Jared McCann scored his 39th goal of the season and Jordan Eberle became the fifth different member of the Seattle Kraken to reach 20 goals on the year in a 7-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night. FOX13
Daniel Sprong added his 21st of the season and Adam Larsson matched a career-high with his eighth goal of the year as Seattle clinched at least the top Wild Card spot in the Western Conference with the victory. The Kraken could still displace the Los Angeles Kings for the third playoff spot from the Pacific Division. They sit two points behind the Kings and the Kraken have an extra game in hand.
Froden chipped in helping to get the scoring going for Seattle. He set the puck on a tee for Eeli Tolvanen, who snapped a shot by Petr Mrazek on the glove side for a 1-0 Kraken lead. Larsson would make amends for his penalty as he came out of the box with perfect timing for Oleksiak to find him for a breakaway look. Larsson uncorked a fantastic deke move that beat Mrazek for the finish to restore Seattle's two-goal lead.
The Blackhawks got another goal back before the end of the period. Lukas Reichel deflected an Alex Vlasic shot by Jones as Seattle's lead was cut to 5-3. When the team returned to the ice for the third period, Philipp Grubauer had replaced Jones in net for Seattle. Jones took a hard slap shot from Katchouk in the final minute of the period that seemed to sting his glove hand. Hakstol had no update on Jones' status afterward only to say an update wasn't available.
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