Recap
Kraken rally past Capitals 5-3 in Washington
The Seattle Kraken beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Sunday night at Capital One Arena. Seattle fell behind in a back-and-forth first period before pulling away with two goals in the third. It was the Kraken's second straight win, moving them to 4-2-0 on the season, while the Capitals dropped to 3-2-0.
Kaapo Kakko opened the scoring in the first, but goals from Jordan Kyrou and Alex Ovechkin put Washington ahead 2-1. Jordan Eberle tied it late in the period, and Frederick Gaudreau gave Seattle the lead in the second. Boone Jenner answered early in the third to make it 3-3, but Jared McCann notched the winner at 14:33 and Ryan Winterton sealed it with his first of the season at 17:20.
Winterton, Gaudreau and Ben Meyers each finished with two points for Seattle. Joey Daccord made 33 saves on 36 shots, while Logan Thompson stopped 22 of 27 at the other end despite Washington outshooting the Kraken 36-27.
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