There was good and bad news for Kraken special teams.
First, the less than good. Coming into this game, the Kraken had never scored a power-play goal against the Blues. Although they got four chances with the extra skater, that statistic held true once again. Unfortunately, Seattle not only didn't score, but they also allowed a short-handed goal against in the second period. The Blues got on the scoreboard for the first time during the initial Kraken power play. The goal came in a very similar fashion to Geekie's goal except this time it was Pavel Buchnevich who got possession off a board battle and fed Robert Thomas on the rush for the score, tying the game 1-1.
The Blues' second goal also came off the rush. The Kraken couldn't retain possession with the puck below the goal line. With Dunn going for a line change, Nick Leddy had an open passing lane to send a stretch pass up the ice to Brandon Saad. Dunn recovered and raced back to challenge Saad but the winger was still able to beat Martin Jones to put the game at 2-2 with 10:57 to play in the second.
The good news? The Kraken remain perfect on the penalty kill through seven straight games killing off all four penalties they took. (Note that McCann did knock wood when asked about this in his post-game availability)
In addition, the Kraken scored their second of the game just as the first power play expired. Five seconds after to be exact. So, while it will go down as an even-strength tally, it came with Seattle still set up in their power play formation and Tyler Pitlick, the offending Blues skater, racing from the penalty box to rejoin the play. Seattle moved the puck right to left across the umbrella - Eeli Tolvanen passing to Dunn who sent it to McCann who wasted no time in firing from one of his favorite spots on the ice to beat a screened Binnington (thanks to Alex Wennberg) five-hole. That's a shot location where the Blues goalie has been beaten more times than any other netminder in the NHL allowing 27 goals against.