The Seattle Kraken rallied from two goals down to defeat the Calgary Flames 4-3 in overtime on Thursday night at Climate Pledge Arena. Seattle erased Calgary's lead in the third period before securing the victory.
Jonathan Castagna opened the scoring for the Flames with an even-strength wrist shot midway through the first period, assisted by Brennan Othmann and Dryden Hunt. Bobby McMann answered for the Kraken later in the frame with a wrist shot set up by Jordan Eberle and Chandler Stephenson. Calgary took control early in the second period, as Rory Kerins scored on a snap shot and Aydar Suniev added a power-play wrist shot to establish a 3-1 lead.
Seattle mounted its comeback in the third period. Brandon Montour brought the Kraken within one with an even-strength wrist shot at 1:26, assisted by Matty Beniers and Jared McCann. Six minutes later, Ryker Evans scored on a wrist shot off a pass from Beniers to tie the contest 3-3, eventually capping the game as the overtime winner.
Philipp Grubauer earned the win in net for Seattle, stopping 32 of 35 shots. Devin Cooley took the overtime loss for the Flames, finishing with 23 saves on 26 shots. Calgary went 1-for-4 on the power play, while Seattle failed to convert on two power-play opportunities.
