Poor Second Dooms Sharks; Kraken Win 6-2
A poor span of 5:49 in the second period where the Seattle Kraken scored four goals on five shots en route to their 6-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks.
After a slow start, the Sharks looked like they found their game, but a bad second period made the game worse.
Chandler Stephenson had a goal and two assists, and Brandon Montour scored twice for the Kraken. Joey Daccord made 26 saves.
Will Smith extended his point streak to sick as he earned an assist on Carl Grundstrom's goal. Tyler Toffoli also scored for the Sharks. Yaroslav Askarov made seven saves on 11 shots before he was pulled. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 19 shots.
Nikolai Kovalenko left the game in the third period and did not return for an undisclosed reason.
Stephenson gets behind the defense and beats Askarov under the glove and over the pad at 3:55 of the first period.
Seattle goal!Scored by Chandler Stephenson with 16:05 remaining in the 1st period.Assisted by Oliver Bjorkstrand and Eeli Tolvanen.Seattle: 1San Jose: 0#SJSvsSEA #SeaKraken #TheFutureIsTeal pic.twitter.com/mAMasOfYIU
— NHL Goals (@nhl_goal_bot) January 31, 2025
Grundstrom ties the game at 1-1 after he tried a give-and-go with Will Smith and got a lucky bounce.
Sharks tie it on a rough sequence for the Kraken.Montour and Oleksiak rin i to each other, then Grundstrom's pass goes in off Wright. pic.twitter.com/Xn8YzQTb2S
— Emerald City Hockey (@EmeraldCityHky) January 31, 2025
Bjorkstrand put the Kraken up 2-1 at 2:03 of the second period after the puck bounced off Stephenson's leg right to the forward in front.
2-1 #SeaKrakenSometimes you get goals as a reward for all the work you did before...Bjorkstrand was coming off 20 seconds where he had a nose for the puck and three takeaways...rewarded with a shot from the slot after Dunn's shot deflects off Stephenson pic.twitter.com/Om6HX77OWp
— Alison (@AlisonL) January 31, 2025
Montour scored 51 seconds later after a bad turnover.
POOL'S OPEN 🏊♂️ pic.twitter.com/8xawUeWSps
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) January 31, 2025
After the Sharks had extended zone time on the power play, Schwartz was sprung out of the box for a breakaway to give the Kraken a 4-1 lead. Askarov was pulled after this goal.
Jaden Schwartz pops out of the box and tallies on the ensuing breakaway for another Seattle goal!#SeaKraken pic.twitter.com/eGfPi1IwEB
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) January 31, 2025
Montour scored his second goal on a five-on-three power play with some pretty passing.
TWO TIMES THE MONTY MANIA!!!! pic.twitter.com/dpYPOkwg9X
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) January 31, 2025
Toffoli scored his 18th goal of the season to cut the lead to 5-2.
Macklin Celebrini dances into space and finds Tyler Toffoli who tallies in tight!#TheFutureIsTeal pic.twitter.com/yrPQyUu9S9
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) January 31, 2025
Eeli Tolvanen snipes a shot over Georgiev's glove to make it 6-2.
Eeli Tolvanen6-2 #SeaKraken pic.twitter.com/DVP8VBjyAH
— JD Young (@MyFryHole) January 31, 2025
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