Ben Meyers had a goal and two assists, and Vince Dunn and Mackie Samoskevich also scored for the Kraken (3-2-0), who won the opener of a five-game road trip. Brandon Montour and Ryan Winterton each had two assists, and Philipp Grubauer made 38 saves.
Michael Brandsegg-Nygard and William Wallinder each scored his first NHL goal for the Red Wings (1-3-0) in the finale of a season-opening four-game homestand. John Gibson allowed five goals on 15 shots before being pulled following Seattle’s fourth goal of the second. Daniil Tarasov made 10 saves on 11 shots in relief in his Detroit debut.
Viktor Arvidsson scored a power-play goal for the third straight game to give the Red Wings a 1-0 lead at 9:19 of the first period. Lucas Raymond’s shot from the right face-off dot got through Grubauer’s pads and Arvidsson tapped it over the line.
Berkly Catton tied it 1-1 at 14:52 on a Seattle rush. Catton got a pass from Kaapo Kakko as he cut through the Detroit zone before beating Gibson with a backhand.
Wallinder gave Detroit a 2-1 lead at 4:00 of the second, scoring his first NHL goal on a point shot through traffic, but the Kraken responded with three goals in 3:05.
Gaudreau scored the first at 14:39 to tie it 2-2, knocking in a Winterton pass from the front of the net.
Samoskevich gave Seattle a 3-2 lead at 6:59, taking advantage of a Wallinder turnover to put in a Jared McCann pass.
Gaudreau’s second goal of the period extended it to 4-2 at 7:44 when he took another pass from Winterton and beat Gibson with a wrist shot from the left face-off dot.
Meyers pushed it to 5-2 at 14:05, scoring 12 seconds after coming out of the penalty box. Gibson was then replaced by Tarasov after allowing four goals on nine shots.
Dunn made it 6-2 on the two-man advantage at 11:53 of the third.
Brandsegg-Nygard then scored at 15:27 for the 6-3 final.