Shane Wright scored twice and Adam Larsson had a goal and two assists to boost the visiting Seattle Kraken to a 6-2 rout of the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.
Matty Beniers added a goal and assist as Seattle (30-34-5, 65 points) secured the season series from Chicago, 2-1-0, behind a barrage of six unanswered goals after conceding the first two. Playing the opener of a four-game road trip, the Kraken won for the third time in four games (3-0-1).
Seattle’s Jordan Eberle and Jared McCann also scored, Andre Burakovsky notched two assists and Joey Daccord made 27 saves.
Chicago (20-39-9, 49 points) has lost five in a row (0-4-1), its fourth skid this season of that many games. The Blackhawks have yet to drop six straight.
Tyler Bertuzzi collected a goal and an assist for Chicago. Connor Bedard also scored, and Spencer Knight stopped 24 shots.
The Blackhawks jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first period. Bedard opened the scoring with a power-play goal 3:46 into the game, as his wrist shot deflected past Daccord and into the net.
Bertuzzi tipped home an Alex Vlasic shot for a goal at 17:13, netting his first goal since Jan. 20.
The Kraken began their surge just 31 seconds later, as Larsson ripped a quick shot past Knight off a feed from Beniers.
Seattle tied the game 5:55 into the second period when Eberle, left open in the slot, gathered Chandler Stephenson’s pass from behind the net to beat Knight.
McCann followed with what stood up as the game-winner 26 seconds later. He settled a cross-ice pass from Burakovsky in the neutral zone and scored from the high left circle.
Chicago thought it had grabbed a 3-1 advantage moments before the Kraken’s two quick goals. Nick Foligno appeared to slip the puck over the goal line amid heavy net-front traffic, but the goal wasn’t awarded and the Blackhawks didn’t challenge.
Beniers and Wright scored 2:20 apart later in the period to cap a four-goal second for Seattle. Wright capped the scoring 6:55 into the third.
Patrick Maroon of the Blackhawks and John Hayden of the Kraken were penalized for fighting just four seconds into the game.
–Field Level Media
