DETROIT — During the first intermission of this latest Kraken walk on the wild side, the in-house broadcast crew advised fans via the video scoreboard at Little Caesars Arena that while the visitors can score goals they also tend to give up plenty.
Their prediction that Thursday’s game was far from over despite a Kraken lead looked prescient by the time goaltender Martin Jones was pulled early in the second period, having yielded the latest plethora of goals just a bit too easily. With the Kraken the only playoff-positioned team inactive on the recent trade front thus far ahead of Friday’s noon deadline, pulling out this much-needed 5-4 overtime win over the Red Wings in a game in which they squandered multiple leads won’t ease the nerves of fans concerned about defense and goaltending down the stretch.
But it garnered them a critical two points.
