Kraken defeat Senators for 6th straight win, push point streak to 10

SEATTLE -- Joey Daccord made 32 saves for the Seattle Kraken in their sixth straight win, 4-1 against the Ottawa Senators at Climate Pledge Arena on Thursday.

Vince Dunn had a goal and an assist, and Jordan Eberle had two assists for the Kraken (16-14-9), who extended their team-record point streak to 10 games (8-0-2).

Daccord had his shutout streak, including the first shutout in Winter Classic history against the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday, end in the third period at 158:34, the longest in Seattle’s three NHL seasons.

“It would have been nicer if I got another shutout,” Daccord said, tongue in cheek. “No, the win’s great, and I’m happy to just keep this train rolling. We're playing great. We're sticking to our game plan, we're executing it well, and it's nice to see the results go our way.”

Parker Kelly scored for the Senators (14-20-0), who lost their second straight and third in four. Joonas Korpisalo made 24 saves.

Ottawa allowed two goals in the last five minutes of the second period to fall behind 3-0.

"I thought our minds slipped a little bit,” Senators defenseman Jake Sanderson said. “And it's a long game, but you've got to stay sharp the whole time, and we paid for it.”

Yanni Gourde gave the Kraken a 1-0 lead at 9:50 of the first period, sweeping in an Eeli Tolvanen rebound. Gourde also scored in Seattle’s 3-0 win at the Winter Classic on Monday.

Tomas Tatar pushed it to 2-0 at 15:20 of the second after a one-touch pass by Eberle sent Tatar on a partial breakaway. The forward deked around Korpisalo’s right pad for the goal.

“I thought five minutes cost us the hockey game,” Senators coach Jacques Martin said. “The first goal we gave them. It’s a mistake, but I thought we were playing pretty good, and we just lost our composure. We had a couple good chances to score, their goalie makes some saves, and then we don’t stay with the course. We tried to cheat, we gave them some opportunities, they score two, and it’s tough to come back.”

Andre Burakovsky scored his first goal of the season at 19:03 of the second to make it 3-0. Ottawa forward Tim Stützle fell in the offensive zone and turned the puck over to Kailer Yamamoto, starting a 2-on-1 rush. Yamamoto passed to Burakovsky, who snapped a shot over Korpisalo’s right pad.

Burakovsky has been limited to 10 games this season because of two upper-body injuries. The first came on Oct. 21 in a 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers, and the other happened in a 2-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Dec. 7. He also sustained a season-ending groin injury last season in a 4-0 loss at the New York Islanders on Feb. 7.

"I said this morning how happy we were to have him back in the lineup,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “You go back over the last 12 months, it's been a long road. There's been a lot of challenges for him there, but he's been able to handle it, and it's great to have him back in the lineup and to see him have some success tonight."

Kelly got the Senators within 3-1, tipping a Dominik Kubalik shot through Daccord’s five-hole at 12:20 of the third period.

It was the first goal Daccord allowed since Travis Konecny of the Philadelphia Flyers scored in the first period of a 2-1 Kraken overtime win Dec. 29. Daccord’s 158:34 shutout streak eclipsed Martin Jones' 115:18 Oct. 29-Nov. 5, 2022 to set the Seattle record.

Dunn scored an empty-net goal at 17:47 for the 4-1 final.

"We had our chances,” Sanderson said. “We had a couple of Grade A [chances], a couple of backdoor plays, but [Daccord] was standing on his head, for sure. Credit to him.”

NOTES: Daccord is 7-0-2 in his past nine games. His .958 save percentage and 1.31 goals-against average leads NHL goalies with at least three starts in that span. … Senators captain Brady Tkachuk and Kraken forward Oliver Bjorkstrand were named to the 2024 NHL All-Star Game prior to puck drop. Tkachuk is the first Senators player to be named to four consecutive All-Star Games.