SEATTLE \u2014 The momentum shifted the moment Adin Hill couldn\u2019t read the weird bounce.<\/p>\n
Most goalies will expect the puck to rim around the boards \u2014 not carom off the boards and land on the stick of Berkly Catton.<\/p>\n
But that obscure second goal put the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> on their heels and gave the Seattle Kraken life.<\/p>\n It gave way for Seattle to tie the game in the third and eventually rally for a 4-3 win in a shootout<\/a> over the Knights, handing them their first loss under coach John Tortorella in five games.<\/p>\n \u201cIt gives them life,\u201d Tortorella said. \u201cThey get a bounce, gives them some life.\u201d<\/p>\n The goal came five minutes after Brett Howden finished a 4-on-2 1:11 into the third to restore the Knights\u2019 two-goal lead that captain Mark Stone created on his own.<\/p>\n Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson dumped the puck in at the red line as the Knights were going for a line change.<\/p>\n The puck bounced off the stanchion in the corner with Hill going to play the puck. Again, a move most goalies would do in that situation.<\/p>\n By the time Hill had vision back toward his crease, Catton had the puck on his stick and he slid the goal into the back of the net to make it 3-2.<\/p>\n Seattle! Kraken! GOAL!!!<\/p>\n The puck takes a weird bounce off the stanchion and pops right to Berkly Catton who jumps on the big ol’ juicy puck and the #SeaKraken<\/a> pull within one!<\/p>\n Now THAT’S puck luck pic.twitter.com\/QzvFdAEtvD<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \ud835\ude3f\ud835\ude56\ud835\ude6b\ud835\ude6e \ud835\ude45\ud835\ude64\ud835\ude63\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude68’ \ud835\ude47\ud835\ude64\ud835\ude58\ud835\ude60\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude67 \ud835\ude4d\ud835\ude64\ud835\ude64\ud835\ude62 (@DavyJonesLR) April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n It went from a night where it looked like Hill was locked in to one where the Knights couldn\u2019t stop the tide from coming in.<\/p>\n \u201cI think they created a little more momentum off of that,\u201d Howden said. \u201cThey\u2019re a fast team. They got a bounce there and they kind of rolled with it.\u201d<\/p>\n They rolled with it right to the tying goal when Bobby McMann hit the far corner from the right dot 3 minutes, 5 seconds later off a tremendous five-man effort from Seattle to keep the puck in the offensive zone.<\/p>\n The ledger will read Hill gave up three goals in a loss, but lost in the process were the big saves he made along the way \u2014 like the partial breakaway on McMann early in the first period, or a stop on Chandler Stephenson in front that shortly later led to the first of Stone\u2019s two goals.<\/p>\n Hill finished with 30 saves in his first start since March 30 after Carter Hart played the previous three.<\/p>\n Tortorella didn\u2019t want to get into player evaluations when asked about Hill\u2019s performance, but \u201cI thought he made some really big saves.\u201d<\/p>\n The Knights earned a point for the seventh straight game. That, at least, is good for standings watch. They fell from a tie for first to a tie for second \u2014 but hold the tiebreaker over the Anaheim Ducks \u2014 with three games to play.<\/p>\n And if you were expecting Tortorella to be frustrated following his first loss, you\u2019ll be sorely disappointed.<\/p>\n He felt his team responded well after each Seattle goal, even when the Kraken tied it in the third. There was some good, he said, but the Knights spent too much time in their own zone.<\/p>\n That\u2019ll be tested Saturday against the Colorado Avalanche, who wrapped up the Presidents\u2019 Trophy on Thursday for the best record in the NHL.<\/p>\n Quite the challenge going from slowing down the seventh-worst offense in the league to the No. 1 scoring offense in a 48-hour stretch.<\/p>\n \u201cYou want to get as many points as you want, but it\u2019s a tough league,\u201d Tortorella said. \u201cThese games come at you and you just never know what\u2019s going to happen. We grab that point, we leave and get ready for our next game.\u201d<\/p>\n Contact Danny Webster at dwebster@reviewjournal.com.<\/a> Follow @DannyWebster21<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n \t\t\t