Beniers, Kraken recover against Ducks for fifth straight win

ANAHEIM --Matty Beniers had a goal and two assists for the Seattle Kraken in a 5-4 win against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Sunday.

Daniel Sprong had a goal and an assist, and Martin Jones made 25 saves for the Kraken (13-5-3), who have won five in a row.
"I don't really like the term 'find a way to win,'" Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. "We build good wins, that's the bottom line, so our team has confidence in that."
Troy Terry had a goal and an assist, Trevor Zegras had three assists, and Cam Fowler had two assists for the Ducks (6-15-1), who have lost five of their past six games.
John Gibson allowed five goals on 19 shots before leaving with an undisclosed injury in the third period. He was replaced by Anthony Stolarz, who made six saves.

Gibson left after Anaheim defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk fell on top of him when Sprong scored to give Seattle a 5-4 lead 3:41 into the third period.
Ducks coach Dallas Eakins did not have an update on Gibson's condition after the game.
"When a guy leaves and doesn't come back, it's usually not great," Eakins said.
Beniers had restored Seattle's two-goal lead when he scored on a rebound in the slot during a power play to make it 4-2 at 9:30 of the second period, but Mason McTavish cut it to 4-3 at 16:34 with his own power-play goal from a sharp angle.
Anaheim then went back on the power play 21 seconds later, and Adam Henrique scored on a one-timer in the slot to tie it 4-4 at 17:55.
"It just seems like it's this cycle where we come out tentative, we're not making plays, we're backing off, we get down 1-0 or 2-0, and then it's, 'Oh, we've got to make a push here,'" Terry said. "We play hard, we play together, we make plays going up the ice, we tie the game, and then we sit back again."
Jared McCann gave the Kraken a 1-0 lead 33 seconds into the first period after Jordan Eberle centered a pass from the half wall to him in front.

Alex Wennberg extended it to 2-0 at 6:53, tucking in the puck at the right post off a touch pass from Andre Burakovsky.
"Scoring goals is a lot of fun and it helps the team," Wennberg said. "Get some confidence in myself. Yes, it's great, but all that matters is the two points."
The Kraken received goals from three of their four forward lines.
"We need everybody on our bench in order to play the way that we want, in order to be able to skate and play with the energy that we want," Hakstol said. "That was a bit of an issue in the first couple [of] periods, we didn't have great legs."
Terry walked in and scored five-hole on a power play to cut it to 2-1 at 14:16, but Vince Dunn skated down the slot and scored with a snap shot to make it 3-1 with 27 seconds remaining in the first.
"We gave up three [power-play] goals," Hakstol said. "That's not a great formula for on the road."
Derek Grant, who missed the previous 10 games with an upper-body injury, made it 3-2 when he scored on a rebound at 1:48 of the second period.
"It always [stinks] watching, especially when we are not winning as much as we'd like to," Grant said. "It's good to be back out there with the guys."
NOTES: Kraken forward Morgan Geekie did not return after sustaining an upper-body injury after colliding with teammate Adam Larsson at 2:48 of the second. … Seattle has won five consecutive road games for the first time in its history. ... Kraken defenseman Justin Schultz had one assist to extend his assist streak to four games (five assists) and his point streak to a career-high five games (two goals, five assists). … Anaheim, which entered Sunday last in the NHL on the power play (11.3 percent), scored three power-play goals for the first time since Nov. 9, 2017. … Beniers extended his point streak to four games (two goals, seven assists). ... Zegras has four NHL three-point games, tying Ryan Getzlaf for the second most at age 21 or younger in Ducks history. Hall of Fame forward Paul Kariya is first (12).