Macklin Celebrini logged a goal and two assists as the San Jose Sharks defeated Seattle 6-1 Wednesday night, handing the Kraken their first regulation loss at home this season.
Will Smith, Tyler Toffoli and John Klingberg each added a goal and an assist and Ethan Cardwell and Ty Dellandrea also tallied for the Sharks, who improved to 4-1-1 over their past six games. Goaltender Yaroslav Askarov made 28 saves.
Ryan Winterton scored his first NHL goal for the Kraken, who entered the game with a 4-0-2 home record. Joey Daccord stopped 15 of 20 shots before being pulled at 3:24 of the third period. Matt Murray saved 3 of 4 attempts the rest of the way.
The Sharks took a 2-1 lead after a back-and-forth first period, despite getting outshot 10-6.
Celebrini opened the scoring on the game’s first shot at 1:08 of the first. Klingberg won a battle for the puck along the right-wing boards and shoveled a pass to Toffoli, who quickly spotted Celebrini open in the slot for a wrist shot into the upper left corner of the net.
The Kraken tied it at 16:30 of the first. Winterton was stopped by Askarov on a drive to the net, with Seattle keeping control of the puck and cycling it around the offensive zone. Ryan Lindgren’s shot from the blue line was knocked down out front, and the puck fell at the feet of Winterton in the slot. He put a wrist shot into the upper right corner.
The Sharks regained the lead at 18:42 of the first after a Seattle turnover just outside its own zone led to a short 3-on-2 rush. Former Kraken forward Alexander Wennberg carried the puck over the blue line and sent a cross-ice pass to Cardwell for a one-timer from low on the left wing.
The Sharks extended their advantage to 3-1 on the power play at 11:21 of the second. Klingberg converted a slap shot from just inside the blue line.
San Jose pulled away with three goals in the opening 3:54 of the third.
Smith made it 4-1 at 1:02 on a wrist shot from just outside the right faceoff dot that pinballed off a pair of Kraken defenders on its way into the net.
Dellandrea chased Daccord when he scored on a rebound after the goalie stopped Collin Graf on a short-handed breakaway.
Toffoli beat Murray on a breakaway at 3:54, just 30 seconds after the backup goalie entered the game.
–Field Level Media
