Kraken score 6, ease past Blackhawks to end 4-game skid

SEATTLE -- Tomas Tatar scored twice in the third period, and the Seattle Kraken ended a four-game skid with a 6-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks at Climate Pledge Arena on Wednesday.

Jared McCann had a goal and an assist, and Jordan Eberle and Justin Schultz each had two assists for the Kraken (20-18-9), who had a 13-game point streak prior to their skid. Joey Daccord made 32 saves, and Vince Dunn had an assist in his return after missing four games with an undisclosed injury.

"That game's huge for us,” Eberle said. “We’ve lost four in a row. You obviously see the standings, and we need to start with climbing. That's a massive game.

"There are still little details that we need to fix, and Joey was there to make some huge saves today. They had more than enough [chances] to keep pace with us.”

Joey Anderson and Nick Foligno scored for the Blackhawks (14-32-2), who have lost 18 consecutive road games (0-17-1). Arvid Soderblom allowed five goals on 28 shots.

“It’s just not good enough defensively, I think,” Anderson said. “We had more chances tonight [than in a 2-0 loss at the Vancouver Canucks on Monday] to score, but you can’t give up the stuff we were giving up defensively tonight.”

McCann gave Seattle a 1-0 lead at 4:34 of the first period, taking a feed from Eberle in the left circle and scoring on a wrist shot past Soderblom’s glove.

“[McCann is] the best shooter on the team,” Eberle said. “For me, when I'm out there with him, I just try and find him. He tends to bury it. He's good at finding ways to create space for himself, so he can get his shot off, and then obviously, he's got one of the most elite shots I've seen.”

Jaden Schwartz extended it to 2-0 at 7:12 after a pass from Andre Burakovsky banked off the forward’s shin pad and into an open net.

Anderson cut it to 2-1 at 17:20, deflecting a Seth Jones snap shot from the point past Daccord.

“It’s just a good [offensive]-zone shift," Anderson said. "We were in the cycle, finally, and putting pucks at the net. I think it was [Jason Dickinson], just took it low to high, and Seth with a quick ready, shoot, and get a tip in front. We need more of that.”

Alex Wennberg was credited with a goal 15 seconds into the second period to make it 3-1. Jones attempted a breakout pass from the corner, but it bounced off Chicago defenseman Alex Vlasic’s skate and slid between Soderblom’s legs and in. Wennberg was the last Seattle player to touch the puck before the own goal.

“We could have gotten another bounce there, that would have been great,” Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said. “They had one that went off their shin pad that was going two feet wide, and then one off our foot and off our goalie’s leg, so if we could get one of those one of these games, it could give us a little bit of a boost. But, sometimes we’ve got to be better as well.”

Anderson said, “It’s a bad bounce. Say what you want about it, but it’s just unfortunate.”

Brandon Tanev pushed it to 4-1 at 17:28, one-timing a Brian Dumoulin seam pass from the right circle past Soderblom's left pad and inside the post.

Foligno made it 4-1 on the power play 39 seconds into the third period after redirecting a Philipp Kurashev pass into an open net.

Tatar extended it to 5-2 at 4:28, scoring on a breakaway 10 seconds after Daccord stopped Ryan Donato on a 2-on-0 rush at the other end.

“Honestly, I just tried to pick my head up and tried to make a read as fast as I can,” Tatar said. “I saw a little opening, low blocker, and I tried to shoot it, you know, have a quick release, and I was fortunate enough to squeeze it in.”

Tatar scored again with a snap shot from the slot at 16:22 for the 6-2 final.

NOTES: The Blackhawks haven't won on the road since Nov. 9, a 5-3 victory at the Tampa Bay Lightning. ... Soderblom has lost 10 straight starts (0-9-1). ... McCann has a four-game point streak (three goals, three assists), and 10 points in his past seven games (five goals, five assists). … Kraken goalie Philipp Grubauer did not play but was made active for the first time since sustaining an undisclosed injury in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Lightning on Dec. 9.