Kraken vs. Devils 1st Period Recap

The Kraken are playing back-to-back games against the Metro teams (Flyers and Devils) which will meet Saturday in a Stadium Series game at Met Life Stadium.

Both teams successfully kill penalties in the first nine minutes. The Kraken (power play league rank: 16) had two PP shots, the Devils (league rank: 9) had three.

Joey Daccord has the Kraken net for the 22nd time in the last 24 Seattle games. Why? Because among netminders who've played at least 18 games, he's 4th in both save percentage and goals-against average.

One Kraken jumps off the ice, two Kraken jump on; that's not allowed. The Devils make Seattle pay for the mental mistake. Tyler Taffoli's shot deflects off Brandon Tanev, then the right post, and possibly Daccord, before going in at 13:36.

Awkward collisions take two Seattle defensemen temporarily off the ice. Vince Dunn recovers quickly, Brian Dumoulin doesn't.

Eric Haula skates unobstructed down the right wing. Daccord's right pad has the answer.

Shots are 12-7 New Jersey in the period, goals 1-0 Jersey.