Daccord backstops Kraken to 2-1 win, ending 12-game point streak for Hurricanes
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SEATTLE (AP) — Ben Meyers scored his career-high sixth goal and the Seattle Kraken ended Carolina's point streak at 12 games by beating the Hurricanes 2-1 on Monday night.
Kaapo Kakko also scored for the Kraken, and Joey Daccord was superb in net with 35 saves. Seattle defenseman Adam Larsson had two assists.
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Carolina had won five straight games and seven of eight. It was the first defeat for the Metropolitan Division leaders since a 4-3 overtime loss at Washington on Jan. 31, and their first in regulation since getting blanked 3-0 in St. Louis on Jan. 13.
Seattle avenged a 3-2 loss to Carolina in January and moved into third place in the Pacific Division, one game ahead of Edmonton with a game in hand on the Oilers.
Meyers, who signed a two-year contract extension with the Kraken last week, snuck a backhand shot around goalie Frederik Andersen to give Seattle a 2-0 lead midway through the second period.
Nikolaj Ehlers scored for Carolina to make it 2-1, ripping a wrist shot past Daccord with 1:30 remaining in the second.
That was all the offense the Hurricanes could muster, even with a furious push following a holding penalty against Seattle’s Eeli Tolvanen with 1:29 left. Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour pulled goalie Frederik Andersen to set up a 6-on-4 advantage, but Daccord and the Kraken held firm.
Kakko scored early in the second when he put a wrist shot underneath Andersen’s right shoulder.
Andersen finished with 13 saves.
Up next
Hurricanes: Visit the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday.
Kraken: Host the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday.
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