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POSTGAME: Kraken lose 3rd period lead again but rally to beat Mammoth 5-3 (10/22) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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Speaker 3: We're back inside of Climate Pledge Arena. Everett Fitzhugh, Big
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Speaker 3: Al Kaniski, alongside a 5-3 win for Seattle over the
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Speaker 3: Utah Mammoth. It was a 3-1 Kraken lead going into
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Speaker 3: period three.
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Speaker 1: The Mammoth get two goals.
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Speaker 3: They had three, but one of them got called back.
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Speaker 3: You just heard Jordan Eberle talk a little bit about
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Speaker 3: playing with the lead. Not so much the third periods overall,
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Speaker 3: but just in general. When you have a lead, when
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Speaker 3: you go ahead, stay ahead. The Kraken have been battling
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Speaker 3: that part of the game as of late, but back-to-back
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Speaker 3: games in which they blow the lead but get the
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Speaker 3: full two points.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I think what he's talking about there is
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Speaker 4: that there are definitely points in the game, whether it's
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Speaker 4: the first shift of the first period or late in
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Speaker 4: the third period, if you get a goal on that
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Speaker 4: first shift of the first period, you're playing with a lead.
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Speaker 4: And you've got to learn to add to that, keep
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Speaker 4: the foot on the gas mentality. Yes, the other team's
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Speaker 4: going to have pushes, but you can't just spend an
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Speaker 4: entire period defending that push at some point you've got
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Speaker 4: to push back, and it took a while in that
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Speaker 4: third period for Seattle to start to push back. It
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Speaker 4: started with a goal that was called back, but ultimately,
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Speaker 4: Mackie Samuskiewicz getting that game-winning goal late in that third
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Speaker 4: period where they hadn't had a shot on goal, or
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Speaker 4: at least maybe not many up until that point. I
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Speaker 4: think actually all the shots that they got in that
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Speaker 4: series started on that play. There was a zero, and
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Speaker 4: then all of a sudden they had three on the clock,
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Speaker 4: so pushing back a little sooner, trying to get to
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Speaker 4: add to that lead.
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Speaker 5: I think it's what he's talking about.
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Speaker 3: Kraken were outshot 14 to four in the third, 28
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Speaker 3: to nine, 28 to 15 rather in the final 40 minutes.
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Speaker 3: And again, if you're Seattle, you get the win. The
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Speaker 3: trend recently, especially in the third period, you allow two
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Speaker 3: more goals tonight in the third period.
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Speaker 1: You allow three in the third period.
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Speaker 3: I mean, You heard Jordan Eberle talk about it, not
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Speaker 3: so much in terms of holding the lead, but for you,
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Speaker 3: allowing goals in the third period.
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Speaker 1: How much of a concern is that for you?
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Speaker 5: Listen, it's a concern.
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Speaker 4: Whether or not you're going to say it on a
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Speaker 4: hot mic or not, I don't know, but giving up
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Speaker 4: goals late in the game when you've got a lead,
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Speaker 4: everybody talks about protecting a lead. There's lots of ways
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Speaker 4: to protect it. I think the way that most people
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Speaker 4: would say you don't want to protect it is sitting
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Speaker 4: on your heels. You've got to find a way to attack,
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Speaker 4: but You and I were talking off air, and I
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Speaker 4: like to simplify things sometimes. But, you know, in a
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Speaker 4: boxing match, when somebody's coming at you throwing haymakers, they're attacking.
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Speaker 4: They're pushing, like we talk about in the game of hockey.
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Speaker 4: Sometimes it's hard to do anything but defend in that situation.
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Speaker 4: But they can only push for so long. And when
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Speaker 4: they stop pushing or they stop throwing those haymakers, you've
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Speaker 4: got to go on the attack yourself. And if you don't,
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Speaker 4: they reset and they come back after you again. And
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Speaker 4: I think that's how you play with that lead. When
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Speaker 4: that chance to come back and start throwing some haymakers
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Speaker 4: of your own, start pushing– on your own, looking for
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Speaker 4: that next goal, you've got to do it.
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Speaker 3: It was his fourth start in the last five games
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Speaker 3: for Seattle. Another masterful performance.
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Speaker 1: For Philip Grubauer.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, right from the drop of the hat
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Speaker 4: in the first period, he came up with some big saves.
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Speaker 4: He knew he was going to see a lot of
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Speaker 4: pucks from this mammoth team that's got the number one
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Speaker 4: power play in the league. They went two for three
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Speaker 4: on the power play tonight, so they did find the
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Speaker 4: back of the net a couple of times on Grubauer
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Speaker 4: with some of their east to west shots. I talked
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Speaker 4: about most one-timers in the league by this Mammoth team.
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Speaker 4: He saw a lot of rubber tonight with 36 shots
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Speaker 4: on goal.
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Speaker 3: 5-3 win, Kraken over the Mammoth, 2-0 on this four-game homestand.
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Speaker 3: For the final time tonight, welcome back inside of Climate
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Speaker 3: Kraken 5-3 win over the Utah Mammoth. Let's pause for
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Speaker 3: two nights in a row, maybe not how they drew
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Speaker 3: it up, but they get four points out of four
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Speaker 3: points to start this homestand.
