SEATTLE — A seesaw night of emotions for Seattle’s first major professional hockey game in more than a century had Kraken fans living, dying and reviving themselves with each gut-wrenching, spirit-lifting swing of events.
Saturday night’s uplifting Game 3 playoff spectacle at Climate Pledge Arena seemed over for the Kraken midway through before a pair of goals 19 seconds apart by Jamie Oleksiak and Matty Beniers reignited the passionate, sold-out crowd at Climate Pledge Arena to levels they had shown much earlier on.
But then, just as quickly, it was indeed over early in the third period, as top Colorado Avalanche scorers Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon sealed a 6-4 defeat for the home side with goals 88 seconds apart that puts the Kraken in their first series deficit.
