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CALGARY, Alberta — Under the shadow of Friday’s trade deadline, the Kraken were knocked around at Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome, particularly their top defensive pairing. Still, Seattle took a 4-2 road win from the Flames, one of the teams ahead of them in the wild-card race.

CALGARY, Alberta – Forward Alex Wennberg was absent from the Kraken’s morning skate Monday because of “trade-related issues,” coach Dave Hakstol said.

SEATTLE – As a critical Saturday matinee performance ticked down to its conclusion, a desperate Kraken squad relentlessly pressed the Edmonton Oilers for a goal that would draw them even.

When Ty Smith was swapped along with a third-round pick for fellow defenseman John Marino in the summer of 2022, the left-shot defenseman said he never envisioned playing in the American Hockey League.

SEATTLE – Goaltender Philipp Grubauer, making his first back-to-back starts since Dec. 7-9, made a one-goal lead stand up longer than it had any business doing, and the Seattle Kraken eked out a 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night at Climate Pledge Arena.

SEATTLE – Kailer Yamamoto’s historic Kraken season has lost some steam, but when Seattle’s NHL playoff hopes hung by a thread Tuesday at Climate Pledge Arena, he gladly helped out.

A “Let’s go Kra-ken!” chant emanating from the stands early in Monday night’s second period seemed more of a pleading command by that point than any desire to pump-up the home squad.

SEATTLE – The Seattle Kraken forced overtime but surrendered the extra point, falling to the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Monday afternoon at Climate Pledge Arena.

SEATTLE – It took a long time for the Kraken to find their footing, and to date they’ve only been able to keep it from mid-December to mid-January. They gave up a lot of points in the standings and are feeling the effects.

BOSTON — A trip that could come to define their season ended far better for the Kraken than it began.

ELMONT, N.Y. — A pair of Kraken players hoping to salvage what they can from frustrating seasons gave the visitors all the lift they could in squeezing out a desperately needed two points.

NEWARK, N.J. — About the best support Kraken goalie Joey Daccord received all night came midway through Monday’s game when the video replay folks overruled what would have been a fourth goal against him.

PHILADELPHIA — Fewer than five minutes into Saturday night’s resumption of their season, the Kraken had yielded a turnover and breakaway chance, taken an ill-advised penalty that same sequence and surrendered a power-play goal.

SEATTLE – We’re too deep into this Kraken season for a real “first half” report card, so let’s dub this an unofficial stretch run preview. And if the final 32 games are anything like the first 50, that stretch run might crash into a brick wall. The Kraken, at 21-19-10, must improve on eight games under “true” .500.

SEATTLE – No major professional sports league rewards losing quite like the NHL, and few teams are capitalizing the way the Kraken have.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Spring break was looming and the Kraken blew off their last assignment Tuesday night in front of a patchy crowd at SAP Center.

Jan. 28—One of the quieter Kraken success stories thus far has been winger Eeli Tolvanen already surpassing last season's unexpectedly high points total with the team. Tolvanen had 27 points in 48 games with the Kraken a season ago and was at 30 points in the same number of contests this campaign heading into Sunday night's clash against the Columbus Blue Jackets. He needed one more point to ...

SEATTLE – Amid a season of offensive challenges for the Kraken, the scoring drop-off by Jordan Eberle had loomed larger than most.

SEATTLE – Oliver Bjorkstrand played like it was his All-Star audition tape, even though he’s already booked his ticket.