Kraken hand Bruins their third straight loss in 4-1 decision

In Boston, the visiting Seattle Kraken hung a 4-1 loss on the Bruins, their third straight loss, on Thursday night.Matty Beniers hit for a goal and three points in the win

“Great to come into Boston and beat one of the best teams in the League right now,” Beniers said. “It’s obviously a confidence-booster and a testament that we can play the right way, and you know, win games like that.”

Joey Daccord made 37 saves in the Kraken win.

Seattle improved to 23-21-10.

“I feel like we’re building momentum,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “Obviously, there’s parts of the game where we had some rough patches out there today, but we also made some plays at the right time. We had good goaltending, and the way that we managed the third period was a real positive for our guys.”

Thew Bruins grabbed on a marker form David Pastrnak at 4:54 of the opening stanza.

“[Daccord] definitely came up big for them. There’s no doubt,” Pastrnak said. “Especially after the first goal. Maybe that’s a little shaky for the goalie, I don’t really know how that went in, but he bounced back and it was a good game for him.”

Seattle tied the game, 1-1, when Jordan Eberle hit for a goal midway through the first period.

“You win special teams on the road, that’s winning hockey,” Eberle said.

Boston dropped to 32-12-10, and fell into a first place tie in the Atlantic Division with the Florida Panthers who beat the Buffalo Sabres, 4-0, on Thursday night.

“Happy with a lot of parts of our game,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “We’re not getting the results right now, and sometimes you go through that during the season. We’ve got to stick together, we’ve got to keep working, keep grinding.”

Eeli Tolvanen put the Kraken up for good when he struck off an odd man rush at 17:35 of the middle frame for a 2-1 lead.

Beniers potted his marker 8:36 into the third period for a 3-1 lead to the Kraken.

“We all know we’re doing stuff well,” the Bruins’ Morgan Geekie said. “We’re a good hockey team. We know what we have in this room, so just a few details we have to clean up. Pucks are going to go in eventually.”

Jared McCann sealed the 4-1 win when he hit an empty net with 19 seconds left on the regulation clock.