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Kraken begin the year in the win column.

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The Seattle Kraken began 2026 the way they ended 2025- with a home victory. This time the Nashville Predators were the victim. Actually, the Kraken lost their final 2025 game to Vancouver in overtime, but chalked up five wins prior to that game. Jamie Oleksiak and Matty Beniers scored goals ten seconds apart (the second fastest two goals in Kraken history) in the first period after Beniers’ earlier goal had given Seattle a 1-0 lead. Jared McCann added an empty-netter in the final three minutes to lead Seattle to a 4-1 win over the Predators last night at Climate Pledge Arena. Seattle improves its record to 17-14-7 (Kraken fans would have taken that record at the start of the season as the team heads into a new year) and are remarkably back in a playoff spot after a 1-9-1 skein in late November and early December. Since then, the Kraken have rattled off a 5-0-1 mark. The Predators are 18-18-1, three points behind Seattle in the Conference logjam. Philipp Grubauer, who’ll represent...
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Kraken solid effort comes up short

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  The Seattle Kraken brought a four game winning streak into last night’s contest against the Vancouver Canucks, and the Kraken would turn in one of their best performances of the season. Unfortunately, the Kraken could only muster one standings point as the Canucks won the shootout and earned a hard-fought 3-2 victory in Seattle’s final game of the 2025 calendar year. The teams were deadlocked 2-2 after two periods and the Kraken would have one of their best (third) periods of the season. Seattle outshot their Pacific Division rivals, 16-3, in the final stanza but Vancouver goaltender Kevin Lankinen thwarted every Seattle scoring bid, turning aside 16 shots. The Kraken had the only three shots of the overtime period and Lankinen also came up with a couple of big stops in the shootout, making stops on Freddy Gaudreau and Jordan Eberle. “You’ve got to give him (Lankinen) credit, he played well and made some big saves for them,” said Seattle’s Jared mcCann “We peppered him an...
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Kraken- Tough to Figure

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With the National Hockey League celebrating its Christmas break, it’s a good time to look back at the Seattle Kraken’s 2025-26 season. However, this Kraken team raises more questions than answers? Is this the Seattle team that had its best regular season start in their brief NHL tenure with 20 standings points in the first month of the season, or the team that won only one game in 11 and went almost a month without a win in regulation time. Recently, thrown into the mix, the Kraken have won their last three games. After ending their latest losing streak (of four games) with a win over the San Jose Sharks, the Kraken went on to post a California sweep- beating the Sharks, Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings. On the road, no less. Adding to the `this shouldn’t be happening’ vibe – the Kraken were without two of their best scorers, Jaden Schwartz and Jared McCann, and their two best (only?) offensive defensemen, Vince Dunn and Brandon Montour. There are some reasons for optimism...
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Kraken end losing streak

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The Seattle Kraken provided their fans with an early Christmas present last night- the Kraken defeated the San Jose Sharks, 4-2, the teams' first regulation win since November 20. The Kraken got two third-period goals from unlikely sources- defensive-minded defenseman Ryker Evans and Ryan Lindgren (his first Kraken goal)- and then Chandler Stephenson added an empty-netter to ice the victory. Seattle improves its record to 13-14-6. Although the Kraken reside at the bottom of the Pacific Division, the teams are bunched together. Seattle also has played two/three fewer games than the rest of the division and have several divisional games coming up. Currently Seattle’s five points behind the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Joey Daccord was once again a standout in the Kraken net. After stopping 42 shots against the Calgary Flames on Thursday night (a 4-2 loss) Daccord got the nod in the Kraken net. The Kraken netminder got some retribution. He may have had his worse...
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Torrent win second straight

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The Seattle Torrent, the newest team in the Professional Women’s Hockey League, might not be too bad after all. After losing their first two games, not an atypical start for an expansion team, the Torrent won their second consecutive game against an established squad last night at Climate Pledge Arena. In fact, the Torrent were pretty much in control as they recorded a 4-1 decision against the Ottawa Charge. The Torrent are now 2-0-1-1 on the season while Ottawa drops to 1-0-0-5. To be fair, the Charge played in Vancouver last night (back-to-backs are a rarity in the PWHL) while the Torrent have been idle for two weeks (although several Torrent players competed in the just concluded Rivalry Series). Rookie Sanni Ahola manned the net for Ottawa in her PWHL debut (she also became the first Finnish goalie to compete in the league) but she wasn’t the problem for the Charge as she stopped 20 of 23 shots, but the Torrent capitalized on two power plays. Hannah Murphy stopped 24 of 2...
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A bad week at Climate Pledge

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  After a thrilling come-from-behind victory over the Los Angeles Kings earlier this week, the Seattle Kraken and their fans hoped they were back on the right track. Unfortunately, that doesn’t appear to be the case. The Kraken dropped a 3-1 decision to the Buffalo Sabres last night at Climate Pledge Arena, their seventh loss in the last eight games. Seattle drops to 12-12-6 on the season. The Kraken ended a five-game losing streak with a goal in the last minute and an overtime score against the division rival Kings on Wednesday. The Kraken couldn’t build any momentum off that, as they dropped a 4-2 decision to the Utah Mammoth on Friday night. Justin Schultz and Jaden Schwartz, two of their best scorers, continue to be out of the Seattle lineup with injuries. Mason Marchment, who had both Kraken goals in their loss to the Mammoth, was a late scratch last night due to a flu bug that’s apparently sweeping the team. However, Kraken coach Lane Lambert wasn’t making any excus...
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Kraken back in the victory column

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  Seattle hockey fans long nightmare is over. Actually, it was ONLY five straight losses for the Seattle Kraken. But last night’s 3-2 overtime victory against the Los Angeles Kings was a little bit sweeter because this contest had a lot of similarities to some of the Kraken’s recent losses. The Kraken were playing a solid game against their Pacific Division rivals, doing everything but putting the puck in the net. LA goaltender Anton Forsberg stopped everything shot his way and when Kevin Fiala scored with under six minutes remaining (with the Kraken’s Ryker Evans serving a high-sticking, double minor), there was a collective feeling of `hear we go again’ filling Climate Pledge Arena. Then with 34 seconds remaining, Forsberg received a tripping penalty against Jared McCann as the Kraken buzzed around the Kings’ net. With goaltender Joey Daccord pulled, Seattle capitalized on the two-man advantage six seconds later. Eeli Tolvanen shot from a bad angle, but Matty Beniers deflec...
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