{"id":392792,"date":"2026-01-07T00:19:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/392792\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T00:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:19:36","slug":"grubauer-stops-41-kraken-pull-away-from-flames-to-extend-point-streak-to-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/392792\/","title":{"rendered":"Grubauer stops 41, Kraken pull away from Flames to extend point streak to 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Klapka<\/a> scored for the Flames (18-20-4), who have lost two in a row after winning their previous three. Dustin Wolf<\/a> made 23 saves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought for two periods we did some good things, and I thought after they scored their second goal in the third, we lost a lot of momentum at that point,\u201d Calgary coach Ryan Huska said.<\/p>\n

Klapka gave the Flames a 1-0 lead off the rush at 6:33 of the first period after Ryan Lomberg<\/a>\u2019s shot from the left circle hit Grubauer\u2019s left pad and floated to Klapka, who was skating in from the slot. Klapka batted the puck out of the air and under Grubauer\u2019s glove.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the first two [periods], we had some looks and created a lot of chances,\u201d Calgary forward Mikael Backlund<\/a> said. \u201cAt times we were too stubborn, turned pucks over at the blue line, giving them some odd-man chances and some energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacob Melanson<\/a> tied it 1-1 at 2:17 of the second period with his first NHL goal. Ryan Winterton<\/a> got his own rebound at the bottom of the right circle and sent a cross-crease pass backdoor to Melanson, who one-timed it into an open net behind Wolf.<\/p>\n

“Getting that first goal is unreal, and it’s cool that it came from \u2018Wints,\u2019 so it means a lot,\u201d Melanson said of his fellow 2021 NHL Draft selection and former teammate with the Coachella Valley Firebirds of the American Hockey League. \u201cWe’re on the hunt, on the forecheck, and we reloaded well, and good things are going to come from us doing the right thing. So, I mean, we had a good reload, and \u2018Winnie’ found me backdoor, which was nice to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seattle then scored four straight goals in the third period.<\/p>\n

Wright gave the Kraken a 2-1 lead at 1:57 off a 2-on-1 rush, hustling to the top of the crease and redirecting Ben Meyers<\/a>\u2019 saucer pass under Wolf\u2019s right arm.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Meyers] had some open ice there, and I saw the \u2018D\u2019 step up a little bit, so I thought I could find some room behind him,\u201d Wright said. \u201cAnd, I mean, he made an unbelievable pass.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Klapka scored for the Flames (18-20-4), who have lost two in a row after winning their previous…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-392792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}