The atmosphere in Seattle reinforced the Kraken Massacre

Seattle | It’s hard to find a more exciting atmosphere than Seattle in the playoffs these days. Un autre chapitre de l’aventure improbable du Kraken a été écrit dimanche soir et apres avoir écrasé les Stars by the brand of 7-2, l’équipe de deuxième année n’est plus qu’à deux victories d’une presente en finale from the West. Who would have believed that?

It’s not over until it’s over, as the legendary Yogi Berra would say, but even so, the Kraken lead 2-1 in the series and this team’s history of being rejected by 30 formations (excluding the Golden Knights) becomes simply irresistible.

At the site, the energy hits the nirvana tube notes every time lithium, with a loud bang the phrase “Yeah! Yeah!” echoing past the targets. At the world’s cradle of the musical movement grungythat is absolutely correct.

“It doesn’t happen a lot (seven goals) and it creates a lot of energy in the building! Even then, we had a lot of turnovers after a rather tight first period, but we managed to tighten the game and create scoring chances, which was very positive. It was very important.” For us tonight is the answer.” Driver Dave Huxtol now commented on the page and we move into game four.

depth at all levels

“Welcome to the depths” was the message embossed on the blue towels handed out to the spectators, who had several opportunities to wave them vigorously.

The Deep may be the Kraken’s fearsome lair, but it clearly no longer referenced the abysmal status of this underworld team last year, in its inaugural NHL season. A season that ended with a rickety harvest of 60 points. Team Kraken showed that their impressive jump of 19 more wins and 40 more points in the standings was nothing short of suspicious.

So that depth is a bit like that of the lavish climate pledge yard, which was built at a cost of $1.15 billion after digging more than 75 feet underground. But above all, it is this depth that characterizes Align’s uniqueness.

During the season, no fewer than 13 players scored at least 10 goals and six players broke the 20-goal mark. This collaborative effort continues in this series. In the 10 matches played so far, the Kraken have scored 16 different goals, which is a tournament record.

That’s exactly what happened against the superstars in this third game that heated up the new arena, with Jordan Eberle, Alex Weinberg, Carson Suci, Matti Benyers, Eli Tuvanen, Jani Jord (in a shorthanded position) and Justin Schultz hitting the target.

Seven goals, seven different goals, including four in just over six minutes and on just five shots, resulted in a atomic five goals for the Kraken in the second half.

All without the presence of Andrei Borakowski, who was the team’s top scorer when he was injured in the 49th game, nor Jared McCann, who led his team with 40 goals this season. The latter also trained with the team in the morning and is close to returning.

“Anyone can score and you never know from night to night who will explode and produce offensively. We have four lines that are capable of producing and defenders who can also create offense. It’s our mentality,” noted Yanni Jord, the only Quebec in the group, in the morning. who didn’t think well.

Unique recipe

Contrary to what one might think, the Kraken only scored one Power Play goal during this game that featured an offensive blast. It’s also a recurring theme this season, as the team scored an equal league-strength 209 goals in the regular season.

If many teams show a more exciting style, Kraken appeals to Seattle in different ways.

It’s Gourde who gets under the Stars’ skin for getting his nose dirty all over the boards and in front of the goalie.

It was Carson Suci, who in addition to being the team’s 16th solo scorer in the current series, hit Mason Marchment like a clichéd rag doll in the second minute of the game to start hostilities.

It’s a group of players dedicated to this cause who have stopped 21 shots. So there are goals, but there is also everything else, which the boisterous crowd of sea monsters in the depths begins to appreciate oddly.

“Our supporters are amazing. We wanted to bring the power up early in the game. We quickly realized we had energy, so we took it Paid And we ran away with her in the second period. All of this is what brings us to this point. We’ve seen sequences throughout the year where everyone had to contribute. We know we have it GameSusi said.

Huge loss for the stars

It must be said that the Stars were clearly not quite the same when their star defender Miro Heiskanen had to leave the game after the Kraken’s first goal. A shot from Tye Kartye hit him directly in the face before Eberle collected a puck to take down Jake Oettinger.

After that, the defensive brigade seemed more lost than the deer family on the highway.

“Mero would have liked to return, but the result played a role in the decision not to return him to the ice,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer suggested, without providing further details after the fact.

Overall, in the circumstances, the fact that Heiskanen wanted to return to the game should be seen as a potential near disaster for the Stars.

The fourth duel of the series will take place on Tuesday night, still in Seattle.