Jordan Eberle scored with 5 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Seattle Kraken to a 5-4 victory and snapping the Detroit Red Wings’ five-game winning streak on Tuesday night.
Eberle’s game-winning goal was assisted by Jared McCann, who had tied the game with a power-play goal just 1:22 before the end of regulation. The Kraken had won only one of their first six games this season.
“It was huge just to get one there, and really, this will spark us a little bit,” Eberle said.
McCann picked up a loose puck along the boards and found Eberle in the slot.
“I was pretty gassed getting to the other end there,” McCann said. “I saw the puck go off the glass, and Ebs beat his guy off the wall. Just tried to lay it in there for him so he could tip it in.”
Jaden Schwartz scored twice, and Tye Kartye added another for the Kraken. Joey Daccord made 23 saves.
Alex DeBrincat scored his league-high ninth goal of the season for Detroit. Dylan Larkin and Shayne Gostisbehere each had a goal and two assists. Larkin has recorded at least one point in all seven of the Red Wings’ games. Joe Veleno also scored, while Ville Husso made 31 saves.
“We got a point, but we feel like we should have had two,” Larkin said.
In the third period, Detroit scored three power-play goals to erase a 3-1 deficit. Gostisbehere scored his third goal of the season with a shot from the right circle while Eberle was in the penalty box for tripping Larkin.
After Devin Shore received a double-minor for high sticking, Larkin tied the game by lifting a shot over Daccord’s stick. With Alex Wennberg in the penalty box for holding, DeBrincat sent a shot from the left side past Daccord’s glove.
Following Larkin’s hooking penalty, McCann tied it with a wrist shot with 1:22 remaining in regulation.
“They’ve been rolling on their power play, and they made good on them,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “To be able to push back — we’ve done it a couple of times now. We haven’t gotten rattled or gone away after giving up a lead.”
Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde was pleased with how his team responded after trailing by two goals.
“When you are down 3-1 going into the third period and you get a point out of it, you are going to take that,” he said. “Obviously, it would have been great to finish it off, but we did a good job of getting back into the game. We would have won it if we didn’t take the late penalties.”
After a scoreless first period, the Kraken took a 3-1 lead in the second. Detroit struck first with Veleno redirecting an Olli Maatta shot from the point. Schwartz responded with a power-play goal, followed by another goal to give Seattle the lead with 2:06 left in the period. Kartye made it 3-1 in the final minute of the period after a controversial play where Schwartz tossed his stick to break up a scoring chance for Maatta. The officials did not blow the whistle; moments later, Kartye scored on a breakaway.
ICE CHIPS
Detroit F Klim Kostin (undisclosed injury) missed his third straight game. D Jeff Petry (upper body) was also sidelined. The Kraken remain unbeaten in regulation against Detroit in five meetings, holding a 4-0-1 record. Larkin passed the 450-point mark with his three-point night.
UP NEXT
Kraken: Continue the four-game road trip at Carolina on Thursday.
Red Wings: Host Winnipeg on Thursday.
