Kraken, Kings react to 17-goal thriller on Tuesday night
Tuesday night's game between the Los Angeles Kings and Seattle Kraken was the highest-scoring game in the National Hockey League so far this season, with a whopping 17 goals scored.
Heading into the third period, the Kraken had an 8-6 lead, before the Kings stormed back, scoring twice in the final frame to tie things up at 8-8, forcing overtime. In the extra frame, Kraken forward Andre Burakovsky scored to give his team a 9-8 win.
On the other side, Kings head coach Todd McLellan was disappointed in his team's performance, but was fortunate they were able to fight back and come away with a point.
He added, "So it's mass confusion right now for all of us, and we better frickin' figure it out quickly."
Kraken forward Jordan Eberle led the way with four assists, while Matty Beniers, Burakovsky and Jared McCann all had two goals a piece. For the Kings, Kevin Fiala had four assists and they had seven different goal scorers, with Gabriel Vilardi potting two.
Hakstol added, "We probably won't look at a whole lot of this, I'll be honest. We'll get back to who we are two nights from now."
With the victory, the Kraken improve to a remarkable 14-5-3 in their sophomore season in the NHL and sit second in the Pacific Division, while the overtime loss for the Kings put them at 12-9-4 and are currently third in the division.
If the playoffs began today, the Kraken and Kings would face each other in the first round. If Tuesday's game is any indication, a seven-game series between the two teams would be highly entertaining.
Source: theScore
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Patrick Maroon | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lukas Reichel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Travis Konecny | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Noah Cates | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sean Couturier | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Matvei Michkov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Bobby Brink | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Tyson Foerster | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Connor Murphy | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Travis Sanheim | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Craig Smith | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nolan Allan | - | - | - | |
| Joey Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Emil Andrae | - | - | - | |
| Connor Bedard | - | - | - | |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | - | - | - | |
| T.J. Brodie | - | - | - | |
| Louis Crevier | - | - | - | |
| Jason Dickinson | - | - | - | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||