Third-Period Comeback Leads Kraken to 3-2 Win Against Blackhawks
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Seattle Kraken left wing Jaden Schwartz (17) celebrates with defenseman Brandon Montour (62) after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks during the third period at United Center. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images [/caption]
It’s a week before Thanksgiving, but the Seattle Kraken are thankful for Ryan Lindgren’s stick. And Connor Bedard’s mouth.
After overcoming a 2-0 deficit to tie it 2-2 in the third period against the Chicago Blackhawks, Seattle nearly fell back behind when Chicago’s 20-year-old star forward skated in for a breakaway on Joey Daccord inside the final five minutes of regulation.
Before Bedard could get a shot off, Lindgren trailed back and managed to disrupt the play, wrapping his stick up to Bedard’s hands and forcing the shot to weakly trickle wide.
Bedard’s momentum naturally brought him towards the linesman, who kept his arm down and let play continue. Angry at the no-call, Bedard made his frustration clear, yelling in the official’s face and continuing as he left the ice. Assessed with an abuse of officials penalty, Bedard put the Kraken on the power play at 15:44 of the third period.
Connor Bedard got an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after beaking at the ref for no call on this breakaway
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Seattle took advantage, with Brandon Montour connecting with Jaden Schwartz at the netfront with just two seconds left in the penalty to jump ahead 3-2 at 17:42, and the Kraken held on to complete the comeback.
“In the first 40 minutes, I thought we were slow to do things,” Kraken coach Lane Lambert told reporters in Chicago after the game. “Give our players credit. They got the message, and took charge and got the job done.”
While Seattle benefitted from the no-call in the game’s most pivotal moment, its performance in the third period put the team in position to pry the victory from Chicago’s grasp.
After getting outshot 14-6 in the second period, when the Blackhawks took a 2-0 lead, the Kraken held a 12-3 shots advantage in the final frame, with two of Chicago’s shots coming after goalie Spencer Knight left the ice for an extra attacker.
On the offensive end, one of the lowest shot-volume teams in the league found success by shooting pucks in with bodies at the netfront.
“I think we talked about it between periods,” Kraken forward Tye Kartye said. “We’re not going to score too many goals if we’re not getting any shots. Like in the third there, I thought we did a good job generating opportunities, and finding good chances to shoot and good chances to score, so we kind of just got to keep doing that.”
Seattle cut it to 2-1 at 5:09 of the third period when Brandon Montour’s shot from the point ricocheted off Oscar Fisker Molgaard’s stick, then off Kartye’s leg into the back of the net. At first, the 20-year-old Fisker Molgaard thought he had scored the goal, but he would ultimately settle for the assist.
Either way, the forward notched his first point in his NHL debut.
“It was pretty surreal,” Fisker Molgaard said. “It’s a childhood dream coming true, so yeah, been waiting for this moment my whole life, and good to get the first one out of the way.”
Just over two minutes later, Seattle tied it shortly after Shane Wright’s forecheck forced a Blackhawks turnover near Chicago’s net. Berkly Catton recovered the loose puck from behind the net and brought it out along the boards before sending it to Ryker Evans at the point.
Evans settled the puck before sending it on net. Wright stood in the slot and just barely got his stick on the shot to redirect it into the net, tying it 2-2 at 7:13.
Seattle continued to stifle the Blackhawks attack down the stretch until Montour found Schwartz in front on the power play to score the decisive goal following Bedard’s penalty.
“Obviously in the moment, you think it’s a penalty,” Bedard told reporters in Chicago after the game, talking about Lindgren’s play on his stick. “But I got to control my emotions in a better way, and I put our team in a vulnerable spot there. So yeah, just got to be better.”
Bedard declined to share exactly what he said.
With Chicago looking for a tying goal at 6-on-5 in the final minutes, Lindgren made another defensive play against Bedard, this time blocking a shot with his hand. Lindgren doubled over and labored to the bench at the end of his shift, but ultimately returned to fend off the final 41 seconds of the game as Seattle held on for a 3-2 win.
“He’s just all heart, all the time,” Lambert said of Lindgren. “Huge block at the end. That’s what he does for us. He defends hard and he gives us everything he has.”
Chicago built up its lead after a low-event first period, scoring just 43 seconds into the second when the Kraken failed to get the puck deep enough on a line change. Blackhawks defenseman Alex Vlasic sent a stretch pass up to Frank Nazar at Seattle’s blue line, creating a 3-on-1 with Teuvo Teravainen and Tyler Bertuzzi.
Nazar sent it across to Teravainen on the left, leaving a clear lane to the goal after Larsson slid to try and stop the pass, and Teravainen centered it to Bertuzzi for the goal just before Beniers could get back to put his stick on it.
Chicago pushed it to 2-0 at 10:07 of the second on the power play, with Bertuzzi chasing down a loose puck into the corner and sending it in front to Teravainen, who punched it in on the first touch.
The Kraken bounced back from Tuesday’s 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings with a comeback win on Thursday. Their road trip moves to the East Coast this weekend with a back-to-back in Pittsburgh and on Long Island on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
“We kind of gotta try and start the game like that instead of waiting two periods,” Kartye said. “Because obviously there was a difference in our play, and we got to try and get a full 60 (minutes).”