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Speaker 1: What are your key takeaways and your final thoughts?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, key takeaways for me tonight was for the fourth
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Speaker 4: out of the last five games, the Kraken grabbing that
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Speaker 4: first goal of the game, Jordan Eberle with a lucky
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Speaker 4: one off the pads of Remelka, off the boards and
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Speaker 4: on the back of his jersey into the net, but
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Speaker 4: they all count. Secondly, the power play for the Kraken
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Speaker 4: going two for four tonight. That was excellent contribution to
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Speaker 4: the win. Third, Grubauer greatness. That was one of my
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Speaker 4: keys tonight. Grubauer with a 9-17 save percentage, stopping 33
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Speaker 4: of 36. And just looking at some of the course,
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Speaker 4: he stats a little bit. He had 62% of the
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Speaker 4: shots on goal or the shot attempts over the course
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Speaker 4: of the game. So a lot of work. And a
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Speaker 4: lot of that came in the second period where the
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Speaker 4: Mammoth had six high danger chances. And they also had
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Speaker 4: 24 shot attempts. So a lot of work in the
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Speaker 4: second for Grubauer. And then the last one was depth
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Speaker 4: of the deep. That was also a key for me tonight.
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Speaker 4: Ten different players. With points tonight on the Kraken. So
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Speaker 4: Kraken really using the depth of scoring tonight. Mama K's
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Speaker 4: three stars tonight. Third star goes to Jordan Eberle. He
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Speaker 4: had a goal and assist. Five shots on goal. Most
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Speaker 4: on the Kraken tonight. Second star goes to Phillip Grubauer.
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Speaker 4: See above 917 save percentage. 33 of 36 stops. And
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Speaker 4: your number one star tonight was Mackie Samuskevich. He had
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Speaker 4: the game winning goal in the third period. He also
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Speaker 7: and the Kraken find themselves on the right side of
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Speaker 7: the result once again, 2-0 on this homestand and surviving
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Speaker 7: a rally again in the third period. Your final score,
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Speaker 7: Kraken 5, Manna 3, as the Kraken improve to 7,
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Speaker 7: 3-1 with a 14-point campaign out of the gate. They
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Speaker 7: are now 3-1 on home ice, ending a four-game series
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Speaker 7: Winless skid head-to-head against the Mammoth and Utah falling to 7-4.
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Speaker 7: Still with 14 points on the campaign. They're 3-2 now
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Speaker 7: in the midst of five games out of seven on
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Speaker 7: at toyotaofkirkland.com. Jordan Eberle got the Kraken on the board,
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Speaker 7: and rightfully so. The captain helping lead by example here.
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Speaker 7: in a big game for this early portion of the
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Speaker 7: schedule at 3.38 of period one. He missed wide on
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Speaker 7: a shot that bounced off the backboards, then off Corral Vemelka. Tongue-in-cheek,
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Speaker 7: you might say, just how they drew it up. But
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Speaker 7: they'll take the fortuitous bounce. Eberle's fourth from Riker Evans
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Speaker 7: gave the Kraken a 1-0 lead as he got out
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Speaker 7: of a four-game goal-scoring drought. But the Mammoth tied things
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Speaker 7: up in the power play where they have made a
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Speaker 7: lot of hay early this season. At 17.57, Vincent Trocek
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Speaker 7: picking up his third goal of the year from former
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Speaker 7: Kraken forward Kyler Yamamoto to tie it up at one.
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Speaker 7: but the Kraken still finding a way to fight back,
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Speaker 7: turn about his fair play in this kind of way.
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Speaker 7: Matty Beneers, power play goal at 18-23, a period one
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Speaker 7: after Kevin Stenland was set off for interference, and a
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Speaker 7: nifty behind-the-back pass by Capo Caco set him up. Beneers
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Speaker 7: from Caco and Catton made it a 2-1 Kraken lead
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Speaker 7: with Beneers picking up his third goal on the campaign,
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Speaker 7: and Utah's penalty kill still very much smarting by the end.
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Speaker 7: of the first frame. The Kraken then, with a greater
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Speaker 7: chance to add more to the damage, going up for
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Speaker 7: a two-man advantage and looking to apply more of it
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Speaker 7: early on.
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Speaker 1: Montour to the half wall. The captain, back to Montour, winds.
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Speaker 5: Fires, scores!
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Speaker 4: Monty Mania on the power play.
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Speaker 3: He's got goals in back-to-back games. The Kraken with a
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Speaker 3: 3-1 lead.
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Speaker 1: 17-37 to go in the second.
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Speaker 4: Well, after rigging the puck off the post the first
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Speaker 4: time Montour put one on net, he gets another great
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Speaker 4: feed from Jordan Eberle, set up for a one-timer. He
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Speaker 4: puts everything into this bomb from the point, blows it past.
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Speaker 5: Mamelka, 3-1 Seattle.
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Speaker 7: Penalties by Kyler Yamamoto and Jack McBain for interference and
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Speaker 7: tripping early in the second period. You could argue was
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Speaker 7: a big difference to help get the Kraken off on
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Speaker 7: the right foot and get ahead here for much of
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Speaker 7: this game. And Brandon Montour taking advantage for the Kraken's
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Speaker 7: second 5-on-3 goal of the season. His second of the
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Speaker 7: year coming at. 223 from Jordan Eberle and Vince Dunn
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Speaker 7: as well to make it. a 3-1 Kraken advantage. Would
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Speaker 7: it hold up? Utah had some comeback ideas in mind
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Speaker 7: and got going, 27 seconds into the third. Logan Cooley
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Speaker 7: to the front of the net, got a power play goal,
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Speaker 7: his second of the year from Mikhail Sergachev and Clayton Keller.
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Speaker 7: And then Cooley right back on ice, a little under
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Speaker 7: eight minutes into period three, looking for more.
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Speaker 3: Weeger, now for Cooley, high slot shot, and they score.
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Speaker 1: That one on side. And the Mammoth have tied the
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Speaker 1: game 3-3. 12.17 to go in period number three.
