Seattle Kraken

Stuart Skinner was the star of the show, he turned aside all but one of Calgary's 47 shots. Connor McDavid scored his 31st of the season, Tyson Barrie was in ...

Can Skinner (and the Oilers defence) stand tall in front of Seattle? Connor McDavid scored his 31st of the season, Tyson Barrie was in for one, but Skinner did the deed. Stuart Skinner was the star of the show, he turned aside all but one of Calgary’s 47 shots.

Connor McDavid had a goal and four assists, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Seattle Kraken 7-2 on Friday night. Zach Hyman and Klim Kostin each scored ...

“It’s the best league in the world, and he is off to a career year. That’s the nature of this league, and I’m just trying to help the team win. It was the second-fastest trio of goals to begin a game in the NHL this season, behind only Buffalo at 2:13. It was Sprong’s 11th of the season. Zach Hyman and Klim Kostin each scored twice as Edmonton won for the third time in four games. We can do a lot better job stopping him, but when you give him time and space, he’s going to make you look stupid most of the time.”

Grubauer's three goals allowed on the only five shots he'd face signaled the improved Kraken still haven't left their goaltending issues behind.

But after stopping 41 shots in a 3-2 loss to Calgary two nights prior, Grubauer didn’t look to have the same mojo this time and Hakstol got him out of there before things got worse. They were outshot 15-7 and out-chanced by a gap even bigger than the Kraken defenders kept giving the attacking Oilers. But he didn’t and that meant a reeling Kraken side that already had given up early goals by Zach Hyman and Klim Kostin were in one of those vintage 2021-22 holes they couldn’t dig out of. Though Connor McDavid closed out the scoring with just more than nine minutes to go on a five-point night for him, this game was effectively over just before the four-minute mark of the opening frame. The Kraken fell to 18-12-4 with their eighth loss in 11 games and now trail the Oilers by two points – tumbling into fourth place in the Pacific Division. “I mean, regardless of the situation we need a goaltender to make some saves.

The Edmonton Oilers (19-15-2) meet the Seattle Kraken (18-11-4) at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle Friday. Puck drop is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET ...

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Ryan Clevenger, a 6-year-old fledgling hockey player from Alaska, got a boost to his spirits after tumor surgery by meeting Kraken players and attending a ...

The fact Bedard plays for the Regina Pats – Eberle’s former team in his Regina hometown – made it special for the Kraken forward to see his goal record equaled in such fashion. “Knowing he was going to do this has been a real morale boost for him this past week,” said his grandfather, Scott Pfeifer, part of the family group that’s been staying in a Seattle hotel ever since the surgery. She and her husband, Cameron Carter – Ryan’s stepfather – had brought the child to the hospital in Anchorage when his headaches wouldn’t cease. A win by Canada would clinch the second seed in the medal round. He won silver his second time out, finishing with 14 goals and 12 assists in the two tournaments he competed in. “They didn’t know whether they’d even get the surgery done in time,” she said. Clevenger had started playing hockey for a Learn to Play team in Anchorage after growing up in a family that loved the sport. And earlier Friday, in his first journey outside the hospital since his ordeal began, a wheelchair-bound Clevenger attended the team’s morning skate at the Kraken Community Iceplex and got to meet afterward with forward Ryan Donato and goaltender Martin Jones. His favorite team had been the Chicago Blackhawks until the Kraken began play last year and he also counts the Vegas Golden Knights as his No. Clevenger squirmed with delight, his little legs kicking up in the wheelchair. “I told him he should try to be just like (NHL scoring leader) Connor McDavid.” After a 9 1/2 -hour surgery to remove the tumor on Nov.

Edmonton won last time out, largely thanks to Stuart Skinner (11-9-1, 0.916) and his huge nuts as he turned aside a smooth 46 shots (from 47) to squeak out a ...

Then, with about 8 minutes gone in the the period, Kostin got into a bit of a fracas with Tanev and Penny Oleksiak’s brother. Seattle continued to press as the intermission loomed, but they couldn’t find a third goal before the buzzer went. Edmonton was able to kill it off, with McDavid getting the best chance after stealing it and racing off to a breakaway, but he couldn’t beat Jones. Seattle did start to push back a little bit — for arguably the first time all night — and were rewarded for their efforts. The Oilers PP hopped over the boards and wasted no time: Donato gets play going north, Geekie with the primary helper to Sprong. Early on in the second, Dylan Holloway decided to have his first NHL fight with Vince Dunn. remaining but he flubbed on a gift as the trailer of a Foegele-Yamamoto 2 on 1. Seattle had only scored once in their last 25 power plays (powers play?) coming into tonight, and that horrible slump continued through their first man advantage of the evening. By this point — some 3:56 into the first period — Dave Hakstol had seen enough, and opted to pull Grubauer in favor of Martin Jones. This time via Darnell Nurse beating Grubauer clean from the high slot off a Connor McDavid feed: McLeod was shifted into Leon Draisaitl’s spot on L2 after the big German was absent for warm up and kept out of tonight’s game.

