Daccord's 35 saves help Kraken survive onslaught by Hurricanes, 2-1

Kate Shefte, The Seattle Times on Mar 3, 2026

Published in Hockey

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The Kraken closed ranks and made off with a 2-1 victory Monday night against the Carolina Hurricanes, the top team in the Eastern Conference.

As regulation wound down, Eeli Tolvanen took a holding penalty while fending off a Hurricanes extra-attacker goal. The Kraken withstood a tense 89 seconds of 6-on-4 hockey at Climate Pledge Arena.

Following a scoreless first period, Kaapo Kakko glanced up as if to pass to Berkly Catton on a 2-on-1, but the Finnish Olympian took the shot himself. Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen got a chunk of the shot. Even though Andersen’s team was outshooting the Kraken 15-7, they still trailed.

Kakko then set up a power-play give-and-go with Jaden Schwartz to make it 2-0 and end Schwartz’s eight-game goal drought. All of the Kraken players were staggered across the blue line as the puck crossed it. The timing had to be just right, five times. That’s a tall order, and sure enough, the Hurricanes’ bench challenged the goal.

Schwartz’s goal was reviewed for a minute at most before confirming the play was well offside and the goal was no good.

Ben Meyers scored his sixth goal of the season and made it 2-0, officially, as that same tripping penalty to Carolina’s Eric Robinson expired. Meyers’ first attempt at angling Freddy Gaudreau’s feed into the net hit the right post, but he followed up.

Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson assisted on both of the goals that counted.

These Hurricanes came from behind against the Kraken once already this season. Catton gave Seattle a 2-1, third-period lead on Jan. 10, but Carolina replied with two goals and won the game in regulation.

Down by two this time, Carolina surged, and the horn to end the second period couldn’t come soon enough. The puck skittered under Vince Dunn’s stick right in front of Kraken goalie Joey Daccord and Nikolaj Ehlers quickly turned it into a goal, cutting the Seattle lead to 2-1.

In the final minute of the second period, Andre Svechnikov sent a fluttering puck at Daccord and while Daccord had to retreat deep into his net to settle it, he did settle it.

Daccord made 35 saves to Andersen’s 13.

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