Kraken Suffer First Loss of Season
The Seattle Kraken lost their first game of the season in an overtime heartbreaker against the Montreal Canadiens.
Cole Caufield scored his second goal of the game at 3:25 of overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 5-4 win over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.
- Cole Caufield scored two goals, including the overtime winner.
- Canadiens rookie Ivan Demidov tied the game with less than three minutes left in the third period.
- Alex Newhook and Kirby Dach also scored for Montreal.
- Samuel Montembeault made 18 saves for the Canadiens.
- Jaden Schwartz, Jani Nyman, Jamie Oleksiak, and Jared McCann scored for the Kraken.
Cole Caufield scored in a fourth straight Canadiens home opener.
Alex Newhook scored his first goal of the season in his 300th career NHL game, assisted by defenseman Alexandre Carrier, who played in his 300th game.
Author's summary: Kraken lost first game of season to Canadiens.