The Seattle Kraken defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Saturday night, with Jaden Schwartz recording a hat trick and Joey Daccord making 17 of his 28 saves in the third period.
At 7:40, Schwartz broke a 1-1 stalemate and opened the scoring 28 seconds into the match. In the third, he scored his 16th goal of the season with an empty-netter to complete the hat trick.
At 1:37 of the second, Chandler Stephenson gave Seattle the lead.
Los Angeles scored through Jordan Spence and Adrian Kempe. 18 saves were made by Darcy Kuemper.
Takeaways
Los Angeles lost to the Kings 25-13-2.
Kraken: Seattle improved to 20-24-3 with its tenth home victory.
Key moment
In third, Warren Foegele broke down the left side unharmed after intercepting a pass during a Seattle power play. Daccord halted the attempt to maintain the one-goal lead after reading Foegele’s move.
Key stat
22 bullets were blocked by the Kraken.
Up next
On Monday, both teams are playing. Seattle hosts Buffalo, and Los Angeles hosts Pittsburgh.