The San Jose Sharks defeated the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Saturday night, with Mackenzie Blackwood recording 36 saves, Mikael Granlund and Jake Walman both dishing out two assists, and Will Smith extending his goal streak to three games.
The Sharks defeated the Kraken for the second time in two nights. On Friday, San Jose defeats Seattle 8–5.
Late in the first period, defenseman Will Borgen was deflected by a wrist shot from Mario Ferraro, which gave him the lead. Seattle won for the third time in four games thanks to goals from Luke Kunin, Cody Ceci, and Smith in an eight-minute stretch in the second period.
In the middle stanza, Jaden Schwartz scored on a snap shot after the Kraken had fallen behind 4-0. In the third, Jared McCann scored his tenth goal, which led the club. Joey Daccord made 19 saves in the end.
Kraken: When down early in games this season, Seattle is 5-12-0.
Sharks: After defeating the Detroit Red Wings in overtime on November 18, Blackwood earned his first start.
With eight seconds remaining in the third period, Matty Beniers appeared to have pulled his side within one goal, but the goal was disallowed because of goalie interference.
In their last four games, the Sharks have scored 22 goals.
Tuesday marks the start of the Kraken’s four-game tour to Carolina. Tuesday is the second of the Sharks’ six-game trip to Washington, where they will play the Capitals.
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