SEATTLE — Make that two overtime wins in a row for the Seattle Kraken, who went back to the drawing board with 3-on-3 play this week.
Jordan Eberle went in on a 2-on-1 with Brandon Tanev and held onto it, scoring midway through the extra period for a 3-2 victory against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night at Climate Pledge Arena.
Earlier, the Kraken power play got back on the board but at a price. The teams traded goals on the same power play belonging to the hosts. L.A.’s Trevor Moore scored short-handed 35 seconds into the third period, then 18 seconds later Daniel Sprong scored his third goal of the season to tie the game at 2.
Moore accepted a pass on the logo at center ice and beat Martin Jones high blocker side with Andre Burakovsky and Eberle a step behind.
Dan Murphy caught up with Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers ahead of their game vs. the Kings, says winning fixes everything, and we have to build off each of them, and keep taking steps in the right direction, because we’re still in the mix.
Kraken defenseman Justin Schultz set up Sprong at the left faceoff dot. Sprong and Kings goaltender Cal Petersen were left pumping their arms — Sprong in celebration, Petersen as if to say he should have had that one.
On the opening goal, the Kraken turned around the Kings’ chance to dump the puck into the Seattle zone. Eberle centered and nicked Matty Beniers (2 assists), who hopped forward as Jared McCann fired into the empty space behind him. McCann scored the 100th goal of his career and his second in two games.
That was the only scoring play of a relatively quiet first period.
The Kraken had their own clearing issues on the tying goal. Will Borgen’s attempt to get the puck across the blue line shot right back at Seattle. Los Angeles’ Phillip Danault pinched Cale Fleury off the puck along the boards and drifting toward the net. His shot appeared to glance off Tanev’s stick and over Jones, who lost track of it. Danault batted it out of midair into the net, just to be safe, with 1:08 left in the second period.
Jones denied Jaret Anderson-Dolan’s point-blank chance with a sliding kick save to keep the game tied at 2 in the third period. Adam Larsson later laid a heavy open-ice hit on Danault, with the crowd’s approval.
Jones made 26 saves through regulation.
