Philipp Grubauer ties his season high with 33 saves against Boston.
Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena. The Seattle Kraken earned a 5-1 win over the Boston Bruins, splitting their season series and improving to 2-1-1 at home against the Eastern Conference powerhouse. This marks the second of four straight home games for Seattle, who now hold a 4-3-1 all-time record against Boston.
It was an action-packed battle, with Boston’s only goal coming from Brad Marchand on a penalty shot after Seattle's Brandon Montour was penalized for covering the puck in the crease. Here's the highlights from today's win!
Bjorkstrand Leads the Way
Oliver Bjorkstrand was outstanding, scoring two goals in his fifth multi-point game of the season. His 22 points (11 goals, 11 assists) rank second on the team, and the Danish winger has been on fire lately, posting 14 points (7 goals, 7 assists) in his last 11 games, including a career-high seven-game point streak.
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Grubauer Shines Between the Pipes
Philipp Grubauer was outstanding in goal, making 33 saves and tying his season high. The German netminder improved his career record against Boston to 5-1-1, providing a steadying presence in a hard-fought win.
Key Contributions Across the Lineup
Jaden Schwartz extended his point streak to seven points (4 goals, 3 assists) in his last eight games, while Jared McCann added a goal and an assist, marking his eighth multi-point game of the season. McCann leads the Kraken with 26 points, and his consistency has been key for Seattle.
Eeli Tolvanen picked up an assist, extending his point streak to eight points (3 goals, 5 assists) in his last nine games, while Chandler Stephenson tallied an assist on the power play, extending his own point streak to three games.
Not Dunn Yet!
Vince Dunn netted his fourth goal of the season in the third period!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">VINCE DUNN HOMERUN! 🚨 <a href="https://t.co/h1r51HYXOA">pic.twitter.com/h1r51HYXOA</a></p>— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeattleKraken/status/1867437028364660973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Wright and Beniers
Shane Wright added two assists, bringing his total to six points (3 goals, 3 assists) in his last five games. Matty Beniers, playing at a point-per-game pace this season, also registered an assist, bringing his streak to seven points (all assists) in his last seven games.
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Total shots on goal: SEA 34 BOS 21
Boston's Joonas Korpisalo made 16 saves.
Next Home Game: Saturday, Dec.14th vs Tampa Bay Lightning 7PM PST
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Against a team that's, they're saying they're kind of hearing like a no-frills approach recently. How does the approach compare to Tuesday based on, you know, what you saw out front? Similar in a lot of respects. I think, you know, since they've made the coaching change, they're 7-3 and I think they've talked a little bit about getting back to Boston Brewing Hockey and, you know, that's good structurally, hard forechecking, big bodies, great defensively and they've had success, you know, success getting back to that mantra. What considerations are you making right now with matchups tonight, especially given that they might be frustrated but they're also still this very dangerous team? Matchups as in team against team? Yeah, I think, you know, their team coming off the score is 8-1. I don't think the game went 8-1. It was played out. It's 3-1 going into the third period, you know, but conversations from them is reminders, reminders as to what makes them a good hockey team and what they've had success and so you've got to think there's going to be a response from them in their game tonight, but we don't want the focus to be all on them. It's got to be, you know, in the last 6-7 games we've had a challenge to play a certain way and play a different way and have a different mindset and the guys have been doing that on the road, the guys have been doing that against some tough opponents and, you know, the challenge is to do it night in and night out, no matter who you're playing.