Judging by their latest performances, the Philadelphia Flyers and Seattle Kraken each loved their vacation break.
The Flyers have received two video games in a row, and the Kraken swept their three-game California journey main into the break.
The groups will return to the ice Sunday in Seattle after 4 days off.
“Three massive wins to enter the break. … We’re feeling fairly good proper now,” Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord mentioned. “It is gonna be an ideal vacation.”
Earlier than wins in San Jose, Anaheim and Los Angeles, the Kraken have been in a 1-9-1 hunch.
Daccord made 35 saves in Tuesday’s 3-2 victory towards the Kings, and captain Jordan Eberle scored his team-leading thirteenth objective of the season.
“We’re constructing,” mentioned Kraken ahead Matty Beniers, who facilities the No. 2 line between Eberle and Kaapo Kakko. “I favored our sport (Tuesday). By way of the lineup, each man, each line, each (defensive) pairing. Joey performed superior.”
The Kraken additionally snapped a streak of 17 straight losses (0-16-1) when enjoying the second sport of a back-to-back, a run that dated to March 5, 2024, when Dave Hakstol was nonetheless the coach.
Daccord praised the crew’s “collective effort” in latest video games.
“That is how we win,” Daccord mentioned. “We’re a crew that wants everybody going each evening, from the web out. And I feel these final three video games, you noticed that, and we executed. And it is enjoyable to see the fellows get rewarded.”
The three-game streak has taken the Kraken from the cellar to inside three factors of a wild-card playoff spot within the tightly packed Western Convention.
Seattle received in L.A. with out its prime two offensive defensemen in Brandon Montour and Vince Dunn.
Montour is out for a month after having surgical procedure on a damaged hand suffered in a Dec. 16 combat towards Colorado’s Brent Burns.
Dunn sustained an upper-body damage within the third interval of a 3-1 victory Monday at Anaheim after taking a blind-side hit from the Geese’ Ross Johnston. The Kraken have not offered an replace on Dunn’s availability for Sunday’s sport.
The Flyers additionally posted back-to-back victories Monday and Tuesday, defeating visiting Vancouver 5-2 earlier than a 3-1 win at Chicago.
Travis Konecny had a objective and an help towards the Blackhawks, and main scorer Trevor Zegras added an help to increase his level streak to 9 video games (5 targets, six assists).
Nonetheless, it wasn’t over till Carl Grundstrom’s empty-net objective with 2:08 left.
“It is 82 video games – you are not going to really feel nice some nights,” Flyers coach Rick Tocchet mentioned. “It is the schedule. Everyone goes by means of it. That is when you have to actually play sensible hockey. I talked to the fellows earlier than the sport. I name this a ‘maturity sport.’ It was good. You might inform guys have been drained. However I believed it was a mature effort.”
Noah Cates added a power-play objective for the Flyers.
“It is getting pucks and our bodies to the web on the ability play,” Cates mentioned. “We have sort of been struggling currently, however on the finish of the day, we simply get it down there and good issues occur. Whoever will get the objective will get rewarded, nevertheless it’s sort of the group effort with the ability play and sort of sticking with it and getting issues to the web.”
This would be the second and last assembly between the Flyers and Kraken this season. Philadelphia posted a 5-2 victory Oct. 20 behind a pair of Owen Tippett targets.
–Discipline Stage Media
