\u2014 Sound Of Hockey (@sound_hockey) January 6, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cGetting that first goal is unreal, and it\u2019s cool that it came from \u2018Wints,\u2019 so it means a lot,\u201d Melanson said. \u201cWe\u2019re on the hunt, on the forecheck, and we reloaded well, and good things are going to come from us doing the right thing. So, I mean, we had a good reload, and \u2018Winnie\u2019 found me backdoor, which was nice to see.\u201d<\/p>\n It was also a crucial goal in the game, because Seattle did not exactly dominate possession through the first two periods and allowed 31 shots on Philipp Grubauer by the time the second period horn sounded. But with Melanson scoring early in the frame at 2:17, Seattle just needed to get out of the period, and it would be a whole new game in the third.<\/p>\n \u201cSecond period, we were a little under the fire there, but we managed to get away and get out of that one with a tie,\u201d Grubauer said. \u201cAnd it was, I think, a phenomenal third period, different than the other night [against Nashville], for sure. We were giving them less time and space and didn\u2019t give them time to make some plays. I thought that was incredible, and that\u2019s how we need to play.\u201d<\/p>\n Takeaway 2: A huge third period<\/p>\n Coming out of the second intermission, this game felt like another down-to-the-wire barnburner. Instead, Seattle turned on the jets and took over, getting rewarded with both a game-winning goal from birthday boy Shane Wright at 1:57 of the frame and an insurance goal from Vince Dunn at 5:12.<\/p>\n WRIGHT AS RAIN! \u2614\ufe0f <\/p>\n Yet another impactful play by Ben Meyers, who makes a perfect saucer pass to Shane Wright, crashing the net for his first goal in eight games. <\/p>\n 2-1 #SeaKraken<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/vUnLCVMXwD<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sound Of Hockey (@sound_hockey) January 6, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n Remarkably, even when the fourth line isn\u2019t technically \u201con the ice,\u201d they still seem to make an impact lately. In this case, Ben Meyers got a rare shift with Wright and Jared McCann and showed his offensive prowess again, lofting a perfect saucer pass into a spot where only Wright could get to it. Wright had gotten behind Calgary\u2019s defense, so all he had to do was skate into the pass and chip it over Wolf.<\/p>\n \u201c[Meyers] had some open ice there, and I saw the D step up a little bit, so I thought I could find some room behind him,\u201d Wright said. \u201cAnd, I mean, he made an unbelievable pass.\u201d<\/p>\n On a personal level for Wright, it was a big goal. He hadn\u2019t scored in eight games and was without a point in five, despite playing on what could be a productive line with McCann and Berkly Catton.<\/p>\n Dunn\u2019s goal three minutes later came off a beauty of a pass from Kaapo Kakko, who has also found his game since being elevated to a line with Matty Beniers and Jordan Eberle. After Dunn scored what should have been the game-winner in overtime against Vancouver on Friday\u2014only to have it negated by a Catton interference penalty\u2014you could tell he was holding his breath to see if it counted when Beniers flattened Wolf a split second after the puck went in.<\/p>\n HE DUNN DID IT! \ud83d\udea8 <\/p>\n Perfect pass by Kaapo Kakko, and Vince Dunn snipes it past Dustin Wolf just before Beniers runs him over.<\/p>\n
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