In Seattle, the Kraken broke out to a 2-0 lead over the Colorado Avalanche in the first period on Monday night.
The Avalanche rallied with a pair of goals from Mikko Rantanen in the second erpido to tie the game, 2-2.
The score stayed there until Jordan Eberle hit for a power play goal three minutes into extra time to give the Kraken a 3-2 win.
The Game 4 decision knotted the series at 2-2.
“Anytime you even a series, it’s a big goal,” Eberle said. “We had a lot of a chances and that’s a really good team over there, so we’ve been kind of the underdog from Day One and we’re just trying to fight back in this series and we’ve still got a lot of work ahead of us.”
Game 5 is set for Wednesday in Denver.
Philipp Grubauer made 20 saves in the Seattle win.
“Everybody had a hand in it,” coach Dave Hakstol said. “Everybody contributed. It took a few extra minutes tonight getting into overtime, but through the ebbs and flows of the game, there’s always some momentum, there’s always some pushes either way. But our group was pretty comfortable in their own skin tonight.”
Seattle scored twice in the opening stanza for the 2-0 lead.
Will Borgen and Daniel Sprong were the Kraken strikers.
Sprong scored off the power play, it eas the Kraken’s second power play goal of the series.
“It’s kind of been a sore spot for us in the series so far as far as producing with the man-advantage,” Eberle said. “I know we got one late last game, and maybe that kick-started us a bit. We get one early in the game, and then obviously the winner. We have to do a better job and win the special teams. That’s going to be a big part of the series going forward.”
Rantanen first scored on a 3-on-3 skating set up in the second period to trim the deficit to 2-1.
Rantanen then tied it on a power play goal with 50 seconds left on the period clock.
Seattle lost Jared McCann to an injury after a hit by the Avs’ Cale Makar.
“What I saw live and what I watched after the period on video is a late hit, where the puck is out of play,” Hakstol said. “I believe the puck is being caught by a fan as [McCann] is being run into the end wall.
“So, late hit, really late, no puck in play, our 40-goal scorer not available for the rest of the game and like I said, not going to be available going forward here.”
Makar was less willing to take any blame.
“I know he got the shot off and then I was just assuming he was going to the corner because it was coming down, so I didn’t really look,” Makar said. “At the end of the day, I didn’t feel like I tried to finish him that hard, but I feel like if I was in that scenario, they would have done the exact same thing.
“I’m not trying to hurt anybody. It’s just unfortunate. Tough bounce there and they got the call right, and that’s all you can ask for.”
Alexandar Georgiev made 40 saves in the Avs loss.
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