Kraken cap California sweep with win over Kings
Jordan Eberle and Frederick Gaudreau both scored for a second consecutive night as the Seattle Kraken defeated the host Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Tuesday.
Ben Meyers also tallied and Eeli Tolvanen had two assists for the Kraken, who swept the three California teams after opening their four-game road trip with a loss at Calgary. Seattle went 1-9-1 over its previous 11 games before arriving in the Golden State.
Goaltender Joey Daccord made 35 saves as the Kraken won the second half of a back-to-back for the first time since late in the 2023-24 season.
Kevin Fiala and Andrei Kuzmenko scored for the Kings, who lost for the sixth time in their past seven games (1-4-2). Goalie Pheonix Copley stopped 25 of 28 shots.
The Kings outshot Seattle 13-9 in a scoreless first period.
Seattle opened the scoring on a power play 1:10 into the second. Matty Beniers sent a pass to a wide-open Eberle along the goal line on the left wing. Eberle had time to move back toward the front of the net and lifted a shot over Copley's shoulder and into the far upper corner of the net.
The Kraken added a pair of fluke goals in the middle period to extend their lead to 3-0.
At 7:26, Gaudreau skated over the blue line and took a shot that deflected off the leg of defenseman Brian Dumoulin and floated high into the air. Copley tried to catch the puck, but it went off the heel of his glove, dropped to the ice and squirted between his legs on the way into the net.
The Kraken made it 3-0 on a 2-on-1 rush at 16:02. Los Angeles defenseman Mikey Anderson dropped to the ice in an attempt to prevent Meyers from completing a cross-slot pass to Gaudreau, but the puck went off Anderson's stick and snuck between Copley's pads.
The Kings got on the board 11 seconds later. Daccord's clearance from behind his own net went off the skate of defenseman Josh Mahura and fell to Fiala, who put a backhander over the sprawling goalie.
Kuzmenko pulled the Kings within a goal at 8:45 of the third. He charged down the right wing, went behind the net and put a wraparound off Daccord's skate as the goalie tried to go from post to post.
The Kraken played without defenseman Vince Dunn, who sustained an upper-body injury in the third period of their 3-1 victory at Anaheim on Monday. Cale Fleury replaced Dunn, seeing his first action since Oct. 23.
Kraken rookie forward Berkly Catton returned after missing eight games with a right hand injury.