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Seattle Kraken vs Calgary Flames

Regular season · Thursday, October 1, 2026 · Scotiabank Saddledome

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Recap

Kraken rout Flames 6-1 in Calgary

The Seattle Kraken opened their season with a 6-1 win over the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome. Seattle never trailed, striking three times in the first period and adding three more in the third while outshooting Calgary 32-25.

Jordan Eberle got the Kraken started with a power-play goal at 9:10 of the first, and Vince Dunn made it 2-0 at 9:42 with the eventual game-winner. Frederick Gaudreau closed the period at 19:30. Chandler Stephenson and Matty Beniers pushed the lead to 5-0 early in the third before Ryan Strome answered for Calgary at 16:35. Kaapo Kakko finished the scoring at 17:01.

Dunn was named the first star with a goal and two assists. Jared McCann collected three assists, while Beniers and Kakko each had a goal and an assist. Joey Daccord made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Dustin Wolf stopped 26 of 32 in the loss. Seattle is 1-0-0, Calgary 0-1-0.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Seattle KrakenSEA303632
Calgary FlamesCGY001125

Three stars

  1. ★1st starVince DunnSEA · 1G 2A
  2. ★2nd starJoey DaccordSEA · .960 SV%
  3. ★3rd starJordan EberleSEA · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

3rd period

Team stats

SEACGY
32Shots on goal25
48%Faceoff %52%
1/5Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes12
20Hits24
20Blocked shots9
14Giveaways18
8Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 09:04Matvei Gridin · holding2 min
  • 1st 12:38Josh Mahura · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 20:00Martin Pospisil · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 04:32Joel Farabee · holding2 min
  • 2nd 07:37Kevin Bahl · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 07:37Jacob Melanson · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 08:27Joel Farabee · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 16:33Adam Klapka · cross checking2 min

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