The Dallas Stars scored three goals on the power play against a Seattle Kraken penalty kill that has been one of the NHL's best over the last two month as the Stars cruised to a 5-2 win over the Kraken on Monday night. FOX13
since the start of the calendar year became an Achilles heel for the team on Monday night.
Entering Monday night, the Kraken had the eighth-worst penalty kill in the NHL at 75.3 percent. However, in 24 games played since January 15, the Kraken ranked second in the NHL with an 89.8 percent kill rate, which trails only the 93.0 percent of the Carolina Hurricanes. A power play goal from Jamie Benn soon extended the Dallas lead to 2-0. With Yanni Gourde in the penalty box for a slash against Dadonov, Benn converted a rebound chance off an initial look from Jason Robertson just eight seconds into the man advantage.
But just 14 seconds later, the Stars restored their two-goal advantage. Johnston skated around the check attempt of Daniel Sprong and beat Jones clean to make it a 4-2 Dallas lead.Hakstol said they made errors of the ensuing face-off that got the team out of position as the Stars broke into the offensive zone.
Then with Larsson in the box on a tripping call to begin the third period, the Stars capitalized again. Jason Robertson hammered a one-timer by Jones and the Stars grabbed a 5-2 lead. Tolvanen scored his 12th goal in 33 games played with the Kraken this season since being claimed off waivers from the Nashville Predators in December.
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