The New York Rangers built a four-goal lead and withstood a third-period push by the Seattle Kraken to secure a 4-3 victory Saturday at Climate Pledge Arena. Gabe Perreault, Tye Kartye, Jaroslav Chmelar, and Pavel Dorofeyev provided the offense that carried the visitors through a late rally.
Perreault started the scoring just 1:35 into the first period with an even-strength wrist shot set up by Mika Zibanejad and Alexis Lafrenière. Kartye doubled the advantage on the power play at 9:05 when he tipped in a shot from Adam Fox and Oliver Bjorkstrand. Chmelar capped the opening frame with his first goal of the season at 13:53, converting a wrist shot off an assist from Noah Laba.
Dorofeyev pushed the margin to 4-0 at 12:46 of the second period with a backhand goal, again assisted by Zibanejad and Lafrenière. Seattle responded in the third period with three unanswered goals. Kaapo Kakko got the Kraken on the board at 1:50 with a wrist shot, Jordan Eberle scored on the power play at 6:38, and Vince Dunn added a slap shot at 15:02 with an assist from Berkly Catton to pull within one.
Joonas Korpisalo earned the win for New York by turning aside 25 of 28 shots. Seattle started Joey Daccord in net, who allowed three goals on 10 shots before Philipp Grubauer entered in relief to make 15 saves on 16 shots. The Rangers converted one of three power plays, while the Kraken scored once on two opportunities with the man advantage.
The victory extended New York's winning streak to three games and improved its regular-season record to 10-7-1. Seattle dropped to 9-6-1 after losing for the second time in three games.
Both teams continue their schedules next week. The New York Rangers visit the Edmonton Oilers on Monday, while the Seattle Kraken host the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday.
