On Monday night, Matt Duchene scored twice and helped Thomas Harley score the game-winning goal 2:16 into overtime, as the Dallas Stars defeated the Seattle Kraken 4-3.
For the Stars, who have gone 3-0-1 in their last four games, Jason Robertson also scored.
“We knew we deserved it and whether we were going to get it or not, who knows?” Duchene stated. “It’s a coin flip when you get to OT, but fortunately we were able to get it done.”
With 21.8 seconds remaining in regulation, a 6-on-5 goal by Eeli Tolvanen for the Kraken sent the game into overtime.
With both teams’ starting goalies out due to injury, Scott Wedgewood (7-1-2) prevailed in the game between the backup goalies. After a slap shot to the area of his left collarbone where there was no padding, Wedgewood fell to the ice, but he recovered to make 35 saves. The early scare came about three minutes in.
“It stung like hell,” Wedgewood remarked. “It’s one of those ones where your Adam’s Apple’s in the back of your throat, you want to make sure you can breathe.”
The Kraken, who have dropped 10 of their previous 12 games (2-6-4), were led in goals and assists by Tomas Tatar and Matty Beniers. Joey Daccord (5-5-8) made his fourth consecutive start and stopped 24 shots.
The teams had not faced each other since Dallas’ seven-game triumph in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs the previous season.
“Very pleased with the point we obtained. Coach Dave Hakstol of the Krakens, whose team had just lost to the Los Angeles Kings in a shootout, expressed disappointment once more that his team was unable to secure the second point in overtime.
1:14 into the game, Duchene scored by tapping in the puck during a 2-on-1 with Tyler Seguin. At 6:20 of the second period, Duchene’s second goal of the season—his 10th—came 53 seconds after a delayed penalty against the Kraken, giving his team a 3-1 lead.
1:14 in, Duchene scored by tapping in the puck while in a two-on-one with Tyler Seguin. After a delayed penalty against the Kraken at 6:20 of the second period, Duchene scored his second goal of the game, his tenth of the year, to give his team a 3-1 lead.
Dallas’ second rush goal of the game gave them a 2-0 lead halfway through the first. The play started at center ice with Roope Hintz making the initial pass from his knees, and Robertson scored his tenth, assisted by Joe Pavelski.
Tatar, who was acquired from Colorado on Friday, gave the Kraken a 2-1 lead 32 seconds into the second period with a rebound goal following Wedgewood’s save of Beniers.
After scoring 24 goals the previous season to win the Calder Trophy as the NHL Rookie of the Year, Beniers scored his fifth goal at 13:48 of the second period.
Due to a lower-body injury sustained last Friday, Wedgewood made consecutive starts for the first time this season, with Jake Oettinger going week-to-week.
The principal goalie for the Kraken, Philipp Grubauer, sustained a lower-body injury during the game on Saturday and was placed on injured reserve.
Due to lower-body injuries, Seattle forwards Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and team leader Jared McCann, who has 14 goals, did not play in the third period.
Adam Larsson, a defenseman for the Krakens, participated in his 800th NHL game.
