Jared McCann scored his 19th goal of the season early in the first period, Joey Daccord made 34 saves, and the Seattle Kraken handed Chicago its 18th straight road loss with a 6-2 victory on Wednesday night.
Seattle ended its four-game losing streak and added to Chicago’s away-game woes. The Blackhawks’ 18 straight road losses are tied for the fourth-longest single-season streak in NHL history, alongside Pittsburgh (1982-83), Quebec (1989-90), and San Jose (1992-93).
“That game was huge for us. We lost four in a row. You see the standings; we need to start climbing here. And that’s a massive game,” Seattle forward Jordan Eberle said.
Daccord was pivotal, continuing his excellent form in goal by allowing two goals or fewer in 14 of his last 17 starts. He made an impressive glove save on Jason Dickinson during a Chicago power play in the first period and saved his best efforts for the third period.
Daccord stopped former teammate Ryan Donato on a breakaway, leading to a counter-breakaway for Seattle that Tomas Tatar finished for his fifth goal, extending Seattle’s lead to 5-2. Daccord made a crucial stick save on MacKenzie Entwistle a few minutes later.
“I was hanging around back there, hoping Joey would make the save, and he did. I had full trust in him,” Tatar said.
Tatar scored twice in the third period, adding a second goal with 3:38 remaining. Five Seattle players scored, and 12 skaters had at least one point as the Kraken secured an important two points heading into the All-Star break.
Eberle and Justin Schultz both had two assists, and Tatar now has nine points in 16 games since joining Seattle.
“He’s an intelligent player who makes his linemates better,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said of Tatar. “We’ve really liked his competitiveness on the puck, poise in every situation, and ability to mesh with different linemates.”
Arvid Soderblom made 23 saves for Chicago.
Joey Anderson scored late in the first period for Chicago, redirecting Seth Jones’ shot from the blue line past Daccord. Nick Foligno scored a power-play goal 39 seconds into the third period, his ninth season, pulling Chicago to 4-2.
“Their goalie played really well, but we’re just having trouble burying goals,” Chicago coach Luke Richardson said. “I thought our power play looked like a power play and shot the puck well. That would have been great if we could have gotten another bounce.”
McCann’s goal came 4:34 into the first period, and Jaden Schwartz made it 2-0 less than three minutes later with his 10th goal, redirecting Andre Burakovsky’s shot.
Alex Wennberg was credited with his eighth goal 15 seconds into the second period as the last Seattle player to touch the puck. However, the goal resulted from Jones’ pass deflecting off teammate Alex Vlasic and into the Chicago net.
Brandon Tanev added his first goal since Dec. 20 late in the second period off a cross-ice pass from Brian Dumoulin.
Upcoming Games
- Blackhawks: At Edmonton on Thursday night.
- Kraken: Host St. Louis on Friday night.
