On a Sunday night in Seattle, the Montreal Canadiens took apart the Kraken 5-1, a result that reads like one more chapter in a stretch of bad fortune for a team searching for its footing. Montreal's early goals set the tone, and though Seattle controlled the volume of shots, the Canadiens turned their few chances into a lasting lead. For the Kraken, it was their eighth straight defeat, and the familiar weight of scoring too little came back to meet them. For Montreal, the win ended a losing streak of its own and offered a brief return to something like confidence.
Newhook scores twice as Canadiens rout fading Kraken 5-1, Seattle's eighth straight loss
Montreal's first two shots both went in
Mark
Seattle outshot Montreal 37-17 and still lost by four. How does that happen?
Mimi
Montreal's first two shots both went in, and a few minutes later Suzuki finished a two-on-one. Newhook scored again 27 seconds after that. Four goals before the first intermission.
Luke
Worth saying what the shot count doesn't tell us. It doesn't say how good those 37 shots were. The report gives us volume, not quality.
Mark
Grubauer allowed four goals on six shots. Is that all on him?
Mimi
The numbers are stark, and he was pulled after the fourth. Daccord then stopped 10 shots and allowed one, but that came after the game was largely decided.
Luke
Right, and the report doesn't assign blame. It tells us what happened, not why. I'd be careful about calling it one goalie's failure.
Mark
What about the disallowed goal?
Mimi
Five minutes into the second, on a power play, a challenge showed Seattle offside. At 4-1 it would have mattered in the scoreboard sense, though it didn't change the outcome.
Luke
That's speculation about momentum. What's confirmed is the goal was called off and Montreal scored short-handed later in the period.
Mark
And the streak?
Mimi
Eight straight losses, tying their longest of the season, with six of them being shutouts or one-goal games.
Luke
Evans's injury is the open question. Lower-body, left in the first, no update given.
Il Polso
- Montreal scored twice within the first four minutes, and the Kraken never found a way to answer the early pressure.
- Seattle outshot Montreal 37-17 yet left Seattle Center with its eighth straight loss, a painful mismatch between effort and result.
- Seattle's goaltending changed hands after four goals in the first period, and a late injury to defenceman Ryker Evans added to the disruption.
- A Seattle power-play goal was wiped out by an offside challenge, and Montreal answered with a short-handed strike that deepened the Kraken's struggle.
- Both clubs now turn toward Tuesday, with Montreal heading to Colorado and Seattle hoping to stop the slide at home against Anaheim.
On a Sunday night in Seattle, the Montreal Canadiens took apart the Kraken 5-1, a result that reads like one more chapter in a stretch of bad fortune for a team searching for its footing. Montreal's early goals set the tone, and though Seattle controlled the volume of shots, the Canadiens turned their few chances into a lasting lead. For the Kraken, it was their eighth straight defeat, and the familiar weight of scoring too little came back to meet them. For Montreal, the win ended a losing streak of its own and offered a brief return to something like confidence.
Montreal's first shot went in, and so did its second. Before the Canadiens had spent four minutes on the clock in Seattle, Kaiden Guhle's long shot had found its way through traffic, and the game began tilting toward Montreal in a way the Kraken would never fully escape.
The final was 5-1, Seattle's eighth consecutive loss. Alex Newhook scored twice, and Guhle recorded a goal and two assists for a career-high three points. Nick Suzuki and Mike Matheson also scored, while Cayden Primeau turned aside 36 shots as the Canadiens snapped their own four-game skid.
The numbers told a strange story. Seattle outshot Montreal 37-17, yet Montreal matched its season high for goals. Suzuki and Newhook then doubled the lead in the first period, and Philipp Grubauer's night ended after four goals on six shots. Joey Daccord came in and made 10 saves.
Jordan Eberle gave Seattle its lone goal early in the second, his 16th of the season. A power-play tally later in the period was waved off after an offside challenge, and Matheson's short-handed goal put the game beyond reach. Seattle also lost defenceman Ryker Evans to a lower-body injury.
Now both teams turn to Tuesday. Montreal visits Colorado, while the Kraken host Anaheim, looking to end the slide on home ice.
Montreal's first shot of the night went in. So did its second. By the time the Canadiens had four minutes on the clock in Seattle on Sunday night, Kaiden Guhle's long shot had made it through traffic in front of the net, and the game was already tilting in a direction the Kraken never recovered from.
The final was 5-1 for Montreal, Seattle's eighth straight loss. Alex Newhook scored twice. Guhle finished with a goal and two assists, a career-high three points. Nick Suzuki and Mike Matheson also scored, and goaltender Cayden Primeau stopped 36 shots as the Canadiens ended a four-game losing streak of their own.
The shot count tells an odd story. Seattle outshot Montreal 37-17, and still the Canadiens matched their season high for goals. The second goal came a little more than two minutes after the first, when another Guhle shot was deflected in by Newhook. Two shots, two goals.
The first period had one more burst in it. With 2:27 left, Suzuki led a two-on-one break and lifted the puck over the right shoulder of Seattle goaltender Philipp Grubauer. Newhook added his second 27 seconds later to make it 4-0, and that ended Grubauer's night. He had allowed four goals on six shots. Joey Daccord replaced him and made 10 saves.
Seattle got on the board in the first minute of the second period, when Jordan Eberle scored his 16th goal of the season from the right circle. About five minutes later the Kraken thought they had a second, on a power play, but a challenge showed they were offside and the goal was wiped out. Montreal then made it 5-1 with roughly seven minutes left in the period on a short-handed goal by Matheson.
The loss tied Seattle's longest skid of the season. In six of the eight games, the Kraken were either shut out or held to a single goal, which makes Eberle's lone score here a familiar kind of output. Seattle also lost defenceman Ryker Evans in the first period to a lower-body injury; he did not return.
Both teams play again Tuesday. Montreal visits the Colorado Avalanche, while the Kraken host the Anaheim Ducks, looking to end the slide at home.
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