Jaden Schwartz’s Hat Trick Leads Kraken to 4-2 Victory Over the Kings – The Hockey Writers – Seattle Kraken

The Seattle Kraken headed home after their four-game road trip to face off against the Los Angeles Kings. Despite a very close first period with several goals scored, it was ultimately the Kraken who took home the victory, 4-2.

Game Recap

Just 28 seconds in, the home team got on the board. Kappo Kakko was able to steal the puck away from the Kings as they made an attempt to drive to their net. He turned around to head back to Darcy Kuemper. He passed to Jaden Schwartz. Once the puck hit his stick, he took a shot and the puck found its home in the netting. Just about six minutes in, Matty Beniers had to sit after taking a high stick to Vladislav Gavrikov. Eleven seconds after the Kings went on the power play, they tied up the game. The Kings won the faceoff and immediately got to work. Kevin Fiala had the puck and passed it up to Anze Kopitar. Both Quinton Byfield and Adrian Kempe were in front of the net. Joey Daccord’s focus was on Byfield. Kopitar took notice of this. He passed the puck to Kempe, who was able to score the first goal for the visitors.

A little over a minute later, the Kraken broke the tie. Josh Mahura leveled Warren Foegele in the Kings’ scoring zone. Kakko was able to get the puck after Foegele lost control. He passed to Beniers. With Schwartz by his side, the pair sped towards the net with only one King marking them. Beniers passed to Schwartz. He shot near the faceoff dot, scoring his second goal of the night. 

The action was not done yet. The Kings took two penalties, one at the 11-minute mark and one at the 15-minute mark. The Kraken were unable to capitalize on their four minutes of ice time with an extra attacker. Once they were back to full strength, Los Angeles was able to score their second goal of the night. Trevor Moore took a shot at the net, but the puck bounced off the traffic in front. Phillip Danault caught the rebound, skating it around the back of the net. He passed to Jordan Spence at the blue line. From there he took the shot, where the biscuit made its home in the basket. The period came to a close and the two teams were tied 2-2.

With 1:37 on the clock to kick off the second period, the Kraken broke the tie once more. Chandler Stephenson knocked the puck out of the Kings’ grasp. He skated it along the boards, passing to an open Andre Burakovsky. He passed to his right where the puck found Oliver Bjorkstrand….