Minnesota is two points behind the Dallas Stars for second in the Central Division. Whichever team finishes higher will have home-ice advantage for the Western Conference First Round series.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe learned some lessons last time we played them (Dallas eliminated Minnesota in six games in the first round in 2022-23),\u201d Foligno said. \u201cWe know that they\u2019re a really good team, and so are we. But they have some lethal weapons, and we\u2019re just more educated, more experienced going into this series than we were before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brandon Montour<\/a> and Adam Larsson<\/a> scored for the\u00a0Kraken (32-34-11), who have lost six straight (0-5-1) and 10 of their past 11 (1-8-2). Joey Daccord<\/a> made 24 saves.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s another loss, and it\u2019s a 5-2 loss and another empty-net goal against, and I sit here and I say, \u2018I thought we played a pretty good hockey game,\u2019\u201d Seattle coach Lane Lambert said. “And it\u2019s like, \u2018Really? You do?\u2019 It\u2019s another loss, but I do actually think we played pretty good tonight. We outchanced them and we just can\u2019t get out of our own way.\u201d<\/p>\n Montour gave Seattle a 1-0 lead at 10:23 of the first period. His one-timer from the right point deflected five-hole off Danila Yurov<\/a>\u00a0one second after a power play expired.<\/p>\n Boldy tied it 1-1 on a 2-on-1 rush at 11:57. Eriksson Ek\u2019s initial shot from the right circle was stopped by the blocker of Daccord, but the rebound hit Boldy in the chest, and the forward then tapped the puck out of the air and into the open net.<\/p>\n Larsson put Seattle back in front 2-1 at 13:10 of the first, one-timing a pass from Chandler Stephenson<\/a> in the high slot that again beat Wallstedt five-hole.<\/p>\n \u201cI liked our first period, and then after that, I mean, we didn\u2019t generate much,\u201d Montour said. \u201cSame stuff. Turnover at the blue line, odd-man rush goal. A guy backdoor by himself, goal. Spin around in the slot to a guy backdoor by himself, goal. Empty net. I guess you could say another easy one for the opposing team. Mental mistakes that obviously have been hurting us for the last little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n