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Speaker 7: And this was also after a disallowed goal for offside
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Speaker 7: and a successful coach's challenge. But Logan Cooley helping Utah
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Speaker 7: rally right back to tie it from Sergeyev and Mackenzie
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Speaker 7: Wieger at 742. And the Kraken not just looking for
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Speaker 7: some balance, but also merely looking for a shot on goal.
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Speaker 7: It took them a while, about five minutes left in
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Speaker 7: period three, but then getting Mackie Samuskevich back on ice,
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Speaker 7: potentially paying off right here.
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Speaker 1: Now Seattle breaks it up the right side. McMahon shoots,
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Speaker 1: that one through the pads of Malka.
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Speaker 3: Goes off the side of the goal, McMahon again, back door, scores!
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Speaker 1: Mackie Sanoskevich goes toward the goal.
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Speaker 3: Crashing the net, he'll finish the play.
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Speaker 1: And the Kraken regain their lead.
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Speaker 3: It's a 4-3 edge with 5.25 left in regulation.
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Speaker 4: Well, Bobby McMahon with tons of speed down that left side.
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Speaker 4: He's got a two-on-one, but he's got to step on
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Speaker 4: the mammoth defense.
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Speaker 7: But he opts for the shot. Like he said, Vemelka
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Speaker 7: leaks that one out.
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Speaker 5: He ends up picking the puck up again.
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Speaker 7: moment one. How do you set the tone? Well, The
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Speaker 3: Now they bring it back in on side.
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Speaker 1: Jordan Eberle, a shot near wing.
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Speaker 18: It bounces off the end boards, off the back of Mamelka,
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Speaker 7: Al Kaniski is here with me right now. The smoke
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Speaker 7: has finally cleared. We kind of hang on to our
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Speaker 7: hats again for the third period, but this team again
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32:34
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Speaker 4: I mean, you'll take it any way you can get it, Mike,
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32:50
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32:52
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Speaker 5: As much in the third period.
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Speaker 4: But, you know, as Jordan Eberle said in his postgame interview,
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32:59
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Speaker 7: I thought his words were so great because, yeah, you
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Speaker 7: the brain can automatically move the legs and everything else.
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Speaker 7: And that's got to be where it starts here. As
33:19
Speaker 7: the Kraken again get goals from Jordan Eberle, Matty Beneers,
33:23
Speaker 7: Brandon Montour, Mackie Samuskevich, and the empty net goal here
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Speaker 7: by Freddie Gaudreau. But we cannot forget about Philip Grubauer
33:30
Speaker 7: once again. It appeared that Lane Lambert pushed the right button,
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Speaker 7: putting him here in this game. Yes, Grubauer was not perfect.
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Speaker 7: Three goals allowed on 36 shots. But toward the end
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Speaker 7: about the quality of shots that he faced. And he
33:48
Speaker 7: looked near unflappable once again.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I go into every game, whether I'm
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34:17
Speaker 4: of power play goals. But Philip Grubauer still needed to
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34:22
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Speaker 5: That, so I think he delivered.
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Speaker 7: And two things that I think about when you mention that, because...
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Speaker 7: I've said all along, you know, for the last week,
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Speaker 7: They're getting it right now. But it also leads here
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Speaker 7: to win like this and make this sustainable? Because I
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Speaker 7: know and I think when you're looking at the blueprint
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Speaker 7: 131 left here in the third period or second period.
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Speaker 7: That was the last time they had a shot on
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Speaker 7: and making the right decisions for a game like this
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, we talked a little bit about this,
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35:54
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Speaker 4: But eventually, eventually they started to push back. They pressured
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36:03
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36:05
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36:07
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Speaker 4: up being a goal. It was that two-on-one where Mackie
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Speaker 4: Samuskiewicz was on the right side and Bobby McMahon was
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36:29
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36:32
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Speaker 7: Yeah, and I think you touched on this here because
36:35
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36:39
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36:42
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36:44
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36:47
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36:51
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36:59
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37:12
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, again, Bobby McMahon still beat Vemelka with
37:15
Speaker 4: a goal. It was called back because it was offside,
37:18
Speaker 4: not because he did not beat the goaltender. So he's
37:21
Speaker 4: got a lot of confidence playing on that line right now.
37:23
Speaker 5: He's scoring.
37:23
Speaker 4: He's using his speed. I think that line is fantastic.
37:27
Speaker 4: Stevenson's a great playmaker for those two guys. You get
37:30
Speaker 4: a guy like Stevenson and Bobby McMahon together, you're going
37:34
Speaker 4: to see a lot of pucks to the net because
37:36
Speaker 4: Stevenson's a great deliverer of the puck, and he looks
37:39
Speaker 4: for those opportunities all over the ice.
37:40
Speaker 7: Wasn't exactly Chandler Stevenson's best night of the faceoff circle.
37:44
Speaker 7: He went 7 of 17, and Utah won the share
37:48
Speaker 7: as far as this game tonight, and a lot of
37:50
Speaker 7: Kraken players fell short of that 50% bar with faceoff wins.
37:54
Speaker 7: The only exception was Ben Myers, who didn't get a
37:56
Speaker 7: lot of draws out there. He went 3 for 4.
37:59
Speaker 7: But I go back and look here at the metrics.
38:02
Speaker 7: And I think my question, and I had this kind
38:04
Speaker 7: of on stare down because we heard about the hints
38:08
Speaker 7: going now from the Stevenson line to the Berkeley-Catton line
38:12
Speaker 7: as far as this conversation. Over and over, this arguably
38:16
Speaker 7: has been the most sustainable line that we've seen. early
38:20
Speaker 7: in this season. And it's because of one guy, he
38:22
Speaker 7: wears 2-7 on the back of his jersey. It's not
38:25
Speaker 7: to say that he's carrying that line, but I think
38:28
Speaker 7: more and more, Al, we're starting to, I think, see
38:30
Speaker 7: the examples of how much he drives the line, and
38:33
Speaker 7: tonight he came up with one assist as well, and
38:35
Speaker 7: he was noticeable all over the ice.
