SEATTLE (AP) Kailer Yamamoto scored early in the third period and the deciding goal in the eighth round of a shootout, lifting the Seattle Kraken to a 4-3 win over the reeling New York Islanders on Thursday night.
Oliver Bjorkstrand and Jordan Eberle also scored in the shootout for Seattle, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Philipp Grubauer stopped Noah Dobson to seal the victory after Yamamotoās score.
The Kraken ended a streak of six consecutive shootout losses, dating to the start of last season. They had gone scoreless in their previous five shootouts.
āIt was awesome tonight,ā Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. āGuys loosened up. And as soon as one went in for us, you can feel some of that tension go.ā
Matty Beniers, Alex Wennberg and Yamamoto scored in regulation for the Kraken, all on power plays. Seattle went 3 for 4 on the power play after going a combined 0 for 7 in its previous two games.
Yamamoto tied it at 3 at 4:50 of the third. The Spokane, Washington, native received a pass from Jaden Schwartz and scored on a backhanded move for his third goal of the season.
āTo get that win is huge for us,ā Yamamoto said. āJust be able to contribute to the team and the teamās success, it feels really good.ā
Grubauer made 21 saves in regulation and overtime.
The Kraken rebounded from blowing a late two-goal lead in an overtime loss at Edmonton on Wednesday night.
āThat was a disappointing loss, because we felt like we did so many really good things there,ā Hakstol said. āBut true to the group in here, we addressed a couple of things that we felt like we could do better and then we just said, āLetās turn the page.ā
āOur guys found a way through it, and thatās real credit to them.ā
Anders Lee, Casey Cizikas and Dobson scored in regulation for the Islanders, who lost their seventh in a row. It marks their longest losing streak since dropping 11 straight early in the 2021-22 season.
Bo Horvat and Oliver Wahlstrom scored in the shootout for New York. Semyon Varlamov stopped 29 shots in regulation and OT.
āItās frustrating, for sure,ā Lee said. āBut thereās no quit in this team. Thereās no quit in the group. Weāre playing good hockey. Itās just not getting the results.ā
After Lee scored on a power play 3:46 into the game, Beniers answered with a power-play goal midway through the first. He fired a wrist shot from the left circle for his second on the season.
Wennberg added another power-play goal with 1:31 left in the first, one-timing a feed from Bjorkstrand to give the Kraken a 2-1 lead. It was Wennbergās second in as many games after opening the season with a 16-game scoreless streak.
Cizikas tied it at 14:25 of the second with his third of the season and 100th of his career. Dobson then gave New York a 3-2 lead 1:48 into the third, scoring on a power play for his fifth.
UP NEXT
Islanders: At Calgary on Saturday in the finale of a four-game trip.
Kraken: At Vancouver on Saturday night.
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