Yanni Gourde scored a pair of goals and added an assist as the Seattle Kraken dominated a scattered Philadelphia Flyers team in a 6-2 victory on Thursday night. FOX13
Matty Beniers snapped a 10-game scoring drought and Jared McCann added a short-handed goal for his team-leading 26th of the season.
"We were on our toes, we played quick, we got the puck going north, we got in behind them," head coach Dave Hakstol said. "Other than the first, you know, 3-4 minutes of the second period we didn't allow them to gain a whole lot of momentum." Gourde's first of the night came on a tipped shot in front of the net on a point shot from Justin Schultz that increased the advantage to 2-0 before the break.
But a hooking penalty on Scott Laughton blunted the push by the Flyers as Seattle capitalized on the power play. Schultz scored on a slap shot from atop the right circle to make it a 3-0 game. The Seattle power play came through for a second time on the night as Gourde beat Ersson off a pass from Jaden Schwartz that made it a 5-0 game at the end of the second period.
Beniers bounced back from taking a big check behind Seattle's own net from Nicolas Deslauriers and quickly stole a puck from Konecny to spring a breakaway of his own. Beniers beat Ersson to make it a 6-1 game and score his first goal since January 14 at Chicago."I mean it feels good to help the team win and get some under your belt. You know, they come in waves and you're not always going to get them but when you do it's definitely nice.
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