In Los Angeles, the game announcer almost certainly sent home with hoarse voice on Wednesday morning.
The Kings and Seattle Kraken combined for a total of 17 goals in a 9-8 win for the Kraken in extra time.
The extra session was needed after the Kings rallied with two goals in the third period to tie the game, 8-8.
The Kings’ Sean Durzi and Mikey Anderson hit for the goals to force the extra session.
Seattle’s Andre Burakovsky scored his second of the game in extra time for the 9-8 win, the strike came on the power play.
“I got the puck in a good area, and I’ll take that shot from there all day,” Burakovsky said. “‘Ebs’ made a really good play, and it went in.”
Seattle was 3-for-4 on the power play, LA scored twice in their four chances.
The two teams traded three goals each in the first period.
Martin Jones made 27 saves in the Seattle win.
The Kraken posted five goals in the second period to three strikes for the Kings for the 8-6 lead headed to the third.
“End of the day, it was one of those games where last shot wins, and that’s exactly what happened,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “It’s better to be on the winning side and the good side of it than the other, but it’s a crazy hockey game.”
Seattle improved to 14-5-3.
Matty Beniers and Jared McCann each hit for doubles for the Kraken.
Alex Wennberg added a single marker for Seattle.
LA dropped to 12-9-4.
Anze Kopitar, Viktor Arvidsson, and Gabriel Vilardi scored in the first period for LA.
Vilardi had two goals in the Kings loss.
Beniers pushed the Kraken into the lead in the middle frame, 4-3, but Carl Grundstrom tied it 4-4.
McCann restored the lead, 5-4, for Seattle, but in a game with lots of “buts” Adrian Kempe tied it 5-5 for LA.
“Obviously, weird game tonight,” Kempe said. “Not good enough in the D-zone, and the offense was really good. Could have gone either way.”
Daniel Sprong and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored to give the Kraken an 8-5 lead, but Vilardi hit for his double to send the game to the third, 8-6.
“It was a kind of messed up night,” Burakovsky said. “We were trading chances, a lot of sloppy plays. I think we played a really bad game, and so did they. We were lucky that they didn’t play good at all.”
Jonathan Quick made nine saves and surrendered five goals before getting the hook early in the middle frame.
Cal Petersen made 12 saves in relief, and yielded four goals.
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