COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jared McCann hit 30 goals for the first time in his career with his fourth in three games, Alex Wennberg burned his former team with the game-winner and the Kraken followed up three straight losses with three straight wins — the latest 4-2 at the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The previous two victories were messy, and the Kraken kept the trend going, letting the league-worst Blue Jackets hang around well into the third period. The Blue Jackets hit the cross bar and were stopped by a diving Philipp Grubauer (21 saves) while attempting to send the game to overtime.
Matty Beniers had one of the first period’s best chances when he took the puck end-to-end with help, briefly tossing it to Adam Larsson and then Jorden Eberle, before testing Columbus goaltender Elvis Merzlikins’s glove. Wennberg spotted the Blue Jackets a power play they didn’t take advantage of.
