Alex Wennberg had the game-winning goal against his former team and Jared McCann became the first player to reach 30 goals in a season for the Seattle Kraken in a 4-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night. FOX13
The victory marked a third straight win for the Kraken after a rocky stretch coming out of the All-Star break.Wennberg tucked a shot between the legs of Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins for a power play goal with 12:48 left to play to put the Kraken up for good. McCann won a face-off to start the man advantage with the puck cycling around to Wennberg right in front of the net for the go-ahead tally.
Consecutive penalties for the Kraken led to the opening goal for the Blue Jackets. Right after killing off a Justin Schultz hooking penalty, the Kraken were caught with too many men on the ice for another trip to the penalty box. Bjorkstrand was ruled out due to a lower body injury that happened during the third period of play. Hakstol didn't have an update on Bjorkstrand's status after the contest. With the trade deadline coming earlier in the day, the Kraken won't have the ability to seek outside help should Bjorkstrand be out any sizable amount of time.
Adam Boqvist evened the game up for Columbus after Seattle lost a defensive zone face-off. An Erik Gudbranson slap shot deflected off Morgan Geekie directly to Boqvist, who quickly fired and beat Grubauer's glove.
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