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NHL Releases 2022 Draft Lottery Odds

The NHL has released the odds for the 16 teams in the NHL draft lottery, set to take place on Tuesday, May 10.

What’s at stake for the Calgary Flames on the final night of the regular season

It’s the final day of the regular season! (Well, for everybody but Seattle and Winnipeg…) The Calgary Flames face the Winnipeg Jets tonight in their 82nd and final regular season game. They’ll begin the Stanley Cup playoffs next week, potentially on Tuesday. So what’s at stake for the local sports t...

2 years ago / Sound of Hockey

The Kraken have a goalie conundrum to deal with this offseason

Chris Driedger

Goaltending has been a fickle beast for the Seattle Kraken in their inaugural season, and it will remain a fickle beast for at least part of the upcoming offseason. In the first couple months of play, starter Philipp Grubauer had a tough go, as did backup Chris Driedger, who was often injured and s...

2 years ago / Sound of Hockey

Second period sinks Kraken again in 3-2 loss to Dallas Stars

Dallas

It only felt like a replay of Friday night, but the Seattle Kraken gave up a two-goal lead during the second period for the second night in a row. Saturday it was the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center who handed the Kraken their second loss in a row, 3-2. Seattle scored twice in the […] The p...

2 years ago / Sound of Hockey

Wild blow past Kraken 6-3, end Seattle’s three-game win streak

Seattle Kraken

What started promising soon turned to the fodder of nightmares in St. Paul for the Seattle Kraken on Friday. The Minnesota Wild scored six unanswered goals after the Kraken led early and skated away with a 6-3 win at Xcel Energy Center. As well as Seattle played in the first period, when they struc...

2 years ago / Kuklas Korner

Expand The Playoffs?

Seattle

from Greg Wyshynski of ESPN, After adding Vegas and Seattle in the last five years, the NHL now has 32 teams. Half of them do not qualify for the playoffs. That is abjectly preposterous, and deleterious to growing the game. Here's what the NHL postseason should look like, going forward:...

2 years ago / RMNB

Daniel Sprong credits Alex Ovechkin for tutoring him on power-play one-timers

Alex Ovechkin

Daniel Sprong has four goals in eleven games since he was traded to the Seattle Kraken last month. While Sprong’s success may be bittersweet to those who had made massive investments into the player, the […]

2 years ago / NHL.com

Beniers scores first NHL goal, Kraken top Devils in shootout

Calgary Flames

SEATTLE -- Matty Beniers scored his first NHL goal for the Seattle Kraken in a 4-3 shootout win against the New Jersey Devils at Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday.

2 years ago / Flames Nation

Flames Post-Game: Big Flames third period devours the Kraken

Seattle

The Calgary Flames weren’t at their usual best for the first two periods of Tuesday’s game with the Seattle Kraken. But the Flames made adjustments after two periods and then run roughshod over the visiting Kraken. Four third period goals powered them to a 5-3 victory over Seattle, extending their w...

2 years ago / Sound of Hockey

BREAKING: Matty Beniers has signed with the Seattle Kraken

Kraken

For months, the talk around the Kraken campfire has been rife with speculation that touted prospect and No. 2 overall pick, Matty Beniers, would sign with Seattle as soon as his college season ended. On Sunday, the waiting and speculation came to an end when the standout 19-year-old center tweeted a...

2 years ago / Flames Nation

Beyond the Boxscore: Calgary Flames wear down Seattle Kraken and take the victory

Seattle

The Flames may have appeared a bit gassed at times, but they were still able to close out Seattle on Saturday evening. An early start despite being on the west coast I was interested in how the team would come out of the gates – it was regular Calgary Flame fashion. Grab the first goal,...

2 years ago / Sportsnet

Noah Hanifin helps Flames beat Kraken for fourth-straight win

Noah Hanifin

Blake Coleman, Trevor Lewis and Michael Stone scored off assists from Noah Hanifin and the Calgary Flames beat the Seattle Kraken 4-1 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory.

2 years ago / NHL.com