National Hockey League
Seattle 5, Utah 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, December 30, 2024
Where: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Washington
Referees: Stephen Hiff, Chris Lee
Linesmen: Caleb Apperson, Brandon Gawryletz
Attendance: 17151

Jaden Schwartz tallied a goal and two assists as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Utah Hockey Club 5-2 on Monday night.

Yanni Gourde, Andre Burakovsky, Matty Beniers and Jared McCann also scored and Kaapo Kakko had a pair of helpers for the Kraken, who won their second in a row following a five-game skid. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 28 saves.

Logan Cooley and Alexander Kerfoot tallied for Utah, which lost its fourth consecutive game (0-3-1). Karel Vejmelka stopped 28 of 32 shots.

Schwartz, who tallied twice in the final five minutes of regulation Saturday at Vancouver as the Kraken rallied to win 5-4 in overtime, broke a 2-all tie at 7:22 of the third period Monday. He slid the puck between Vejmelka's pads on a breakaway after taking a stretch pass from Kakko. That came after Schwartz had an earlier goal disallowed when a video review determined the Kraken were offside on the play.

Beniers made it 4-2 at 11:09 on a mini-breakaway after a pass from Kakko. Beniers fanned on his initial shot but picked the puck back up after it hit the end boards and turned and fired it off the back of the goalie's left skate and into the net.

McCann scored an empty-netter at 18:12 to clinch the victory.

Utah opened the scoring on the power play at 8:41 of the first as Clayton Keller fed Cooley for a one-timer from just below the right faceoff dot.

The Kraken scored twice in a 51-second span late in the period to take the lead.

Gourde tied it at 18:06, picking up a rebound off Ryker Evans' initial shot and firing it over Vejmelka from a sharp angle on the right wing as the goaltender did the splits in an attempt to reach across the crease.

Burakovsky, who missed the Saturday game with an illness, made it 2-1 at 18:57 by tipping Schwartz's floating shot from the right point into the net.

Seattle maintained the lead until the final minute of the second period, when Kerfoot scored off a rebound of Michael Carcone's shot at 19:01.

Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord was scratched due to an undisclosed injury. Daccord didn't make the trip to Vancouver last weekend.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Utah   Seattle
Logan Cooley 1 Points Jaden Schwartz 3
Logan Cooley 1 Goals Jaden Schwartz 1
Michael Carcone 1 Assists Jaden Schwartz 2
Logan Cooley 1 Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Karel Vejmelka .875 Save Percentage Philipp Grubauer .933
Karel Vejmelka 28 Saves Philipp Grubauer 28
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Utah 30 2 1-1 2-2 8 29
Seattle 33 5 0-2 0-1 6 30
Upcoming Games
  • Seattle will play their next game at home against Vancouver. The Kraken have a W/L % of .412 after a win and .476 after a loss.
  • Utah will play their next game on the road against Edmonton. The Hockey Club have a W/L % of .412 after a win and .474 after a loss.