38:37
Speaker 4: Well, going into the game tonight, that line of Wright, Katton,
38:40
Speaker 4: and Kako had 19 points. Going into the game tonight,
38:43
Speaker 4: the line of McCann, Beneers, and Eberle, also 19 points.
38:46
Speaker 4: You might think, well, first line and third line. But
38:49
Speaker 4: the Caco, Catton, and Wright line are averaging 14 minutes
38:53
Speaker 4: of ice time a game. The top line of McCann, Beneers,
38:56
Speaker 4: and Eberle, 16.5 minutes of ice time a game. That's
38:59
Speaker 4: two and a half minutes more ice time for that
39:01
Speaker 4: top line, and a lot of it is on the
39:02
Speaker 4: power play. So that third line's getting probably three shifts
39:06
Speaker 4: less per game, but they're putting out just as many
39:10
Speaker 4: points tonight. That top line had two points. So did
39:13
Speaker 4: that third line.
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Speaker 7: Who wants more ice time and who wants more responsibility
39:17
Speaker 7: for this line? I'll throw this out there.
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Speaker 1: 4-9-4-5-1.
39:19
Speaker 7: Again, Tacoma Dodge Tech's line. The Berkeley-Catton line, have they
39:23
Speaker 7: shown you enough to get moved up the depth chart
39:25
Speaker 7: here at this point? This is only for the sake
39:27
Speaker 7: of conversation, but Lane Lambert did mention this. a few
39:30
Speaker 7: days ago, where if they keep playing at a sustainable level,
39:34
Speaker 7: it wouldn't be surprising to see them moved up with
39:39
Speaker 7: more responsibilities. I think for me, the one thing you've
39:42
Speaker 7: got to look at, are they starting at 5-on-5 back
39:46
Speaker 7: in their own zone and with face-offs. That's critical because
39:50
Speaker 7: it means defending your own net just about merely a
39:53
Speaker 7: few feet away.
39:54
Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely.
39:55
Speaker 4: And I think that, you know, for Lane Lambert to
39:58
Speaker 4: put your line out on the ice more, you've got
40:00
Speaker 4: to have a 200-foot game. You can't just be focused
40:03
Speaker 4: on offense. And I think that that Kako Kattner right
40:06
Speaker 4: line is starting to become more dependable in their own zone.
40:10
Speaker 4: And when they do, they'll start to see that time
40:13
Speaker 4: on the ice go up and You know, I know
40:15
Speaker 4: Lane Lambert doesn't like to talk about first, second, third,
40:17
Speaker 4: and fourth lines a lot because sometimes your second and
40:20
Speaker 4: third lines are going and you want to get them
40:22
Speaker 4: on the ice more. I think you're going to start
40:25
Speaker 4: to see that cat in the line move up the
40:28
Speaker 4: time on ice average a little bit more. It might
40:30
Speaker 4: be 14 and a half, might be 15 here before long,
40:33
Speaker 4: but you're going to see them get more ice time
40:35
Speaker 4: if they keep producing like this.
40:37
Speaker 7: According to naturalstatrick.com, by the way, a great resource, I thought,
40:41
Speaker 7: you know, for analytics for so many years. That line,
40:45
Speaker 7: zero defensive shift starts tonight. Keep an eye on this
40:49
Speaker 7: because once you start seeing them pop out there for
40:52
Speaker 7: a face-off, I think that's going to tell you something
40:54
Speaker 7: as far as how much they've graduated. Now they had
40:57
Speaker 7: five in the neutral zone, three in the offensive zone,
40:59
Speaker 7: but that is something to definitely keep an eye on.
41:03
Speaker 7: Three things I looked out for, Al, I think number
41:05
Speaker 7: one was that strong first period and they certainly got
41:07
Speaker 7: it because it was kind of like the exact opposite
41:09
Speaker 7: of period three. I thought great first five minutes. They
41:13
Speaker 7: won a ton of time in the O zone as well.
41:16
Speaker 7: And you have the Eberle gold. Not exactly how you
41:18
Speaker 7: maybe drew it up, but you certainly take it. And
41:21
Speaker 7: I'll kind of transition from that here into the mistake
41:24
Speaker 7: game because Kirill Vemelka, that I think was mistake number
41:27
Speaker 7: one in not covering his post and misreading the bounce
41:30
Speaker 7: off the boards.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely. And you know what?
41:33
Speaker 4: I think of the Wayne Gretzky quote, 100% of the
41:35
Speaker 4: shots you don't take, don't go in. Eberle just putting
41:38
Speaker 4: the puck on net. I don't think he was expecting
41:40
Speaker 4: to To score from there, he was shooting for a
41:43
Speaker 4: rebound from Elka with the save. It just goes off
41:47
Speaker 4: the boards weird, off his back and in. You'll take
41:49
Speaker 4: it as a goal scorer.
41:51
Speaker 7: And I think number two, the thing I was looking
41:53
Speaker 7: out for was win the mistake game. Number three was
41:57
Speaker 7: special teams. I'll call that a wash. But going back
41:59
Speaker 7: to mistakes, here's kind of what I wrote down. The Melka,
42:03
Speaker 7: that was mistake one. The Kraken won that one. So
42:05
Speaker 7: it's 1-0. Then the Utah penalty. Lawson Kraus for interference.
