Seattle Kraken can’t kick recent bad habits in home loss to Anaheim Ducks | Sports

SEATTLE — Philipp Grubauer made 27 stops and turned away a penalty shot but the Seattle Kraken couldn’t kick their bad tendencies in a 4-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.

The Kraken’s two heathy goalies have traded places every game for the past month, unless a back-to-back briefly altered the pattern. It wasn’t a back-to-back and it should have been Joey Daccord’s turn, after Philipp Grubauer’s 24-save effort against the New York Islanders on Wednesday.

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