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Geoff Baker

Strong play by netminder Chris Driedger helps Kraken crawl back out of the cellar vs. Stars

This being “Kids’ Night” at Climate Pledge Arena, several Kraken players had dual youth and adult portraits of themselves shown on the two video scoreboards.

And down on the ice, there were also dual sides of each Kraken player on display from both an offensive and defensive perspective. Sunday night’s textbook two-way game played by the Kraken in a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars saw the visitors struggle most of the way to generate solid chances against goaltender Chris Driedger.

When they finally did, Dreidger was up to the task, epitomized by a kick save made off Stars veteran Joe Pavelski from the lip of the crease with just over seven minutes to go in the second period. Then, in the final frame, Driedger got over in time to stop a close-in chance from the right side by Miro Heiskanen with the Kraken still up by only a goal.

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