News Category: Seattle Kraken

Wild face Kraken, aim to end season on winning streak

The Minnesota Wild will try to close out their season with three straight wins when they face off against the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn. Minnesota (39-32-10, 87 points) is facing a long offseason after missing the playoffs for the first time since the 2018-19 campaign. The Wild have continued to play hard despite being eliminated from postseason contention, coming off back-to-back wins over the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles

Blues, Kraken clash with sights set on next season

The St. Louis Blues stayed in the Western Conference wild-card race until the final week of the regular season. But they were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs on Friday, so now they will be fully focused on building momentum for the future when they face the visiting Seattle Kraken on Sunday afternoon. The Blues (42-33-5, 89 points) hope to use this season’s strong finish as a springboard to better things in 2024-25. They have gone

Stars take on Kraken while vying for division, Presidents’ Trophy

The Dallas Stars have already clinched a playoff berth, while the Seattle Kraken have already been eliminated. But there’s still plenty on the line when Dallas hosts Seattle on Saturday afternoon. The Stars (50-21-9, 109 points) enter the weekend one point behind the New York Rangers for the Presidents’ Trophy, which goes to the team with the best regular-season record and includes home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs. The Stars also have yet to clinch the

Kraken focused on positives, like Shane Wright, with Sharks visiting

The Seattle Kraken will wrap up the home portion of their 2023-2024 schedule when they play host to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. Despite the disappointment of missing the playoffs after coming within a seventh game of a spot in the Western Conference finals last season, the Kraken in recent days have at least been giving their fans something to look forward to. Notably, the play of Shane Wright, the No. 4 pick

Shane Wright, Kraken ride momentum into meeting with Coyotes

It took a bit longer than some might have anticipated, but it appears Shane Wright has arrived. The fourth overall pick in the 2022 NHL draft scored two goals and had an assist in the Seattle Kraken’s 3-1 road victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. Entering Seattle’s Tuesday home game against the Arizona Coyotes, Wright has four points — three goals and an assist — in three games since being recalled by the Kraken

With an eye toward future, Kraken take on Ducks

Though the Seattle Kraken weren’t officially eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoff chase until a 5-2 road loss Wednesday against the Los Angeles Kings, their fate essentially had been sealed for a couple of weeks. The Kraken (31-31-13, 75 points), who play Friday night on the road against the Anaheim Ducks (25-47-4, 54 points), have used the past few games to get a look at rookie forwards Logan Morrison, Ryan Winterton and Shane Wright —

Kings take on Kraken, try to maintain playoff position

The Los Angeles Kings hope returning home to face the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday night will be enough to help them snap a three-game losing streak at a particularly vital point of the season. The Kings (38-25-11, 87 points) are clinging to the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference, three points ahead of St. Louis with eight games left for Los Angeles and seven for the Blues. “Home ice is going to help,” Kings

Stars look to maintain momentum as they face Kraken

The Dallas Stars became the first Western Conference team to clinch a Stanley Cup playoff berth when they beat the host Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Thursday. Yet the Stars (46-19-9, 101 points), who visit the Seattle Kraken on Saturday, aren’t ready to rest quite yet. The Stars are just one point behind the New York Rangers in the race for the Presidents’ Trophy, which goes to the NHL team with the best regular-season record. That

After woeful showing, Ducks draw Kraken again

After tying the team record for fewest shots on goal in a game, the Anaheim Ducks get a chance to redeem themselves against the team that shut them down when they face the host Seattle Kraken on Thursday night. It’s the second game of a two-game set in Seattle that began with the Kraken (29-29-13, 71 points) snapping an eight-game losing streak with a 4-0 win on Tuesday night. Joey Daccord needed to make just

Frustrated, spiraling Kraken meet struggling Ducks

Seattle Kraken coach Dave Hakstol had seen enough. After a listless 5-1 defeat to visiting Montreal on Sunday night in which the Kraken allowed four unanswered goals in the first period, Hakstol let loose. “You play this game with passion. You play it with heart and you play it for the guy next to you,” Hakstol said. “And we’re not doing that right now. And that’s nuts. That’s more than disappointing. That’s hard to be