dodged between two defenders<\/a> and tucked the puck past Seattle goalie Joey Daccord to give the Predators a 3-2 lead and two critical points in their chase for a wild-card playoff spot. Right now the team is on the outside of the playoff picture.<\/p>\nTyson Jost and Reid Schaefer also scored second-period goals to erase Seattle’s 2-0 first-period lead and Steve Stamkos added an empty-netter for his 31st goal of the season.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Marchessault had a pair of assists for Nashville, which had lost four of its previous five, and Juuse Saros made 43 saves. <\/p>\n
Kaapo Kakko scored just 2:14 into the game and Matty Beniers scored at 9:46 of the first period to give the Kraken a 2-0 lead. Beniers scored from a tough angle, firing from the bottom of the right circle and over the shoulder of Saros just inside the far post.<\/p>\n
Daccord finished with 23 saves.<\/p>\n
Seattle’s Shane Wright scored a goal in the second but it was waved off because of goalie interference when Ryker Evans slid into Saros and took out his feet.<\/p>\n
The Kraken were without left wing Jaden Schwartz, who was hit in the face by a skate during Seattle\u2019s 7-4 loss to Ottawa on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Kraken, clinging to a wild-card slot, have now lost five of their last seven games.<\/p>\n
Predators: Visit Vancouver on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Kraken: Host Colorado on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
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