SEATTLE (AP) — Vince Dunn scored the go-ahead purpose late within the second interval, and Eeli Tolvanen and Matty Beniers each scored within the third because the Seattle Kraken beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday.
Dunn’s purpose got here on a 5-on-3 energy play and broke a 1-1 tie.
After a scoreless first, Oliver Bjorkstrand put the Kraken forward with a purpose 2:16 into the second interval. Sidney Crosby scored his 14th purpose of the season simply over two minutes later.
Chandler Stephenson and Jared McCann every had two assists for Seattle, and Joey Daccord made 28 saves for Seattle.
Kris Letang and Rickard Rakell had one help every for the Penguins, whereas goalie Joel Blomqvist had 21 stops.
Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin left the sport halfway by means of the primary interval with a lower-body harm.
Takeaways
Penguins: Pittsburgh is 0-7-3 in its previous 10 video games with out 5 targets on offense, a stretch relationship again to Dec. 31.
Kraken: Seattle has received 11 consecutive video games when scoring not less than 4 targets.
Key second
Malkin left the sport after colliding with Stephenson, leaving the Penguins with out one in every of their high offensive weapons. He returned briefly after the hit, however left for good with 2:52 left within the first interval. Coming into Saturday’s sport, Malkin’s 25 assists had been third-most on the crew, and his 34 factors ranked fourth.
Key stat
The Kraken made their photographs rely, as Seattle scored two targets regardless of getting out-shot by the Penguins 13-6 within the third interval. Pittsburgh outshot Seattle within the sport, 29-25.
Up subsequent
The Penguins will play at San Jose on Monday, whereas the Kraken will play at Edmonton.