42:10
Speaker 7: Kraken don't cash in. They had to cash in against
42:13
Speaker 7: a power play that was wobbling. So maybe one for
42:16
Speaker 7: one right there. Then maybe you get blown coverage, first period,
42:20
Speaker 7: leaving Logan Cooley open like that. I mean, he could
42:22
Speaker 7: have easily had a hat trick here for the night.
42:24
Speaker 7: But you come out unscathed. You call that a win.
42:28
Speaker 7: Taking a penalty. Vincent Trocek, power play goal. Utah wins
42:32
Speaker 7: that battle. But then I think going up five on three,
42:36
Speaker 7: this was where ultimately– And maybe, of course, you can
42:39
Speaker 7: argue Sam Miscavige, but this is where ultimately the game
42:43
Speaker 7: set its course. Because Utah's got penalty issues, and all
42:47
Speaker 7: of a sudden you have Brandon Montour wide open. You
42:50
Speaker 7: had to find a way to cash in, and that
42:52
Speaker 7: was where the Kraken made Utah pay for one of
42:56
Speaker 7: the ultimate, if not the most ultimate mistake here tonight.
42:59
Speaker 4: Yeah, and it was about that point in the game,
43:00
Speaker 4: the second period when Montour got his second goal of
43:03
Speaker 4: the season, that the giveaway count was 6-1. Utah was 6,
43:09
Speaker 4: Seattle was 1. And you talk about mistakes. When you're
43:12
Speaker 4: giving the puck away, that goes down as a mistake.
43:15
Speaker 4: And it evened out over the course of the game,
43:16
Speaker 4: actually ended 15-15. But at that point, everything was going
43:20
Speaker 4: the Kraken way. They had the first two goals of
43:23
Speaker 4: the game in the first period. Montreux with the second
43:25
Speaker 4: one in the second for the three-goal lead. Everything was
43:29
Speaker 4: going their way because they were creating those giveaways. Listen,
43:32
Speaker 4: you don't give the puck away just to get rid
43:34
Speaker 4: of it. You give it away because you're being pressured,
43:36
Speaker 4: and Seattle was doing a good job of that in
43:38
Speaker 4: the first half of the game.
43:39
Speaker 7: Special team side of it here. I called this one
43:41
Speaker 7: a wash, and you take it because ultimately for the Kraken,
43:44
Speaker 7: it made a difference here tonight. They go two for
43:45
Speaker 7: four on the power play, and you had to be
43:48
Speaker 7: happy maybe with seeing seven shots on net. Not so
43:50
Speaker 7: much the final power play here, but they had seven
43:52
Speaker 7: shots on goal through three power plays, so they were
43:55
Speaker 7: very active, and the first couple of periods... Very, very,
44:00
Speaker 7: very up front with getting pucks right toward Corral Vemelka.
44:04
Speaker 7: Utah's power play is unconscious here at this point. They
44:06
Speaker 7: went tonight two for three on the man advantage, and
44:10
Speaker 7: it just kind of felt like for either one of
44:12
Speaker 7: these teams, you take a penalty like in baseball. You
44:15
Speaker 7: are loading the bases with nobody out.
44:17
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, that's just it.
44:20
Speaker 4: When you give a team like Utah with power play opportunities,
44:23
Speaker 4: I don't care how good your penalty kill is. They're
44:25
Speaker 4: going to find a way. Talking to Nick Olchek with
44:28
Speaker 4: the Utah Mammoth.
44:29
Speaker 5: Before the game. Our boy, Nicky.
44:32
Speaker 4: He talked about their power play a little bit, and
44:34
Speaker 4: he just said they've got so many different options. First
44:37
Speaker 4: of all, they've got great personnel, but they've got so
44:39
Speaker 4: many different options. If you take away the point shot,
44:41
Speaker 4: they're going to go east to west, and if you
44:43
Speaker 4: take away the east to west, they're going to go
44:44
Speaker 4: low to high. And they know how to adapt quickly.
44:47
Speaker 4: That's what makes a great power play. Life is good
44:50
Speaker 4: for them. And I'll just kind of give some credit
44:52
Speaker 4: here to the opposing side. When you have Sergeyev.
44:55
Speaker 7: On the point, you have Gunther on one flank, you
44:58
Speaker 7: have Cooley on the other flank, and you can mix
45:00
Speaker 7: in a Clayton Keller as well there too. I mean,
45:03
Speaker 7: my goodness, it's going to be rough in the Central
45:06
Speaker 7: Division this year facing that kind of power play. But
45:09
Speaker 7: even when You're Colorado or Minnesota or Dallas. I mean,
45:12
Speaker 7: there is no guarantee 2.9 on the first four teams
45:15
Speaker 7: in that division.
45:16
Speaker 5: No, there absolutely isn't. You know what?
45:19
Speaker 4: Utah's going to ride that power play all season long
45:21
Speaker 4: if they can, so no surprise there.
45:23
Speaker 7: Again, 49451 Tacoma Dosh text line. Let's check in first
45:27
Speaker 7: off as we're going to get to Lane Lambert later
45:29
Speaker 7: on here. 425 saying 100% more ice time right now
45:34
Speaker 7: for the third line. Excellent chemistry with Berkley Catton and
45:37
Speaker 7: Shane Wright. like their work on both ends of the ice,
45:41
Speaker 7: that from the 4-2-5. Did you know, by the way,
45:44
Speaker 7: I computed this, Berkley Catton, yes, I know a small
45:47
Speaker 7: sample size, but eight points so far. He's on pace
45:50
Speaker 7: for a 60-point campaign. You going to go over or
45:53
Speaker 7: bet the under on that one?
