Oliver Bjorkstrand scored two goals, and Philipp Grubauer made 33 saves to help the Seattle Kraken defeat the Boston Bruins 5-1 on Thursday night.
Jared McCann had one goal and one assist, while Jaden Schwartz and Vince Dunn also scored for the Kraken, who have won four of their last six games. Shane Wright contributed two assists.
Brad Marchand scored a penalty shot for the Bruins, who have now lost their first two games on a five-game Western road trip by a combined score of 13-2. Joonas Korpisalo saved 16 of 20 shots.
Bjorkstrand and Schwartz both scored their 50th goals for the Kraken in the first period.
Seattle started strong with a four-minute power play early in the game after Boston’s David Pastrnak was penalized for high-sticking Jamie Oleksiak just 16 seconds into the match. Bjorkstrand scored eight seconds later, tipping a shot from Matty Beniers past Korpisalo.
Though the Bruins killed off the second part of Pastrnak’s penalty, Seattle got another chance when Tyler Johnson tripped Will Borgen at 3:10. After that penalty ended, Schwartz won a puck battle in the corner, skated to the net, and scored with a backhand shot over Korpisalo’s shoulder.
The Bruins got on the scoreboard midway through the second period. After a scramble in front of the net, Seattle’s Brandon Montour prevented the puck from crossing the goal line by catching it in the crease. Marchand took advantage of a fake shot to score a backhand goal past Grubauer.
The Kraken extended their lead with three goals in the third period. Dunn scored by batting a puck out of the air at 3:07, Bjorkstrand scored again at 9:16 with a shot that hit the right post, and McCann added an empty-net goal at 18:06.
Bruins center Elias Lindholm didn’t return in the third period due to an upper-body injury.
