Mackie Samoskevich scored twice and Joey Daccord made 32 saves as the Seattle Kraken defeated the Calgary Flames 6-1 on Sunday at Climate Pledge Arena. Seattle took control early by scoring three goals in the opening eight minutes of the contest.
Berkly Catton opened the scoring unassisted at 2:22 of the first period with a wrist shot for his first goal of the season. Samoskevich doubled the lead at 4:40 on a backhand shot set up by Brandon Montour and Ryker Evans. Bobby McMann pushed the margin to 3-0 at 7:40, beating Dustin Wolf with a wrist shot off a pass from Chandler Stephenson.
Shane Wright made it 4-0 at 11:58 of the second period with a backhand goal assisted by Catton and Vince Dunn. Samoskevich scored his second goal of the night at 19:34, converting a wrist shot off passes from Matty Beniers and Jared McCann to make it 5-0. Morgan Frost put Calgary on the board at 14:25 of the third period with a power-play tip-in, but Jordan Eberle answered 39 seconds later with an even-strength snap shot to finish the scoring.
Daccord picked up the win with 32 saves on 33 shots, while Wolf stopped 21 of 27 shots in the loss. Calgary went 1-for-2 on the power play, while Seattle did not receive a power-play opportunity.
Seattle improved its regular-season record to 2-1-0. Calgary dropped to 0-3-0 and remained winless through its first three games.
The Kraken host the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday, October 20. The Flames host the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, October 22.
