The Seattle Kraken spent extra time in Chicago to improve on and off the ice before their game. Despite outshooting the Maple Leafs, the Kraken lost 4-3, with goaltending being a pressing issue. They rallied to secure a point in a shootout loss but are facing doubts about their performance. Mitch Marner scored a hat trick for the Leafs, leading them to victory. The Kraken are struggling to change the narrative about their performance and need to improve, with a game against Montreal upcoming.
Is it possible the Kraken just aren’t a good team? Whatever they are, they are running out of time to change the narrative more in their favor. Need to start tonight in Montreal. https://t.co/QBstzszTQ7 #SEAKraken #NHL
Maybe the Kraken are just a bad team like the stats suggest? Only they can change that narrative and they are running out of time. https://t.co/QBstzszTQ7 #SEAKraken #NHL
And Ottawa goes up 2-0 at 13:37 of the 2nd. Joey Daccord gets caught out of position at the side of the net, the Sens pass it around and Drake Batherson slots it into a deserted left half. #SEAKraken #NHL https://t.co/1mKoqRbGSH
Kraken snagged a point last night, but that didn’t help them in our weekly power rankings, which cover games from last Friday through until this morning. https://t.co/kiO7COmo7T #SEAKraken #NHL
Mitch Marner scores hat trick, shootout winner to lead Maple Leafs over Kraken. 🔥 https://t.co/67eUFK7KHz https://t.co/WVgdKQWNPS
Marner has hat trick, #LeafsForever recover against #SeaKraken in shootout “I haven’t been happy with my own gameplay, I thought I haven’t been my best.” My @NHLdotcom story: https://t.co/Q8hEPYPZz9
The overall, more positive vibes out of the Kraken after their 4-3 shootout loss in Toronto was that they’d rightfully salvaged a point they deserved rather than merely letting one slip away. https://t.co/dJ9ZtYKziI #SEAKraken #NHL
Can this latest #SEAKraken result in Toronto parlay them to better things the way a rout here did for them last January? The Kraken came in hoping it might. https://t.co/tMm2TK0YZO #NHL
Kraken rally back from two-goal deficit in final period to secure a point in taking a 4-3 shootout loss. Nearly won it in OT and largely outplayed the Maple Leafs for much of the contest. https://t.co/dJ9ZtYKziI #SEAKraken #NHL
Kraken outshot the Leafs 17-7 in the 2nd but got outscored 2-1. That last Marner goal really negated a lot of good things by the visitors. #SEAKraken #NHL https://t.co/xXOSpsmjnh
This is Marner's second career hat trick. The first one was in that crazy 10-7 game against the Red Wings on Feb. 26, 2022. In that game, @markhmasters nearly separated my shoulder in disbelief to what he was witnessing.
Second career NHL hat trick for Mitch Marner.
MITCH MARNER HAT TRICK BABY. 🎩 (🎥: @Sportsnet) https://t.co/ECyHGIvGnL
The Mitch Marner fishbowl hat trick 🐟🎣🏒🎩
Marner, 3-1 #Leafs. Second career hat trick, first at home.
Needed quick Kraken response and got it on PP from Jared McCann. A blistering shot from left circle cuts Toronto lead to 2-1 just 3:36 into the 2nd period. McCann’s 10th of the season. #SEAKraken #NHL https://t.co/TpxpEdCJk0
Can the Kraken surprise their doubters once again in Toronto? They’ll have to start surprising somebody soon. https://t.co/tMm2TK0YZO #SEAKraken #NHL
Kraken have a few areas they need improving on. But the bottom line is, their goaltenders need to start making some stops — and beyond just what they are “expected” to routinely handle. https://t.co/gqeFkHAuh9 #SEAKraken #NHL
Kraken’s most pressing issue as they seek to gain some points? Goaltending needs to be better. https://t.co/gqeFkHAuh9 #SEAKraken #NHL
Kraken still getting in sync on and off the ice. https://t.co/XuSHhrA4ya #SEAKraken #NHL
Kraken spend most of the night playing catch-up after “sloppy” puck play through much of a 4-3 loss in which they still outshot NHL’s worst team by a 36-23 margin. Can’t keep giving away these winnable games. https://t.co/LZj8G1n7ZQ #SEAKraken #NHL
Marner on the ice for the second period. #Leafs
Kraken have spent additional time in Chicago ahead of tonight’s game trying to sync-up both on and off the ice. https://t.co/XuSHhrzwIC #SEAKraken #NHL