45:55
Speaker 4: I'm not going to say small sample size. We're 11
45:59
Speaker 4: games in. We're in the double digits. I will bet
46:02
Speaker 4: the over. Berkley Catton's game has evolved. Let's just call
46:05
Speaker 4: it that. You know, he's bigger, he's stronger, he's faster.
46:08
Speaker 4: His 200-foot game has evolved. He's more confident with the puck.
46:12
Speaker 4: He's more confident shooting the puck. What else can I
46:14
Speaker 4: say about him? He looks great out there. I'm going
46:16
Speaker 4: to expect to see his time on ice continue to
46:19
Speaker 4: increase over the course of the season. Tonight he had
46:22
Speaker 4: 14.26 of time on ice tonight.
46:25
Speaker 7: Eight points so far in 11 games. You're taking the
46:29
Speaker 7: over or the under in Berkeley Cat and hitting 60
46:31
Speaker 7: points this season, 4-9-4-5-1. A lot of feedback in here
46:35
Speaker 7: just saying fantastic start, great win as well. Team looks solid.
46:39
Speaker 7: Team looks driven. 3-6-0 saying I don't know if the
46:41
Speaker 7: team is good here at this point, but they're certainly
46:44
Speaker 7: more resilient than they were yesterday. Last year as well,
46:47
Speaker 7: that from the 360. 425 saying solid performance, really appreciated
46:52
Speaker 7: the work along the boards on both ends. This team
46:55
Speaker 7: had a battle here and got a nice W out
46:58
Speaker 7: of the equation. I did want to check in with
47:00
Speaker 7: one reaction that I got via Twitter and X, and
47:02
Speaker 7: I threw the same question out as well. How do
47:06
Speaker 7: you best describe this kind of victory here for tonight?
47:09
Speaker 7: And I want to go back and use the word
47:11
Speaker 7: entertainment because... This has kind of been like at the
47:15
Speaker 7: forefront of, I think, how you digest this team and
47:20
Speaker 7: this game here. And there's one reaction here from the
47:23
Speaker 7: Czar151 saying, undecided as far as where this team is,
47:27
Speaker 7: but they are a very entertaining watch at this point.
47:31
Speaker 7: There's a lot to get to because, I mean, I
47:33
Speaker 7: say this tongue-in-cheek. Third period, I mean, it's edgier seats up,
47:38
Speaker 7: but also just go back and think of what Berkeley
47:41
Speaker 7: Catton's line is doing. And then maybe in this sense,
47:45
Speaker 7: if you can get a solid 200-foot game out of
47:48
Speaker 7: Matty Beneers. Once Catton graduates up to that 1C spot,
47:53
Speaker 7: that's a pretty solid spot that you're starting out with, Al.
47:55
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you're a ways away from seeing that,
47:57
Speaker 4: but like I said, I think his average time on
48:00
Speaker 4: ice is going to increase over the course of the season.
48:02
Speaker 4: We'll see where that puts him at the end of
48:04
Speaker 4: the season. I would not be surprised to see if
48:07
Speaker 4: he takes that 1C spot from Chandler Stevenson at some point.
48:10
Speaker 4: Not to take anything away from Chandler, but you just
48:13
Speaker 4: see Berkeley-Catton's game evolving constantly where you just, you know,
48:17
Speaker 4: it's hard to argue that you're not going to see
48:18
Speaker 4: that by the end of the season.
48:20
Speaker 7: From Doug Miller saying that fourth goal was money. Kind
48:22
Speaker 7: of effort that we haven't seen from this team in
48:24
Speaker 7: past seasons. The guys aren't giving up on plays. They're working.
48:28
Speaker 7: First two periods, solid hockey, the Kraken look and feel
48:31
Speaker 7: different this year, and it feels great. What a great win,
48:34
Speaker 7: that from Doug Miller on Twitter and X. Mike and
48:37
Speaker 7: Al with you. We'll take a break here live from
48:39
Speaker 7: Tom's Watch Bar. More reaction, plus head coach Lane Lambert
48:41
Speaker 7: right around the corner here on Kraken Weekly on 93.3 KJRFM.
48:47
Speaker 2: If you've got a comment about tonight's Kraken game, make
48:50
Speaker 2: sure we hear about it.
48:51
Speaker 7: Just text us at 49451.
48:54
Speaker 2: Now back to talking Kraken with Mike Benton on Sports
48:58
Speaker 2: Radio 93.3 KJR FM.
48:59
Speaker 7: Hey, a little did you know tomorrow is going to
49:03
Speaker 7: be the five-year anniversary of the first home game in
49:06
Speaker 7: Kraken history. How much time has flown by ever since then?
49:10
Speaker 7: Mike Benton, Al Kaniski with you. Kraken 5, Mammoth 3,
49:12
Speaker 7: your final score.
49:13
Speaker 4: Yeah, first game back in Kraken history, October 23rd, 2021.
49:20
Speaker 4: I was at the game, Mike. I was not working.
49:22
Speaker 4: I was in the corner on the glass watching.
49:25
Speaker 7: They're in spirit. I was at the top of section
49:27
Speaker 7: 20 and waiting. with bated breath on a power play,
49:32
Speaker 7: and then with 10 seconds left, knew I had to
49:34
Speaker 7: turn right back and go to my set. And all
49:35
Speaker 7: of a sudden, I hear ping, Vince Dunn off the bar,
49:39
Speaker 7: and then goal horn sounds, place goes crazy. So I
49:42
Speaker 7: missed it. I missed it.
49:44
Speaker 5: You were working.
49:45
Speaker 7: Yeah, I was working, though, when I saw the replay.
49:47
Speaker 7: I won't forget the crowd reaction for that.
49:50
Speaker 5: That was fun.
