PHILADELPHIA — Few could forgive Jaden Schwartz if, much like his struggling Kraken team, he wanted to put the recent past behind him and focus on starting fresh.
Schwartz helped accomplish that on an individual and team level in a 4-3 victory over the Flyers early Sunday in a city mostly preoccupied by the night’s upcoming Super Bowl between the hometown Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. His go-ahead goal right before the second period ended and another just as the final frame got started were enough to halt the Kraken’s three-game losing streak and make the Pacific Division standings a tad more palatable.
“I don’t know what the shots were at the time but I felt like we were controlling the play a lot in the offensive zone,” Schwartz said of his momentum-turning go-ahead marker on a snap shot from the high slot off a Jordan Eberle feed. “We had some good chances, the goalie made some big saves but I felt our pressure was really good. We had a lot of zone time and pucks were laying there. Any time you get a goal at the end of one period it gives you momentum heading into the next one.”
