIM, Calif. – Everywhere other than Seattle, Saturday’s takeaway will be Trevor Zegras’ ‘Michigan goal’ – swinging the puck into the top corner of the net cradled on one’s stick blade, lacrosse-style.</p></p><p><p>But it came in the third period of a losing effort for the Anaheim Ducks. Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord made 32 saves, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Vince Dunn and Tomas Tatar scored and the Kraken beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 at Honda Center.</p></p><p><p>Daccord kept a handle on a sloppy start and gave the Kraken a chance to extend their point streak to a season-best six games. Seattle has gone 4-0-2 since an eight-game winless streak.</p></p><p><p>Tatar scored his second goal in four games since he arrived from Colorado, swapped for a fifth-round draft pick. He’s been playing on the top line with Matty Beniers (two assists).</p></p><p><p>Toward the middle of the first period, the Ducks had everything going for them except help from Daccord. The Kraken’s one-time backup goaltender, who made his seventh straight start with Philipp Grubauer on injured reserve, stopped Anaheim’s Jackson LaCombe after teammate Troy Terry threaded a pass through the crease and Kraken defender Jamie Oleksiak’s legs. He blocked Ross Johnston creeping in alone and Max Jones after a bad bounce behind the net. He slid over to deny Mason McTavish, and last but not least, didn’t bite on a short-handed breakaway attempt.</p></p><p><p>But an ill-timed McTavish penalty – he interfered with Jared McCann, who returned after missing one game with a lower-body injury – derailed the Ducks. Bjorkstrand scored on a snap shot from the right faceoff circle during the power play.</p></p><p><p>McTavish had a chance to wipe his slate clean on a breakaway late in the second period, but again Daccord made the stop.</p></p><p><p>On a clean passing play, Tatar brought the puck in for Beniers, who hit waiting defenseman Dunn (one goal, two assists), who dumped the puck into a mostly open net to make it 2-0 Kraken.</p></p><p><p>Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal sprawled out to deny Jordan Eberle, who came in alone with time, but not enough to lift the puck over the netminder’s foot.</p></p><p><p>There was an about-face near the Kraken bench, and both players left in pain. Seattle’s Brandon Tanev, however, was the one left smarting and punished. The puck hit a turning Tanev in the face while almost simultaneously, his stick blade swung up and bloodied Anaheim winger Jakob Silfverberg’s cheek. Tanev picked up a double minor for high-sticking, which he served himself.</p></p><p><p>Anaheim’s Frank Vatrano scored with 12 seconds remaining in the first penalty to halve Seattle’s two-goal lead. It was the first goal the Kraken penalty kill gave up during a three-game road trip. The unit killed off the second.</p></p><p><p>Zegras made his return after missing 20 games with a lower-body injury and electrified the crowd in the third period, but the Ducks fell one goal short.</p></p>
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