Vince Dunn recorded three points and Joey Daccord stopped 24 shots as the Seattle Kraken defeated the Calgary Flames 6-1 at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday.
Seattle established control with three goals in the opening period. Jordan Eberle opened the scoring on a wrist shot during a power play at 9:10 of the first, assisted by Jared McCann and Dunn. Just 32 seconds later, Dunn doubled the lead at 9:42 on an even-strength slap shot set up by Ryan Winterton and Shane Wright. Frederick Gaudreau then beat Calgary goaltender Dustin Wolf on a wrist shot at 19:30 of the first period, with assists from Kaapo Kakko and Ryker Evans.
The Kraken widened the margin with two quick tallies early in the third period. Chandler Stephenson scored on a backhand shot at 3:13, assisted by Dunn and Daccord. Matty Beniers followed 51 seconds later at 4:04 with a slap shot off a pass from McCann to make it 5-0. Ryan Strome broke the shutout for Calgary at 16:35 of the final period with a wrist shot assisted by Yegor Sharangovich and Connor Zary, but Kakko countered at 17:01 with a poke shot off assists from McCann and Beniers to complete the scoring.
Daccord earned the win with 24 saves on 25 shots, and Seattle went 1-for-5 on the power play while killing off Calgary's lone power-play opportunity. Wolf took the loss for the Flames after allowing six goals on 32 shots.
The victory opened the regular season for Seattle at 1-0-0, while Calgary dropped to 0-1-0. McCann finished with three assists, joining Dunn with three points in the contest.
Seattle next hosts the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday, October 20. Calgary remains at home to face the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, October 22.
