Comeback vs. Wings falls short

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Seattle’s known as a city where people have migrated from other parts of the country, so it’s not a total surprise that fans of other NHL teams show up at Seattle Kraken games.

But the Detroit Red Wings may have set an unofficial record for visiting team representation last night as Climate Pledge was a sea of red with the jerseys of one of hockey’s original six teams.

There were even a few attempts at a `let’s go Red Wings’ chant, but that was dutifully drowned out by a `let’s go Kraken chant. ‘

With the Red Wings on a six-game winning streak and Seattle falling to ten points out of a playoff berth, the former residents of places like Sheboygan and Auburn Hills, cities mentioned on the Light Rail heading to the arena, may have been looking forward to a pleasant evening.

However, things became unsettling for the visitors as Seattle’s Shane Wright (his second of the game) and Chandler Stephenson notched third period goals to send the game into overtime in a 4-4 tie.

An exciting overtime period followed- Seattle’s Brandon Montour alone had three scoring chances in the five-minute frame-as Detroit managed to pull off a shootout victory and escape with a 5-4 victory.

Patrick Kane, who has 482 career goals and a space reserved in the NHL Hall-of-Fame when he retires, zigged and zagged in front of the net and fired a shot past Kraken netminder Joey Daccord, the only goal in the shootout.

At the other end, Cam Talbot made a save off Wright’s shot, and Matty Beniers and Kaapo Kakko shot wide of the net to give the Wings the OT victory. The Kraken did pick up one point in the standings, now 23-28-4 on the season.

Detroit improves to 28-21-5 (seven straight) but are 15-4-1 since Todd McLellan took over as head coach in December. The Kraken and the Wings have now played five overtime games in the brief history between the teams.

“There was a bunch of adversity in the game for us,” said Kraken coach Dan Bylsma post-game. “Some unfortunate pucks and plays got us back in our heels early on. They got to the power play, where we knew we needed to keep them off of, and they cashed in on their opportunities.’’

Detroit’s Lucas Raymond scored on the first shot of the game, but Beniers tied the game off a pass from Kakko. Beniers has benefitted offensively since playing on a line with Kakko, who has five goals and 12 assists in 22 games since joining the Kraken.

On the power play the Wings took a 2-1 lead to the intermission when Moritz Seider tied the game with 30 seconds left in the first period.

Wright, now with a six-game point streak, tied the game in the second period off a pass from Andre Burakovsky. But the next two goals belonged to Detroit’s Jonatan Berggen and Elmer Soderblom.

Detroit almost scored again as Daccord made a sliding save on Raymond’s shot. That set the stage for Wright’s second goal and Stephenson’s score off a nice rush and then lofting the puck over Talbot.

``I was proud of our compete level,’’ said Wright who admitted that the Kraken coaching staff wants him to shoot more. ``We came back to get the one point, but it’s better not to get in those positions.’’

Seattle has another tough contest tomorrow when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs tomorrow night, who currently reside in second place in the Atlantic Division, one point behind the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.

Scoring Summary

First Period

D- Lucas Raymond (Dylan Larkin, Mikko Kasper) 3:36.

S- Matty Beniers 12 (Kaapo Kakko 22) 9:28

D- Moritz Seider (Alex DeBeincat) PPG 19:30.

Second Period

S- Shane Wright 10 (Andre Burakovsky 15, Cale Fleury 1) 6:29

D- Jonatan Berggen (Andrew Copp) 12:07.

Third Period

D- Elmer Soderblom (Joe Velino, Simon Eddivsson) 3:21.

S- Wright 11 (Jared McCann 28, Vince Dunn 14) 10:10

S- Chandler Stephenson 10 (Brandon Tanev 8, Eeli Tolvanen 10) 17:04.

Three Stars

1.Patrick Kane,D 2. Shane Wright, S 3. Chandler Stephenson S

Overtime

No scoring

Shootout

S- Matty Beniers, shot wide

D- Logan Raymond, save

S- Shane Wright, save

D- Patrick Kane, score

S- Kaapo Kakko, save.

Shots on Goal- Detroit 39 (Logan Raymond 5), Seattle 27 (Matty Beniers, Jared McCann 4).

Hits- Detroit 15 (Marco Kasper 5), Seattle 27 (Eeli Tolvanen 5).

Faceoffs- Detroit 57.9%. Seattle 42.1%.

Blocked Shots- Detroit 15 (3 with 2), Seattle (Eeli Tolvanen 4)

Referees- Jake Brenk, Carter Sandlak. Linesmen- Mitch Hunt, Joe Mahon.

Three Stars- 1. Patrick Kane, D. 2. Shane Wright, S. 3. Chandler Stephenson, S.


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