Your last Kraken game of 2022 features Connor McDavid and the hollowed out dumpster of a team he and Leon Draisaitl are expected to drag to relevancy.

The Kraken meanwhile, are struggling mightily right now; mostly struggling to keep leads or come back like they’ve been able to earlier in the year. The Oilers have been getting themselves into a real groove lately, though there have been a few stinkers (Anaheim and Nashville on the same week?) in their otherwise much improved performance. [Kraken](https://www.davyjoneslockerroom.com/) are now in the very funny position of being in the wildcard with nearly identical points and a slight lead on goal differential.

Jay Woodcroft's Oilers are deemed slim -115 favourites on the NHL odds, while the over-under is pinned at 6.5. Oilers vs. Kraken NHL Betting Odds. Given the ...

From that point however they were unquestionably the second-best team on the ice. There was no time to lick wounds, as Seattle waited for them 24 hours after the loss to the Oilers. Of note, the team has covered three of the last four spreads when they were considered underdogs. He even had the goalpost to thank in the dying seconds as the Oilers clung to a precious 2-1 advantage. The Alberta franchise holds a 2-1 edge and has already won once in Seattle. The Oilers are experiencing a much rougher season than anticipated.

Zach Hyman and Klim Kostin each scored twice as Edmonton won for the third time in four games. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had four assists, and Darnell Nurse finished ...

“It’s the best league in the world, and he is off to a career year. That’s the nature of this league, and I’m just trying to help the team win. Zach Hyman and Klim Kostin each scored twice as Edmonton won for the third time in four games. McDavid got his 40th assist of the season on Hyman’s 17th goal. It was the second-fastest trio of goals to begin a game in the NHL this season, behind only Buffalo at 2:13. It was Sprong’s 11th of the season.

Hyman's came on the powerplay where he tipped home a Connor McDavid pass, while Kostin snuck in back-door and made a beautiful move to put to puck in the top ...

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Leon Draisaitl was missing from the Edmonton Oilers lineup as they took on the Seattle Kraken Friday. The first to report that he was likely out of the ...

Draisaitl, meanwhile, misses his first game of the season. Heading into the game, he ranked second in the league in points with 57 — a five-point lead over the third-placed Jason Robertson. Ad Advertisement Moments later, it was Darnell Nurse blasting one home. Five minutes into the game Edmonton was already spotting a 3-0 lead having chased Phillip Grubauer from the Kraken net.

Head coach Jay Woodcroft said that Draisaitl was nursing some bumps and bruises. Draisaitl, 27, has 21 goals and 36 assists in 36 games so far this season. The ...

Head coach Jay Woodcroft said that Draisaitl was nursing some bumps and bruises. Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl missed Friday's 7-2 victory against the Seattle Kraken.

McDavid posts five points and Nugent-Hopkins contributes four helpers in a seven-goal outburst by the Oilers in a Pacific Division bout with Seattle on ...

I thought we all did a good job of that, and right from the get-go, we had a simple mentality of just putting pucks on net and going to get them and moving pucks quick. We believe we have a lot of really good hockey players, and when you're missing someone like Leon, it's not that you're replacing them, it's just other people are able to step up to the forefront and pick up the slack." Nugent-Hopkins and McDavid both had four assists each, with the captain also adding an unassisted goal in the third period to extend his incredible point streak to a career-tying 17 games that includes 16 goals and 21 assists for 37 points. "To me, I think we have a lot of really good hockey players. After exiting the box and returning to the bench, Holloway received plenty of shinpad taps and board claps from the Oilers side of the ice as an appreciation for the young forward's first NHL scrap. If (I need to), I will fight for everybody on the team." The two were wrapped up battling in front of the Kraken net a minute-and-a-half into the second period when pushing and shoving eventually led to throwing fists. It's the best league in the world, he's off to a career year, and he's doing something that the league hasn't seen for a very long time." "I'm not an English major, so I don't know the proper term, but I said that the other day because what he is doing I think we should all realize is quite special. The Oilers power play went 2-for-2 on the evening, increasing their efficiency to 33.3 percent that would stand alone as an NHL record if the regular season ended tonight. While Kostin elected to backhand his chance in close, the Bison King snapped a quick shot glove side for his second goal in four games. They say you're at your most vulnerable defensively after scoring a goal, and the Kraken nearly nullified Puljujarvi's goal on a breakaway opportunity for Andre Burakovsky a minute after the Oilers made it a 4-0 score.