Seattle 4, Minnesota 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 18, 2024
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees:
Michael Markovic, Jordan Samuels-Thomas
Linesmen:
Ryan Gibbons, Trent Knorr
Attendance:
19138
By Field Level Media
Tye Kartye scored the go-ahead goal with 2:40 remaining and the Seattle Kraken held on for a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday in the season finale for both teams in Saint Paul, Minn.
Yanni Gourde scored two goals for Seattle (34-35-13, 81 points), which snapped a four-game losing streak. Matty Beniers added a goal, while Oliver Bjorkstrand and Brandon Tanev each had two assists.
Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord stopped 21 of 24 shots to finish 19-18-11.
Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello and Brock Faber scored one goal apiece for Minnesota (39-33-10, 87 points). Matt Boldy logged two assists.
Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury turned aside 23 of 26 shots.
Kartye tipped in a shot by Bjorkstand to put Seattle on top in the final three minutes. It was the 11th goal of his rookie season.
Gourde added an empty-netter to make it 4-2 with 1:46 remaining, his second goal of the game and 11th of the season.
Faber finished the scoring on the power play with 1:05 to go.
Minnesota opened the scoring on a power play 4:04 into the first period. Kaprizov fired a rising wrist shot from the left circle for his 46th goal of the season and his fourth in the past three games. The fourth-year veteran finished one goal shy of his career-high total, which he set during the 2021-22 campaign.
Seattle responded with a power-play goal with nine minutes remaining in the second period. Defenseman Justin Schultz threw a long shot at the net, and Beniers deflected the puck into the net for his 15th goal of the season.
Seattle took a 2-1 lead on a short-handed goal 6:38 into the third period. Gourde got the puck on a breakaway and beat Fleury.
The Wild pulled even at 2-2 with 8:47 remaining when Zuccarello scored on a breakaway for his 12th goal.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Seattle |
|
Minnesota |
|
Yanni Gourde 2 |
Points |
Matt Boldy 2 |
|
Yanni Gourde 2 |
Goals |
Brock Faber 1 |
|
Oliver Bjorkstrand 2 |
Assists |
Matt Boldy 2 |
|
Matty Beniers 1 |
Power Play Goals |
Brock Faber 1 |
|
Yanni Gourde 2 |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Joey Daccord .875 |
Save Percentage |
Marc-Andre Fleury .885 |
|
Joey Daccord 21 |
Saves |
Marc-Andre Fleury 23 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Seattle
|
27 |
4 |
1-3 |
2-4 |
8 |
30 |
| Minnesota
|
24 |
3 |
2-4 |
2-3 |
6 |
21 |
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