Lane Lambert picked up his 100th win as an NHL head coach, and the Kraken had plenty else to like in Seattle’s game in Philadelphia even if the night ended in a shootout.
The numbers tell the story of a team that kept generating across the roster. Through three games on this road trip, 11 different Kraken players have scored, 16 have at least one point, and eight have multiple points. That kind of spread matters, and it showed again here.
At 5-on-5, Seattle basically split the ice with Philadelphia. The Kraken produced 48.9 percent of all shot volume and 48.9 percent of all shot quality. They also held their own in the dangerous areas, creating 17 high-danger scoring chances while giving up 15.
Philipp Grubauer was a big reason the game stayed close. He stopped 24 of 26 shots, faced 56 shot attempts overall, and prevented 1.3 more goals than expected. It was his third quality start of the season, and every start he’s made this year has qualified as one.
There was also a milestone for Ville Ottavainen, who scored his first NHL goal in his fifth game. Mackie Samoskevich picked up the primary assist for his first helper as a member of the Kraken on that play.
That wasn’t the only strong work from Samoskevich. He, Bobby McMann, and Matty Beniers formed a highly productive line, with the trio logging 11:28 together and finishing plus-14 in shot attempts while generating 99.8 percent of the shot quality. McMann scored the game’s opening goal and later added the shootout winner, giving him 13 goals - the most by a Kraken player through the first 25 games of a season, ahead of Jordan Eberle and Jared McCann, who each had 12.
Beniers quietly drove a lot of the puck movement. He led all skaters in offensive zone possession time, and he also had a team-high seven controlled zone entries and 10 controlled zone exits. McCann, meanwhile, led the team in individual shot quality.
By the end of the night, the top three skaters by Game Score, according to hockeystatcards.com, were Samoskevich, McCann, and Beniers.
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