Alex Wennberg had a goal and an assist and Philipp Grubauer had 34 saves as the Seattle Kraken earned a 3-1 victory over the defending champion Colorado Avalanche in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. FOX13
earned a 3-1 victory over the defending champion Colorado Avalanche in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
"There's nothing better than playing against your old team in the playoffs," said Grubauer, who spent three seasons with the Avalanche. Georgiev then came up with a pair of big saves for Colorado. A semi-breakaway chance from Jordan Eberle was gloved down and a two-on-1 chance from Brandon Tanev and Daniel Sprong was also stopped by Georgiev to keep Seattle's advantage at just one.
Alex Wennberg gave Seattle the lead just 1:20 into the second period. Wennberg ripped a cross-ice pass from Jaden Schwartz over the glove side shoulder of Georgiev for a 2-1 Seattle lead. "They're a talented group and their skill can take over and we just got to clog the middle of the ice and make sure they take their chances from the outside and do our best to manage the play, but I think overall we did a pretty good job tonight," Gourde said.
Hakstol moved Geekie into the right wing spot on the line with Wennberg and Schwartz in recent weeks as the team searched for a fit with André Burakovsky's continued absence. That move has helped settle the Kraken's lines with a reliable piece in Geekie and they came through with two of the team's three goals on Tuesday night.
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