Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice and Philipp Grubauer made 33 saves as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Boston Bruins 5-1 on Thursday night.
Jared McCann had a goal and an assist and Jaden Schwartz and Vince Dunn also tallied for the Kraken, who improved to 4-1-1 over their past six games. Shane Wright was credited with two assists.
Brad Marchand scored on a penalty shot for the Bruins, who have lost the first two stops on their five-game Western trip by a combined margin of 13-2. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 16 of 20 shots.
Bjorkstrand and Schwartz each notched their 50th goals for the Kraken in the opening 5:14.
The Kraken got an early four-minute power play as Boston’s David Pastrnak received a double minor for high-sticking Seattle’s Jamie Oleksiak just 16 seconds into the game. Eight seconds later, Bjorkstrand tipped a shot from Matty Beniers between Korpisalo’s legs.
The Bruins killed off the second minor against Pastrnak, but Tyler Johnson was whistled for tripping Will Borgen at 3:10 of the period, giving Seattle another man advantage. Just seconds after that penalty was over, Schwartz dug the puck out of the left-wing corner, skated toward the net and lifted a backhander over Korpisalo’s shoulder and just inside the far post.
The Bruins got on the board midway through the second after Seattle’s Brandon Montour gloved the puck in his own crease to prevent it from trickling over the goal line following a scramble in front of the net. Marchand faked a forehand shot and slipped a backhander between Grubauer’s legs.
The Kraken pulled away with three third-period goals. Dunn batted a puck out of midair to score at 3:07, Bjorkstrand put a shot from the high slot off the right post and in at 9:16 and McCann added an empty-netter at 18:06.
Bruins center Elias Lindholm didn’t play in the third period because of an upper-body injury.
–Field Level Media
