This Tuesday night homecoming had “trap game” written all over it before some hard-nosed work helped the Kraken grind out a fifth consecutive victory.
The visiting Anaheim Ducks are in a pitched battle with four teams for last place overall and that usually spells trouble for a Kraken group with a penchant for squandering points to squads vastly inferior to those they typically beat. Things were a little close for comfort midway through this eventual 5-2 win, but a solid effort by Brandon Tanev on the rush helped lead to Daniel Sprong’s huge insurance goal as the second period ticked down.
Tanev was a disruptive force all night long at Climate Pledge Arena for a Kraken team that jumped on the visitors early but couldn’t quite put them away until Sprong’s goal on a snap shot from the left circle that was fumbled into the net by Ducks goalie John Gibson. Eeli Tolvanen would add a power-play goal eight minutes into the final frame, one-timing a cross-ice pass from Jared McCann to put things away for good.
