Time will tell if Kraken are lucky with shooting percentage or just good
<p><p>SEATTLE – Seattle Kraken forward Jared McCann spent his childhood honing his shot by firing pucks and rubber balls into concrete cinder blocks his parents, owners of a construction...
View ArticleKraken need goalie Philipp Grubauer to regain playoff form for successful season
<p><p>SEATTLE – This Seattle summer was too beautiful to leave behind, Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer said, full of sunny days and volunteer work at a local horse-rescue facility. Only...
View ArticleAs Kraken franchise faces growing pains, onus is on youth to lead the way
<p><p>SEATTLE – Kraken winger Jordan Eberle is fast becoming an endangered species: one of only four forwards remaining on the NHL roster from the July 2021 expansion...
View ArticleCommentary: Kraken still have much to prove, even with a playoff run under...
<p><p>SEATTLE – When you play 23 seasons, and in 1,731 games, you learn things.</p></p><p><p>You learn that the escalators between peaks and valleys can operate at...
View ArticleKraken hope to crash banner-raising party in Vegas vs. Golden Knights
<p><p>SEATTLE – Nice championship celebration you’ve got there, Vegas. Be a shame if someone …</p></p><p><p>“That’s our plan – to try and spoil it,” Kraken alternate...
View ArticleFive former Spokane Chiefs start on active rosters
<p><p>Spokane native Kailer Yamamoto will be the first Washington-born player to take the ice with the Seattle Kraken Tuesday, after the winger signed a one-year deal last...
View ArticleSluggish Kraken lose season opener to Stanley Cup champion Vegas
<p><p>LAS VEGAS — About a minute into the second period of Tuesday night’s mostly forgettable opener, a rusty Kraken defense and some misfiring forwards looked as if they could have used an...
View ArticleKraken can’t ruin Predators’ home opener, fall to 0-2 on season
<p><p>NASHVILLE — The Kraken played the part of home opener villains again, and ended up with the same margin of defeat.</p></p><p><p>The Kraken fell 3-0 at the...
View ArticleKraken still can’t find first win, fall to Blues in shootout
<p><p>ST. LOUIS – Joey Daccord made 25 saves in his season debut and the Seattle Kraken penalty kill finished off four more attempts, holding St. Louis back until the shootout. There the...
View ArticleWinless in first three games, Kraken still settling in as play shifts to...
<p><p>SEATTLE – A key to the Kraken’s run to the 2023 playoffs was high peaks and shallow valleys. They put together five streaks of five-plus wins, but never dropped more than three...
View ArticleKraken put up dud in home opener, fall to Avalanche
<p><p>This latest Climate Pledge Arena debut for the Kraken was less about coming home again than it was a chance at a full compass reset in an early season heading south much quicker than...
View ArticleKraken unleash the offense, score 7 goals in 1st win of season
<p><p>Defenseman Vince Dunn and forward Oliver Bjorkstrand each had a goal and two assists as the Kraken won their first game of the season on their fifth try, 7-4 against the Carolina...
View ArticleAfter lighting delay, Kraken can’t fix on-ice issues in loss to Rangers
<p><p>Given their oft-mentioned issues lighting the lamp this early season, the last thing the goal-hungry Kraken needed was a genuine electrical problem wreaking havoc and delays inside...
View ArticleJordan Eberle, Jared McCann score clutch goals to seal OT win for Kraken in...
<p><p>DETROIT — For much of Tuesday night’s third-period adventure, the unfortunate plot twists that had plagued the Kraken for a good part of their disastrous early-season start appeared...
View ArticleKraken blow a multi-goal lead again as they fall to Hurricanes in OT
<p><p>RALEIGH, N.C. — A physics-defying play by Kraken fourth-liner Devin Shore to not only keep a long stretch pass to him onside but then cap the play with a highlight goal seemed to...
View ArticleKraken again blow a multi-goal lead as they fall to Panthers
<p><p>SUNRISE, Fla. – Another blown multigoal lead, plus a bad puck bounce off the glass on the game’s decisive goal could have had Jared McCann and his Kraken teammates shrouded in...
View ArticleJared McCann scores game-winner, Kraken top Lightning in OT to end road trip
<p><p>TAMPA, Fla. – Going out and firing a franchise record 20 shots in Monday night’s first period against the Tampa Bay Lightning was one way for the Kraken to launch this critical road...
View ArticleNeck protection for NHL players won’t happen overnight, but history suggests...
<p><p>SEATTLE – If history tells us anything, the transition of NHL players to wearing neck protection on a broad scale won’t happen overnight.</p></p><p><p>But if...
View ArticleKraken fall to Coyotes for 6th consecutive shootout loss; Spokane's...
<p><p>TEMPE, Ariz. — The Kraken (4-6-3) dropped a sixth straight shootout, a streak that dates to the start of last season, for a 4-3 final score Tuesday night at Mullett...
View ArticleOliver Bjorkstrand once again delivers as Kraken beat Avalanche
<p><p>DENVER — Back in the building where he scored a pair of Game 7 goals to send the Seattle Kraken to the second round of the playoffs, winger Oliver Bjorkstrand scored his second of the...
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