In Los Angeles, Jordan Eberle’s goal at 6:27 of the third period gave the visiting Seattle Kraken a 2-0 lead over the Kings on Wednesday night. 
That was just enough for the win, as Blake Lizotte scored a shorthanded goal less than two minutes later to trim the deficit to 2-1 for LA, but that was as close as the Kings would come in a 2-1 final.
“The goalie was pretty far out,” Lizotte said. “So right when I got it, I knew I had a chance to get it in.”
Joey Daccord made 42 saves in the win; 20 of those saves were in the opening stanza.
“It’s always nice to get off to a good start,” Daccord said. “When you get peppered with pucks, it definitely helps you settle in quicker.”
The Kraken moved to 11-14-9.
“We’ve had a roller-coaster year,” Eberle said. “It seems like we’ve blown a lot of leads and lost in OT and shootouts. … But these are the game that hopefully will catapult your team.”
Seattle is on a five-game point streak at 3-0-2.
After a scoreless first period, Brandon Tanev struck at 5:19 of the middle frame for a 1-0 lead to the Kraken.
LA dropped to 18-7-4.
“The volume was there,” Los Angeles coach Todd McLellan said. “We didn’t do a good job at the net. We didn’t really want to get dirty or get down and dig in around the net.”
LA was scoreless on four power play chances in the loss.
“We were slow,” McLellan said. “We’d move it to a player. He would stop, handle the puck, look around, analyze everything, move it to the next guy. The penalty killers had to move but they never really got out of position, and I just thought we had poor pace with puck movement.”
Cam Talbot made 28 saves in the loss.
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