In Edmonton, the Oilers took a 1-0 first period lead on a power play goal from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid extended the lead to 2-0 in the middle frame.
From there it was all downhill with the Seattle Kraken scored four times in the second period and once more in the third for a 5-2 win on Tuesday night.
“We were a little bit sloppy with the puck, especially early in the first 10 minutes, but we were checking well and we cleaned up our puck play,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “We got ourselves into a hole with the second goal against. That was a broken play, a mistake on our part, and it ended up in our net, but we were able to battle back.”
Martin Jones made 30 saves in the Seattle win.
The Kraken improved to 20-12-4.
“There was a lapse in the second period there where we allowed four goals in 11 minutes. We fall asleep and they take advantage there, and it cost us,” Edmonton forward Zach Hyman said. “We just stopped playing. We weren’t tight on checks and had a couple of face-off goals [against], which we talk about all of the time. We go over things and talk about it, but it is just mental lapses and not being hard on the puck. It was not one guy, it was throughout the entire lineup.”
Seattle replied with goals from Matty Beniers, Jaden Schwartz, Yanni Gourde, and Jared McCann.
“I think we actually played pretty well in the first. I thought we came out, played hard, did the right things, got the pucks deep and played down low,” Gourde said. “In the second period, we got that one goal and it gave us some wings offensively, and we were able to make more plays offensively, and I think we kept our game pretty simple. We weren’t trying too much, we weren’t trying to pass through guys, we were just putting it at the net and trying to work our way there, and we got rewarded.”
The Oilers dropped to 20-17-2.
“We fell asleep for a 10-minute span in the second period and made some uncharacteristic errors in areas we typically have a lot of pride in,” Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. “Tonight, that 10-minute span killed us. That’s not typical and not good enough.”
Alex Wennberg hit an empty net for the 5-2 final in the third.
Stuart Skinner got the start for the Oilers, and surrendered four goals and made 16 saves before getting the hook.
Jack Campbell took the crease in the 16th minute of the middle frame, he made three saves.
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