The Seattle Kraken beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in overtime Tuesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena, with Bobby McMann’s shootout goal giving Seattle a 5-2-0 record. Philadelphia fell to 0-5-3 and remains winless through eight games.
The Flyers tied 2-2 with two third-period goals from Christian Dvorak at 6:07 and Trevor Zegras at 7:20. The game went to overtime, where Matty Beniers scored for Seattle, Matvei Michkov answered for Philadelphia, and McMann won it.
Key Moments: How The Kraken Vs Flyers Shootout Result Came Together
Seattle struck first when Bobby McMann beat Vladar with a wrist shot at 7:57 of the first period, assisted by Jordan Eberle and Chandler Stephenson. The Kraken doubled their lead in the second when Ville Ottavainen scored his first goal of the season on a snap shot at 8:54, with Mackie Samoskevich and Josh Mahura drawing assists.
Philadelphia answered in the third. Christian Dvorak cut the deficit to 2-1 at 6:07, and Trevor Zegras tied it just over a minute later at 7:20 off a Travis Sanheim feed. Neither team found a goal in the extra period, pushing the game to a shootout that Seattle won on McMann’s clincher after Beniers and Michkov had traded tallies.
Top Performers
Philipp Grubauer stopped 24 of 26 shots for Seattle, including all three power-play shots he faced. Dan Vladar stopped 29 of 31 shots for Philadelphia. Bobby McMann finished with a goal and the shootout winner. Christian Dvorak scored for the Flyers.
Seattle out-shot Philadelphia 31-26 and converted one of five power-play chances. The Flyers went 0-for-3 on the man advantage despite winning 55.4% of faceoffs and out-hitting the Kraken 31-13.
What It Means
Seattle’s win keeps the Kraken tied with Vegas atop the Pacific Division with 10 points apiece, though both trail Edmonton on points percentage after fewer games played. The Kraken improved to 5-2-0. Seattle and Vegas are tied atop the Pacific with 10 points.
Philadelphia’s loss extends its winless start to eight games at 0-5-3, leaving the Flyers at the bottom of the Metropolitan Division with three points. The club has yet to find a win through more than a week of the season.
What’s Next
The Kraken lead the season series 1-0. Philadelphia will look to snap its skid as it continues to search for its first win of the season.
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