Old friends lead Rangers past Kraken
The Seattle Kraken would have liked a going-away victory in their last home game before heading to Finland for a two-game set with the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes. Instead, the Kraken had to settle for winning the final period, but it was hardly enough. Seattle notched three unanswered third period goals in yesterday’s afternoon tilt with the New York Rangers but the visitors took a 4-0 lead in the final frame. New York, a good home team but mediocre road team, at least until yesterday (they’re now 2-5-1 on the road) held on for a 4-3 victory. The Kraken drop to 9-6-1 on the campaign before heading overseas. The Rangers are 10-7-1. The Kraken made things interesting with third period scorers from Kaapo Kakko, facing his old teammates, Jordan Eberle and Vince Dunn. Dunn’s score- on a drive from the point- came with just under five minutes remaining in the contest. But a questionable penalty against Seattle, hampered any chance of a comeback., “We had a pushbac...