SEATTLE — Two teams striving to make the playoffs for vastly different reasons collided on Saturday night looking like they had quite a lot to prove.
For the now formerly first place Seattle Kraken, facing a red-hot Colorado Avalanche squad, the chance to take down the defending Stanley Cup champions a second time this season was another key moment in vying for their first playoff appearance. But the streaking Avalanche didn’t make things easy, handing them an eventual 2-1 shootout loss in a game where both teams had their chances to put things away in regulation.
The Avalanche won for the fifth straight time after many had started writing off their chances of even getting back to the postseason. The Kraken got the lone point in the loss, but fell out of a first-place tie with Vegas, who won their game.
