It was an entertaining game to watch, but in the end the Kraken lost again. This time 5-3 to the Utah Mammoth, the hosts in Salt Lake City.
Mason Marchment opened the scoring with a beautiful backhand move cutting to the net at 3:25 of the 2nd period, but it was all Seattle could muster before the Mammoth took the lead.
Shortly after, Marchment was the Kraken guilty of a turnover at the Utah blueline. He had his pocket picked by Mammoth center Nick Schmaltz, who skated the distance on a breakaway and beat Philipp Grubauer with a little chip shot, high glove-side. That goal came at 8:09.
At 13:24 of the middle frame, former Kraken Kailer Yamamoto scored to put Utah up for the first time. The undersized winger picked up a big carom off the end-boards and buried the puck behind Grubauer from the right wing circle.
In the third, Seattle tied it. After failing on a 1:43 long 5-on-3 advantage, Marchment scored even strength a few moments later with a rocket from the top of the right circle. The one-timer came off a beauty cross-ice pass from D-man Ryan Lindgren. The game was 2-2 with 12:10 remaining in regulation.
At 12:55, Utah retook the lead. Dylan Guenther scored his 14th goal of the season on the power play. The Mammoth finished 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
Seattle ended up with their third man advantage when JJ Peterka went off for hooking at 15:24. When that power play failed — the Kraken went 0-for-3 — the club pulled Grubauer with two-and-a-half minutes remaining for the extra attacker.
That failed as well. Peterka scored into the empty net at 17:49. Lawson Crouse did the same at 18:58.
Ben Meyers improved the final margin by scoring a goal for Seattle with 42-seconds remaining.
The Mammoth snapped a three-game losing streak and moved into a tie for the 2nd Western Conference wild card spot. The Kraken are three points back with 30.
Earlier Kraken:
— Kraken Need Momentum Off Their 3-2 OT Win
