Trailing by two heading to the third period, the Seattle Kraken posted four unanswered goals on Saturday night in the third period, for a 4-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
Yanni Gourde broke a 2-2 tie in the frame with the first of his two goals on the night.
“Really wasn’t, for me, a game of extremes,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “We just stayed with the game. Our start was excellent. Second period? I really liked our first 10 minutes.”
Philipp Grubauer made 21 saves. in the Seattle win.
Joe Veleno and Taro Hirose scored in the second period to give the Red Wings a 2-0 lead.
The Kraken moved to 19-38-6.
“I don’t think we had a stretch where we played the way we wanted to play,” Detroit’s Sam Gagner said. “I wouldn’t say it was a foot off the gas situation. I think they started really fast and they were creating chances, and we didn’t do a good enough job, and then you know, we’re on the kill a lot (5-for-5 on penalty kill). I thought we did a good job there finding ways to get kills, which is important for us, but 5-on-5 we got to be better.”
The Red Wings dropped to 25-30-7.
Seattle’s Adam Larsson scored the first of the four goals in the final frame to make the score 2-1.
“The second period we didn’t like, got down 2-0. I thought we did a lot of good things in the third period,” Larsson said. “The first one is always a momentum goal for you, and it helped us get a couple more. … It can’t just be a one night thing. We have to build on this. Losing is never fun; tonight was a good night. We can feel good about our game.”
Jaden Schwartz knotted it at 2-2 midway through the third period.
Gourde hit for the game-winner and added an empty-netter for the 4-2 final.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 38 saves in the Detroit loss.
“Nedeljkovic gave us a chance to find our footing,” Gagner said. “Incredible saves, and your goaltender plays like that, you have to find a way to reward him. We got the lead, but for the most part weren’t playing the way we wanted to play and certainly need to be better.”
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