That was a big-time win by the Seattle Kraken, clawing back from a 2-0 deficit in the third period to steal a 3-2 result from the Blackhawks in the Windy City on Thursday.

Seattle didn’t have its best for two periods, but Joey Daccord was sharp and held his mates in the game long enough for them to finally find a late offensive spark.

“We didn’t have enough shot attempts in the first two periods,” coach Lane Lambert said. “Our D did a way better job in the third period.”

Here are Three Takeaways from a big 3-2 Kraken win over the Blackhawks.

Takeaway #1: The Ryan Lindgren game

We always knew Ryan Lindgren would be a guy who flies mostly under the radar, quietly going about his business as a responsible, stay-at-home defenseman. On this night, Lindgren made a couple of massive plays that directly impacted the outcome of the game.

“He’s just all heart, all the time,” Lambert said. “Huge block at the end, that’s what he does for us. He defends hard, and he gives us everything he has.”

First—and this one was unfortunate to see—he made his presence known late in the first period when former Kraken Andre Burakovsky barreled over the blue line and was off balance as he fought for the puck with Jaden Schwartz and Adam Larsson. Lindgren stepped up and lowered his shoulder, and Burakovsky went face-first into Lindgren’s shoulder pad.

Andre Burakovsky got lit up by Ryan Lindgren just before the end of the 1st period and went down the tunnel.

1st is in the books, 0-0.

Solid frame, but Joey Daccord has had to be sharp. #SeaKraken pic.twitter.com/0YT9uJ3x0n

— Sound Of Hockey (@sound_hockey) November 21, 2025

Burakovsky left the game after the hit and did not return. The NHL will surely take a look at this hit, because the main point of contact is Burakovsky’s head. I’m guessing Lindgren avoids any kind of discipline, though, because of the way Burakovsky was leaning forward into the hit, but we shall see.

The next memorable Lindgren play in the game ended up being a game-changer. Although he was the one who created the Chicago opportunity by flubbing a shot at the blue line and handing it to Connor Bedard for a breakaway, his recovery indirectly led to Seattle getting the win in the game.

After turning it over, Lindgren chased down the young superstar, and just as Bedard was about to pull the trigger, Lindgren hit him with a perfect love tap of a slash on the shaft of his stick.

Andre Burakovsky got lit up by Ryan Lindgren just before the end of the 1st period and went down the tunnel.

1st is in the books, 0-0.

Solid frame, but Joey Daccord has had to be sharp. #SeaKraken pic.twitter.com/0YT9uJ3x0n

— Sound Of Hockey (@sound_hockey) November 21, 2025

Now, there are folks out there who thought both of the aforementioned plays should have resulted in penalties, and they may have had a case.

I recognize I may have a slight bias, but watching Lindgren’s defensive play on the Bedard breakaway in slow motion shows it should not have resulted in a penalty or penalty shot. It wasn’t an egregious chop, he got him on the shaft of the stick (not the glove), and it was just enough to disrupt the shot. That said, when a shooter is in alone like that and the stick play comes from a chasing defender, those do get called most of the time. So had it been called, I also would have understood.

Ryan Lindgren thwarts a Connor Bedard breakaway and avoids taking a penalty.

Bedard barks at the ref long enough that he earns an unsportsmanlike penalty. #SeaKraken to the PP. pic.twitter.com/w7wMdkWenE

— Sound Of Hockey (@sound_hockey) November 21, 2025

You know who did think it should have been a penalty? Connor Bedard. And he was so sure of this, he screamed at the ref until he earned himself an abuse of officials penalty that ultimately cost the Blackhawks the game (more on that in Takeaway #3).

Lindgren also helped Seattle seal the deal after it had taken a 3-2 lead by blocking a wide-open Bedard look with a minute left in the game. He did so in painful fashion, catching Bedard’s rocket one-timer in the open palm of his glove.

Bedard will be seeing Lindgren in his nightmares for a while.

Takeaway #2: Kraken woke up in the third

Give some credit to the Blackhawks for how the first two periods went; they came into the game red hot, posting a 5-0-1 record over their previous six games. Ironically, the last time they had lost in regulation was a 3-1 loss to the Kraken on Nov. 3, so that streak got bookended by Seattle wins.

All that said, the Kraken didn’t have it for the first 40 minutes of this game, especially in the second period. They stayed relatively close, but like the game Tuesday in Detroit, things went sideways in the middle frame.

Two poor plays by Jordan Eberle (a weak dump-in that led to a 3-on-1 the other way) and Jamie Oleksiak (a lackadaisical race for a loose puck in the corner) led to the goals against and meant Seattle would be chasing in the third period.

And chase they did.

“[It was] compete and shooting pucks,” Lambert said. “In the first 40 minutes, I thought that we were slow to do things. Give our players credit. They got the message and took charge and got the job done.”

The second Montour’s one-timer pinballed in off Oscar Fisker Mølgaard and then Tye Kartye, you could sense the floodgates had opened. Lo and behold, Shane Wright tipped a Ryker Evans shot just over two minutes later to tie it 2-2 and set up Jaden Schwartz’s late-game heroics.

WRIGHT AS RAIN! 🚨

Tie game, 2-2. Ryker Evans with the shot, Shane Wright with the tip. Evans currently has credit, but that’s Shane’s goal. #SeaKraken pic.twitter.com/DpuOZIKF4y

— Sound Of Hockey (@sound_hockey) November 21, 2025

Takeaway #3: Jaden Schwartz wins it

While Bedard was sitting in the penalty box for whining, Chicago’s PKers were doing their damndest to bail him out. But as the power play was ticking down, Brandon Montour saw a lane down the left half wall.

As Montour walked down the boards, Schwartz pivoted from the top of the crease and backed himself right onto the far post. Montour threaded a perfectly placed shot-pass through Wyatt Kaiser’s legs and onto the tape of Schwartz, who redirected it through Spencer Knight’s five hole.

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE SCHWARTZ! 🚨

With Bedard serving his unsportsmanlike penalty, Brandon Montour finds Jaden Schwartz at the net mouth.

3-2 #SeaKraken pic.twitter.com/VM9p92Ma8Y

— Sound Of Hockey (@sound_hockey) November 21, 2025

“[Schwartz] shows [younger players] how the game is played, how the game is supposed to be played,” Lambert said. “The importance of the little details and winning battles in hard areas. Great goal by him to cap off the comeback.”

It was a heck of a play by both Montour—who earned his second assist of the night—and Schwartz, and it was an outstanding and unlikely comeback victory for the Kraken.

Bonus Takeaway: Oscar Fisker Mølgaard’s NHL debut

Huge shoutout to friend of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast, Oscar Fisker Mølgaard, on making his NHL debut and recording a point on Tye Kartye’s goal that got Seattle on the board at 5:09 of the third period.

“It was pretty surreal,” Mølgaard said. “It’s a childhood dream coming true, so yeah, I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life, and it’s good to get the first one out of the way.”

We are huge Mølgaard fans for a lot of reasons, but mostly because he’s just an incredibly likable young man.

His family made the trek from Denmark to see his first game in the show.

“It’s unreal. It’s a proud moment for all of us. They’ve been there my whole life, and they were just as big a part of it as I was out there. So I’m really proud to have them here, and I’m glad they came.”