49:50
Speaker 7: But so many great memories here tomorrow, being the five-year
49:53
Speaker 7: anniversary of the first home game in Kraken history. We'll
49:55
Speaker 7: have more, by the way, myself, Everett, Al, on Kraken
49:59
Speaker 7: Weekly tomorrow podcast via the Kraken Audio Network and the
50:02
Speaker 7: iHeartRadio app. All right, without further ado, back downstairs we go.
50:06
Speaker 7: More reaction right now coming from Kraken Head Coach Lane Lambert.
50:11
Speaker 17: Lane, they really came hard for you guys in the
50:12
Speaker 17: third period there. What did you like about the way
50:14
Speaker 17: you kind of responded and pushed back after they tied
50:17
Speaker 17: it up and the push you guys had late to
50:20
Speaker 17: get this one?
50:21
Speaker 15: Yeah, I think I'm happy with the way we responded.
50:27
Speaker 15: You know, I thought.
50:29
Speaker 24: Obviously, they scored right away at the beginning of the
50:30
Speaker 24: period on a power play, and then I just thought we,
50:34
Speaker 24: you know, unlike the last game where I thought we
50:37
Speaker 24: came out in the third period and went after them,
50:40
Speaker 24: had opportunities to make it, you know, 4-0 against Detroit,
50:45
Speaker 24: I thought we sat back.
50:48
Speaker 15: And didn't like that very much.
50:50
Speaker 24: So, you know, obviously we had a chat timeout, and
50:54
Speaker 24: I thought we played better hockey from there.
50:57
Speaker 17: One of the things I noticed was that on the five-on-three,
50:59
Speaker 17: you had both the defensemen out there, Brandon and Vince.
51:01
Speaker 17: What did you kind of like about that deployment and
51:04
Speaker 17: having them both out there as a part of that
51:06
Speaker 17: for you guys when you had the five-on-three?
51:07
Speaker 24: Well, lefty-righty, both one-timers, both can shoot the puck.
51:14
Speaker 25: With the way that things have gone here with the
51:16
Speaker 25: multi-goal leads over the last couple of, what, 10 days
51:19
Speaker 25: or so, you've had three now in the third period
51:21
Speaker 25: that have ended up slipping away, on one hand.
51:24
Speaker 15: What can you do to avoid having that happen?
51:26
Speaker 25: But then on the other hand, what does it say
51:27
Speaker 25: about your team that you've recovered and won those three games?
51:31
Speaker 15: Well, let's start with having the lead. It's pretty good.
51:36
Speaker 24: So if you want to look at it from a
51:38
Speaker 24: positive standpoint, we're getting into a position where we're able
51:43
Speaker 24: to give up a multi-goal lead and still win. I
51:47
Speaker 24: agree with you that it's not.
51:51
Speaker 15: I just think that.
51:54
Speaker 24: And I said it earlier is that we've got to
51:57
Speaker 24: continue to play the game the same way that got
51:59
Speaker 24: us the lead. And that comes with a little bit
52:03
Speaker 24: of experience, a little bit of time. What it says
52:06
Speaker 24: about our team's resilience in these situations, it says a lot.
52:11
Speaker 24: We continue to find ways to come back from these disappointments,
52:17
Speaker 24: I guess, so to speak, in game. And then obviously
52:22
Speaker 24: As we move along here, we're sure hoping that we
52:24
Speaker 24: learn from it.
52:26
Speaker 15: You've been writing Philip Grubauer.
52:28
Speaker 25: What went into the decision to stick with him tonight,
52:30
Speaker 25: and what did you see from his game?
52:32
Speaker 15: He's playing great. I saw his game fantastic.
52:37
Speaker 24: I think that he was full marks for winning the
52:44
Speaker 24: hockey game. He gave us a chance to win all
52:46
Speaker 24: night long.
52:49
Speaker 21: How did it go with the, uh, in the third period,
52:51
Speaker 21: both teams had goals, um, that were called back due
52:54
Speaker 21: to offsides. How does that affect the momentum of both teams?
52:57
Speaker 21: Seemed in this game, both teams ended up scoring the
53:00
Speaker 21: next goal anyway, but from your perspective, how does that
53:03
Speaker 21: flow into the period?
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Speaker 24: Well, I mean, at the end of the day, these
53:07
Speaker 24: are things that, uh, you know, the rules are the
53:10
Speaker 24: rules and the right call.
53:12
Speaker 15: Has been made.
53:13
Speaker 24: Um, you know, it's unfortunate when it happens, but, uh,
53:19
Speaker 24: you can't let it necessarily affect you. I thought we
53:21
Speaker 24: did a good job of continuing to push forward.
53:25
Speaker 7: And that reaction from Kraken head coach Lane Lambert as
53:28
Speaker 7: the Kraken again knock off Utah 5-3. And really, the coaches'
53:31
Speaker 7: challenges were kind of a wash back in that third period.
53:34
Speaker 7: Mackie Samaskevich's line ultimately is a difference maker in this one.
53:39
Speaker 7: More reaction here from the 4-2-5. I thought a great point,
53:43
Speaker 7: and Lane Lambert pointed this out. Also, the Krakens seem
53:46
Speaker 7: to utilize their timeout very well. They bounce back after
53:49
Speaker 7: that timeout. Would you agree? Well, for me, yeah, the
53:52
Speaker 7: answer is yes. I mean, it seemed to kind of
53:55
Speaker 7: tie the waters a bit. It took a while, but
53:57
Speaker 7: eventually the right combination on the ice at the right time.
54:01
Speaker 7: You found that shot on goal, and finally... some confidence
54:04
Speaker 7: to put the puck into the back of the net
54:06
Speaker 7: with a half-open net for Mackie Samuskevich. Something, Al, you
54:09
Speaker 7: and I got to, and I think necessary to dive into.
