National Hockey League
Seattle 7, Chicago 1
When: 10:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 14, 2023
Where: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Washington
Referees: Tom Chmielewski, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Justin Johnson, Matt MacPherson
Attendance: 17151

Kailer Yamamoto scored twice as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 7-1 on Thursday night.

Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and two assists, Tye Kartye, Eeli Tolvanen, Jared McCann and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare also tallied and Will Borgen and rookie Ryker Evans added two assists apiece as the

Kraken won their second in a row following an eight-game skid (0-6-2). Goaltender Joey Daccord made 21 saves.

It was the 10th victory of the season for the Kraken, leaving Chicago and San Jose tied with a league-low nine wins apiece.

Taylor Raddysh scored for the Blackhawks, who suffered their third consecutive defeat. Goalie Arvid Soderblom stopped 17 of 24 shots before being replaced by Petr Mrazek at 3:28 of the third.

Blackhawks rookie Connor Bedard, the top overall pick in this summer's NHL draft, was kept off the scoresheet, snapping a 10-game road point streak.

Yamamoto, who got the winner in Tuesday's slump-busting 4-0 victory against Florida, again opened the scoring, this time at 3:07 of the first. Borgen broke up a Chicago clearing attempt and Yamamoto picked up the puck in the neutral zone, skated over the blue line and beat Soderblom to the far post with a wrist shot from the top of the right faceoff circle.

Yamamoto scored again at 17:47 of the period. Vince Dunn's shot from just outside the top of right faceoff circle was knocked down by Chicago defenseman Nikita Zaitsev in front of the net, but the puck fell to Yamamoto who swiped it inside the right post.

The Blackhawks pulled within 2-1 at 3:03 of second as Raddysh put a wrist shot from the bottom of the right faceoff circle just inside the near post following a Seattle turnover deep in its own end.

The Kraken pulled away with three second-period goals.

At 4:22, Bjorkstrand's centering pass from the left wing corner went off the skate of Chicago's Jason Dickinson and into the net.

Kartye made it 4-1 at 14:43 as he tipped Borgen's shot from the right point past Soderblom.

Tolvanen extended the lead at 17:09 after a nifty cross-slot pass from Yanni Gourde.

McCann scored on the power play and Bellemare tallied 21 seconds later early in the third to cap the scoring.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Chicago   Seattle
Taylor Raddysh 1 Points Oliver Bjorkstrand 3
Taylor Raddysh 1 Goals Kailer Yamamoto 2
Anthony Beauvillier 1 Assists Oliver Bjorkstrand 2
N/A Power Play Goals Jared McCann 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Petr Mrazek 1.000 Save Percentage Joey Daccord .955
Arvid Soderblom 17 Saves Joey Daccord 21
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Chicago 22 1 0-1 1-2 4 22
Seattle 29 7 1-2 1-1 2 29
Upcoming Games
  • Seattle will play their next game at home against Los Angeles. The Kraken have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .318 after a loss.
  • Chicago will play their next game at home against Vancouver. The Blackhawks have a W/L % of .111 after a win and .400 after a loss.