Analysis: Grading the ‘first half’ of the Kraken season
<p><p>SEATTLE – We’re too deep into this Kraken season for a real “first half” report card, so let’s dub this an unofficial stretch run preview. And if the final 32 games are anything like...
View ArticleKraken return from All-Star break and skid continues with loss to Flyers
<p><p>PHILADELPHIA — Fewer than five minutes into Saturday night’s resumption of their season, the Kraken had yielded a turnover and breakaway chance, taken an ill-advised penalty that same...
View ArticleDevils hand defenseless Kraken 8th loss in past 10 games
<p><p>NEWARK, N.J. — About the best support Kraken goalie Joey Daccord received all night came midway through Monday’s game when the video replay folks overruled what would have been a...
View ArticleKraken defeat Islanders in shootout for desperately needed win
<p><p>ELMONT, N.Y. — A pair of Kraken players hoping to salvage what they can from frustrating seasons gave the visitors all the lift they could in squeezing out a desperately needed two...
View ArticleKraken come up with upset of Bruins for .500 mark on post-break road trip
<p><p>BOSTON — A trip that could come to define their season ended far better for the Kraken than it began.</p></p><p><p>They again upended one of the league’s best...
View ArticleWith 6-game homestand ahead, Kraken know it’s time to put up or shut up
<p><p>SEATTLE – It took a long time for the Kraken to find their footing, and to date they’ve only been able to keep it from mid-December to mid-January. They gave up a lot of points in the...
View ArticleKraken force OT, but surrender important point in loss to Red Wings
<p><p>SEATTLE – The Seattle Kraken forced overtime but surrendered the extra point, falling to the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Monday afternoon at Climate Pledge...
View ArticleKraken fight for huge win over Bruins in shootout
<p><p>A “Let’s go Kra-ken!” chant emanating from the stands early in Monday night’s second period seemed more of a pleading command by that point than any desire to pump-up the home...
View ArticleEx-Spokane Chief Kailer Yamamoto has struggled to find ice with Kraken and...
<p><p>SEATTLE – Kailer Yamamoto’s historic Kraken season has lost some steam, but when Seattle’s NHL playoff hopes hung by a thread Tuesday at Climate Pledge Arena, he gladly helped...
View ArticlePhilipp Grubauer earns the shutout as Kraken keep it rolling against Penguins
<p><p>SEATTLE – Goaltender Philipp Grubauer, making his first back-to-back starts since Dec. 7-9, made a one-goal lead stand up longer than it had any business doing, and the Seattle Kraken...
View ArticleFormer Spokane Chief Ty Smith frustrated by lack of NHL opportunities but...
<p><p>When Ty Smith was swapped along with a third-round pick for fellow defenseman John Marino in the summer of 2022, the left-shot defenseman said he never envisioned playing in the...
View ArticleKraken battle Oilers until final horn, but can’t find equalizer in critical...
<p><p>SEATTLE – As a critical Saturday matinee performance ticked down to its conclusion, a desperate Kraken squad relentlessly pressed the Edmonton Oilers for a goal that would draw them...
View ArticleKraken’s Alex Wennberg held out because of ‘trade-related issues’
<p><p>CALGARY, Alberta – Forward Alex Wennberg was absent from the Kraken’s morning skate Monday because of “trade-related issues,” coach Dave Hakstol...
View ArticleKraken take down Flames to keep hope alive
<p><p>CALGARY, Alberta — Under the shadow of Friday’s trade deadline, the Kraken were knocked around at Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome, particularly their top defensive pairing. Still,...
View ArticleAndre Burakovsky nets winning goal as Kraken beat Jets
<p><p>WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Kraken allowed two potentially backbreaking goals, one with nine seconds left in the second period and another with 77 seconds gone in the...
View ArticleAfter quiet deadline day, Kraken fall silent in shutout loss to Winnipeg
<p><p>SEATTLE – An emotional week of playing themselves back into contention and hoping their front office kept them there ended Friday night with the Kraken trying not to rapidly undo...
View ArticleScratched for weeks, like several before him, Kraken’s Ryker Evans savors...
<p><p>Ryker Evans is back, though he never really left.</p></p><p><p>The Kraken’s top defensive prospect was only on the ice with his teammates during daylight hours...
View ArticleKraken allow tying goal late, fall to Golden Knights in OT in crushing blow...
<p><p>SEATTLE – The Seattle Kraken trailed the Vegas Golden Knights after Tuesday’s second period. That really wouldn’t do against the team holding the second wild-card playoff spot in the...
View ArticleKraken’s postseason hopes get bleaker with 2-1 loss to Capitals
<p><p>SEATTLE – Trying desperately to hang around the playoff fringes, the Kraken once again found themselves playing catch-up hockey Thursday night in the final period for the third...
View ArticleKraken can’t jumpstart offense against streaking Predators, suffer 4th...
<p><p>SEATTLE – Some line shuffling by the Kraken failed to jumpstart an offense missing in action much of this homestand, including Saturday night in a fourth consecutive...
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