DALLAS – For most of Tuesday night’s game, the Kraken reminded folks why everybody had been so excited about their playoff prospects not all that long ago.
Then, the final five minutes of regulation also reminded of why that prior excitement level had dwindled considerably through a recent stretch of home losses. Instead, the Kraken settled for some happy middle ground, with defenseman Adam Larsson sealing a 5-4 overtime win by getting in alone and putting a deke move on goalie Jake Oettinger before backhanding the puck in.
Jamie Benn had tied the game off a goal-mouth scramble with just 0.7 seconds to go in regulation and fewer than four minutes after Joe Pavelski had redirected a puck behind Joey Daccord to cut into what had been a 4-2 lead for the visitors. It was reminiscent to an overtime victory by the Stars at Climate Pledge Arena fewer than two weeks ago in which they also tied the game off a scramble with the goalie pulled for an extra attacker.
