Jordan Eberle got Seattle started, Brandon Montour gave the Kraken a much-needed cushion, and Seattle hung on for a 5-3 win over Utah in a game that swung back and forth before the visitors finally pulled away.
Eberle opened the scoring at 3:35 of the first period off an assist from Evans, giving Seattle the first punch of the night. Utah answered late in the period when Vincent Trocheck buried a power-play goal at 17:57, with Yamamoto drawing the assist to even the game at 1-1.
Seattle took control in the second period, and the key moment came just 2:23 in when Montour scored on the power play. Eberle and Dunn picked up the assists on the go-ahead goal, and that pushed Seattle ahead 3-1 after the Kraken had already played through an active stretch of special-teams traffic.
The first period was tight on the numbers as well as the scoreboard. Seattle outshot Utah 10-8 and won 54.5% of the face-offs, while both teams traded penalty trouble and one power-play goal apiece helped keep the game level. By the end of the second, Utah had pushed the shot count in its favor, 22-19 overall, but Seattle still carried the two-goal lead into the third.
Utah wasn’t done. The Mammoth kept pressing and eventually tied the game at 3-3, including a power-play score that drew a quick celebratory note from the team. The comeback threatened to turn the night, but Seattle answered with the finish it needed to avoid letting the game slip away.
The final numbers showed how busy Utah was offensively. The Mammoth finished with 36 shots to Seattle’s 23, won 56.3% of the face-offs, and landed 30 hits to Seattle’s 14. Seattle, though, was more efficient when it mattered and made the most of its chances on the way to the 5-3 result.
By periods, Seattle led 2-1 after the first and 3-1 after the second before closing out the win in the third.
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