Jaden Schwartz and Yanni Gourde each contributed a goal and an assist as the Seattle Kraken beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Eeli Tolvanen and Brandon Tanev also scored, and Matty Beniers had two assists for the Kraken, who ended a three-game losing streak. Goalie Joey Daccord made 15 saves.
For the Hurricanes, Martin Necas scored a goal and had an assist, and Eric Robinson also scored. Pyotr Kochetkov, back after missing four games with a concussion, stopped 25 of 29 shots.
Gourde scored the go-ahead goal at 10:48 in the third period. He received a pass from Schwartz and deflected the puck past Kochetkov into the net just inside the left post.
Tanev added a breakaway goal at 15:03 to seal the win.
The Hurricanes tied the game at 2-2 on a power play at 5:43 of the third. Sebastian Aho passed to Necas, who made a move to the net and slid the puck between Daccord’s legs.
Carolina seemed to take the lead at 10:02 when Jack Drury scored on a sharp-angled shot. However, the Kraken challenged the goal for goaltender interference, and after video review, it was ruled that Robinson had bumped into Daccord, causing the goal to be disallowed.
Seattle took the lead just 19 seconds into the game thanks to their new second line of Gourde, Beniers, and Schwartz. Beniers forced a turnover in the Kraken’s defensive zone, passed to Gourde, and then Gourde fed Schwartz, who split two defenders and scored past Kochetkov before sliding into the boards.
The Hurricanes tied it at 4:56 when Necas intercepted a poor pass from the Kraken and passed to Robinson, who scored from in front of the net, just inside the left post.
Seattle regained the lead at 5:56 of the second when Tolvanen scored off a rebound after Kochetkov stopped Oliver Bjorkstrand’s shot.
