Kraken vs. Ducks 1st Period Recap

It's Pride Night at CPA, guaranteeing this will be a colorful evening.

The teams may be the same, but we know we're not watching a rerun because both of Tuesday's starting goalies are spectators for this one.

So is Kraken forward Andre Burakovsky, who takes a tripping penalty 10 seconds (!) into the game. Seattle goalie Philipp Grubauer makes a fine stop on Troy Terry to keep the game scoreless.

Grubauer must be sharp early, and is, with high-quality stops on Frank Vatrano and Jakob Silfverberg. And the crossbar helps those who help themselves, aiding Grubauer on a Urho Vaakanainen drive.

Anaheim has eight shots in half a period, more than they had in half a game on Tuesday.

One thing we know about the back end of two-game series: they tend to be chippy. So it is tonight, as Trevor Zegras takes down Tye Kartye, then cross-checks him hoping for Kartye will retaliate to negate the power play.

Tye wisely skates away smiling, but the Kraken don't score on the PP despite extended zone time.

As a second Ducks power play ends, Grubauer makes a sparkling pad save on Brett Leason.

Shots in a scoreless 1st period were 11-8 Anaheim, one fewer than their total for the entire game Tuesday.