54:15
Speaker 7: Lane Lambert mentioned, yeah, if you blow a lead, you know,
54:18
Speaker 7: it's not an ideal thing. But let's talk about what
54:20
Speaker 7: he said, getting a lead. This is something the Kraken
54:24
Speaker 7: have been doing much better of. Those kinds of starts
54:27
Speaker 7: to eventually build something up.
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Speaker 4: Well, it's a would you would you rather question, Mike?
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Speaker 4: Would you rather go down three nothing and come back
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Speaker 4: and win four three? Or would you rather go up
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Speaker 4: three nothing and and lose the lead and then win
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Speaker 4: four to three? And I think that Lane Lambert's right.
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Speaker 4: You know, this team has has come out of the
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Speaker 4: gates firing. scored first four of the last five games,
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Speaker 4: built leads up. They've just got to figure out that
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Speaker 4: last little piece, which is how to keep the foot
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Speaker 4: on the gas, how to not sit on their heels,
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Speaker 4: how to not allow teams back into the games. And
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Speaker 4: then they're going to start winning these games 3-0, 3-1, 4-2, whatever,
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Speaker 4: rather than letting them back into the games. I would
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Speaker 4: rather build from that than having to build from, going
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Speaker 4: down 3-0 in the first period.
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Speaker 7: I've got to go back and look this up, but
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Speaker 7: it goes back to what we've heard over and over
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Speaker 7: and over, and it's a different day and age in game, folks,
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Speaker 7: now in the NHL. You give up the first goal
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Speaker 7: of the game. You're not just behind the proverbial eight ball,
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Speaker 7: but you're chasing nearly all night long, and I've got
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Speaker 7: to go back and look this up, but I heard
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Speaker 7: last time in the NHL the team that gives up
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Speaker 7: the first goal loses 66% of the time. That is substantial.
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Speaker 7: to borderline massive. So, I mean, for what you're doing,
55:40
Speaker 7: it's a lot of right to get ahead and get
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Speaker 7: ahead early. Now, of course, there's a lot to work
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Speaker 7: on here, I think. We're trying to protect but also
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Speaker 7: play with confidence. But you're setting a foundation that you
55:52
Speaker 7: have to set over and over and over. I mean,
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Speaker 7: and I'll tell you this, second period, I thought they
55:57
Speaker 7: looked even better than the game two nights ago.
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Speaker 4: Well, I think if you asked one Sanford Koniski, he'd
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Speaker 4: tell you that the opening faceoff matters as well that
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Speaker 4: in his mind 90% of the teams that win the
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Speaker 4: opening faceoff win the hockey game with the idea being
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Speaker 4: hey you're ready to go you get the puck right
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Speaker 4: away you get the momentum right away it's a little
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Speaker 4: different because that's a 50-50 situation lots of times but
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Speaker 4: you know it's all about that momentum and when you
56:22
Speaker 4: can get that first goal of the game you carry
56:25
Speaker 4: that momentum when you get that first goal of the
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Speaker 4: game and you got your crowd behind you which again
56:28
Speaker 4: I talked about as a key tonight getting the climate
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Speaker 4: pledge arena crowd in early that was uh that was
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Speaker 4: helpful to get that first goal of the game and
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Speaker 4: get some momentum going.
56:37
Speaker 7: I mentioned this back in pregame this is such an
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Speaker 7: important potential 10 game starts the kraken are getting into
56:42
Speaker 7: right now and you got three teams you're facing in
56:45
Speaker 7: a row utah minnesota toronto minnesota's up next the biggest
56:51
Speaker 7: challenge handling quinn hughes plus that top line potentially of
56:55
Speaker 7: karil kaprizov joel erickson eck And Matt Boldy, oh boy,
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Speaker 7: Kaprizov last year, 45 goals. Boldy, 42 goals.
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Speaker 5: And they just lost to Calgary tonight, too.
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Speaker 15: Of course.
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Speaker 5: So you know they're coming into Seattle a little annoyed.
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Speaker 7: And with that, the Kraken trying to also reverse what
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Speaker 7: was last year a three-game series where Minnesota ran the table.
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Speaker 7: They outscored the Kraken 12-5. It will be the first
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Speaker 7: of three meetings coming up. And the only trip for Minnesota,
57:21
Speaker 7: by the way, here for this entire season, the Kraken
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Speaker 7: will be in Minnesota January 28th. And then, again, at
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Speaker 7: Minnesota on March 22nd. Again, that's our next broadcast. 7
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Speaker 7: o'clock faceoff for the Kraken and the Wild. Everett now
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Speaker 7: in the booth. Your airtime, 630, for your pregame show.
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Speaker 7: Served up by Frostbrood Coors Light. Choose chill. We're back
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Speaker 7: here once again after the game at Tom's Watch Bar.
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Speaker 7: Hope you can join us again on the Global Credit
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Speaker 7: Union Kraken Audio Network. And right here for radio flagship
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Speaker 7: coverage on 93.3 KJR-FM. That will do it for here
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Speaker 7: for now. Also, our thanks to Travis Moger, once again,
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Speaker 7: our technical director, Terry Ryan, our on-site engineer, the entire
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Speaker 7: staff at Tom's Wash Bar, and certainly you for your reaction, folks.
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Speaker 7: For Al Kaniski, this is Mike Benton saying goodnight from
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Speaker 7: Climate Pledge Arena and Tom's Wash Bar, and thank you
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Speaker 7: for joining us. Your final score, once again, the Seattle
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Speaker 7: Kraken 5, the Utah Mammoth 3. This is Talking Kraken
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