Seattle Kraken vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Friday, October 9, 2026 · Little Caesars Arena

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6–3

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SOG 24–40

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Recap

Gaudreau scores twice as Kraken beat Red Wings 6-3 in Detroit

The Seattle Kraken beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Friday night at Little Caesars Arena. Viktor Arvidsson opened the scoring on the power play in the first period, and Berkly Catton answered for Seattle to send the game to the intermission tied 1-1.

William Wallinder put Detroit back in front early in the second, but the Kraken took the game over with four goals in the period. Frederick Gaudreau tied it, Mackie Samoskevich gave Seattle the lead, Gaudreau struck again for the winner at 7:44, and Ben Meyers made it 5-2 before the intermission. Vince Dunn added a power-play goal in the third before Michael Brandsegg-Nygård closed out the scoring.

Gaudreau finished with 2 goals, Meyers had 3 points with a goal and 2 assists, and Catton added a goal and an assist, with the three stars going to Gaudreau, Meyers and Catton. Philipp Grubauer made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win. Detroit outshot Seattle 40-24; John Gibson made 10 saves on 15 shots and took the loss, while Daniil Tarasov made 8 saves on 9 shots.

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

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SEA	1	4	1	6	24
DET	1	1	1	3	40

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Viktor Arvidsson (3)Lucas Raymond (4), Moritz Seider (2)0–109:19 DET · PPG
Berkly Catton (2)Kaapo Kakko (4), Josh Mahura (1)1–114:52 SEA

2nd period

William Wallinder (1)Alex DeBrincat (3), Michael Brandsegg-Nygård (2)Dunn 1:07 into shift1–204:00 DET
Frederick Gaudreau (2)Ryan Winterton (2), Ben Meyers (1)2–204:39 SEA
Mackie Samoskevich (3)Jared McCann (5)3–206:59 SEA
Frederick Gaudreau (3)Ryan Winterton (3), Ben Meyers (2)Faulk 1:22 into shift4–207:44 SEA
Ben Meyers (1)Berkly Catton (2), Brandon Montour (3)5–214:05 SEA

3rd period

Vince Dunn (2)Chandler Stephenson (4), Brandon Montour (4)6–211:53 SEA · PPG
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård (1)Unassisted6–315:27 DET

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:22

4–2 · 2nd 7:44 · Gaudreau. Faulk was 1:22 into his shift when it went in.

GoalSEA on iceDET on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 DET

1st 9:19 · PP · Arvidsson

Larsson 0:46

NormalLarsson 0:46

1–1 SEA

1st 14:52 · Catton

Mazur 0:53

NormalMazur 0:53

1–2 DET

2nd 4:00 · Wallinder

Long shift: Dunn 1:07

Long shiftDunn 1:07

2–2 SEA

2nd 4:39 · Gaudreau

Faulk 0:49

NormalFaulk 0:49

3–2 SEA

2nd 6:59 · Samoskevich

Brandsegg-Nygård 0:38

Fresh legsBrandsegg-Nygård 0:38

4–2 SEA

2nd 7:44 · Gaudreau

Long shift: Faulk 1:22

Long shiftFaulk 1:22

5–2 SEA

2nd 14:05 · Meyers

Chiarot 0:22

Fresh legsChiarot 0:22

6–2 SEA

3rd 11:53 · PP · Dunn

Seider 0:39

Fresh legsSeider 0:39

6–3 DET

3rd 15:27 · Brandsegg-Nygård

Samoskevich 0:28

Fresh legsSamoskevich 0:28

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

SEADET

24Shots on goal40

53%Faceoff %47%

1/3Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes6

18Hits23

22Blocked shots12

18Giveaways18

5Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 08:33Jordan Eberle · slashing2 min
1st 17:30Michael Brandsegg-Nygård · slashing2 min
1st 17:49Chandler Stephenson · tripping2 min
2nd 11:53Ben Meyers · tripping2 min
3rd 10:24Keegan Kolesar · tripping2 min
3rd 11:25Ben Chiarot · high sticking2 min

Season series

Seattle Kraken

Seattle Kraken skaters

59Ben MeyersC	1	2	3	+3	3	3	1	2	–	13:37
26Ryan WintertonC	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	–	13:22
27Berkly CattonC	1	1	2	+2	4	2	0	0	67	14:33
89Frederick GaudreauC	2	0	2	+2	2	0	2	0	67	15:36
62Brandon MontourD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	3	0	–	26:03
9Chandler StephensonC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	53	16:54
11Mackie SamoskevichR	1	0	1	-1	2	0	1	0	–	16:04
19Jared McCannL	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	12:01
84Kaapo KakkoR	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:50
28Josh MahuraD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:26
29Vince DunnD	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	21:51
7Jordan EberleR	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	–	15:40
10Matty BeniersC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	53	17:41
51Shane WrightC	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	33	12:21
74Bobby McMannC	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	–	15:57
6Adam LarssonD	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	–	20:39
41Ryker EvansD	0	0	0	+3	0	2	1	0	–	23:05
46Ville OttavainenD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	3	0	–	13:39

Seattle Kraken goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	W	40	37	3	.925	59:55
35Joey DaccordG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

28Michael Brandsegg-NygårdR	1	1	2	+1	4	4	1	2	–	14:18
23Lucas RaymondL	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	17:26
33Viktor ArvidssonL	1	0	1	-1	3	0	1	0	–	17:37
93Alex DeBrincatR	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	16:01
53Moritz SeiderD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	22:23
54William WallinderD	1	0	1	-2	3	1	2	0	–	18:16
15Sheldon DriesC	0	0	0	-2	4	7	2	0	100	11:11
18Andrew CoppC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	29	15:21
27Michael RasmussenC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	100	15:19
29Nate DanielsonC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	40	10:50
34Carter MazurL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	11:36
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	2	–	13:19
58Emmitt FinnieC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	45	15:37
71Dylan LarkinC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	69	18:19
8Ben ChiarotD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	17:08
20Albert JohanssonD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	21:17
42Anton JohanssonD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	–	19:44
72Justin FaulkD	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	–	18:49

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36John GibsonG	L	15	10	5	.667	34:05
80Daniil TarasovG		9	8	1	.889	25:55