Vince Dunn had a goal and two assists on Thursday night as the Seattle Kraken defeated the New York Islanders 5-2 in Elmont, N.Y.
Tye Kartye and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored in the first period, while Dunn and Shane Wright added goals in the second. Jaden Schwartz scored an empty-net goal in the third period to seal the win for the Kraken, who have now won the first two games of their four-game Eastern Conference road trip. Dunn assisted on both of the first-period goals.
Goaltender Joey Daccord held a shutout into the third period, finishing with 27 saves.
The Islanders, who have now lost 10 of their last 13 games, scored twice in the third period with goals from Noah Dobson and Maxim Tsyplakov. Ilya Sorokin made nine saves before being pulled after two periods, with Marcus Hogberg coming in and stopping all 11 shots he faced in his first NHL game since April 2021.
Kartye opened the scoring just 2:48 into the game when Dunn’s shot from between the blue line and the left faceoff circle deflected off Kartye’s stick and went under Sorokin’s glove. The Kraken doubled their lead with 3:02 left in the first period on a power-play goal. Dunn’s shot from above the left faceoff circle was tipped by Bjorkstrand and slipped under Sorokin’s arm.
Dunn added a goal in the second period when his shot from the left slot went over Sorokin’s shoulder, helped by a screen from Yanni Gourde. Wright scored another power-play goal with 6:55 left in the second, sending a shot under defenseman Scott Mayfield and past Sorokin after a pass from Brandon Montour.
Dobson broke Daccord’s shutout with a second-chance goal 8:03 into the third period. Tsyplakov made it 4-2 by scoring on a rebound with 4:23 left. Schwartz’s empty-net goal with 2:40 remaining ended the Islanders’ comeback attempt.
