In Seattle, the Oilers’ Stuart Skinner made 24 saves in a 2-1 win over the Kraken on Saturday. . 
The Oilers moved to 36-20-2 off their third straight win.
“Stuart was outstanding,” Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch said. “I think early on there were some mishaps with pucks, missed passes that led to good scoring chances. Second period, I thought we played really well, didn’t give up very much. And then in the third period, last 10 minutes, we were just holding on, especially on the penalty kill at the end of the game where Stuart made some really big saves.”
After a scoreless first period, Leon potted a marker midway through the second period for a 1-0 lead to the Oilers.
“Even when a game is not going so well, there are some teams that have that goal-scorer, that player that can break the game open [if you] just give him a little opportunity, and they will get on the scoreboard,” Knoblauch said. “We’ve got a couple of them, and that was a big difference in the game tonight.”
The score stayed that way into the third period when Brett Kulak extended the advantage to 2-0 for the Oilers at 8:02.
“[Draisaitl] kind of skated through the seam there,” Kulak said. “I wasn’t sure if he got a stick on it or not, but I was just trying to get it there quick. And then to see it go in, it felt good, but I couldn’t tell if he tipped it or not.”
The Kraken dropped to 26-23-11.
“We played the game the right way throughout the 60 minutes,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “At the end of the day, you come up empty-handed pointswise, and this time of year, we’re pushing for points every single night. But we played a pretty good hockey game.”
Eeli Tolvanen hit off the power play at 13:23 of the third to get the Kraken to within one at 2-1, but they were unable to push the tying across the line. 
Philipp Grubauer made 22 saves in the loss.
“We generated enough to deserve a little better fate offensively,” Hakstol said.
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