Seattle Kraken fall to Flames in overtime after furious finish

Kate Shefte, The Seattle Times on Mar 26, 2025

Published in Hockey

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With 90 seconds left in regulation, Kraken captain Jordan Eberle forced overtime Tuesday night in Calgary. The Flames’ Nazem Kadri then scored another gut-punch goal to win it for the hosts, 4-3.

Both teams scored once on the power play. The Kraken man advantage that closed the first period was so weak that Seattle barely set up, much less recorded a shot. Much of the action was around Joey Daccord (33 saves) in the Kraken net and Calgary’s Jonathan Huberdeau struck the goalpost short-handed.

The Seattle power play rallied in the second period and procured the tying goal. Vince Dunn’s point shot was blocked. Andre Burakovsky grabbed the puck and sent it to Jared McCann, who fed Jaden Schwartz at the goal mouth. Schwartz’s 21st goal of the season made it 1-1.

“The power play did a good job of stepping up and getting us a goal to get us back to even,” coach Dan Bylsma said. “We knew it was going to be a competitive, desperate team over there, and that’s exactly what they were.”

Calgary is four points behind St. Louis in the hunt for the second wild-card spot in the West. The Blues are on a well-timed heater and have won seven games in a row. The Flames have three games in hand.

“Obviously we want a couple plays back. But it’s playoff hockey, almost, right there,” Eberle said. “They’re fighting for their lives. I like the way we played.”

Seattle’s Jani Nyman and Brandon Montour each noisily hit the post on the same shift late in the second period. Tye Kartye was up next and sank a goal-scorer’s goal, his fifth of the season and one of only two since Dec. 6, with 1:20 left in the second. The Flames coughed up the puck at the Kraken blue line and Dunn chucked it the other direction. Kartye took it over the opposite blue line and sent a snap shot into the top corner of the net to give Seattle its first lead of the game.

“(His shot) is one of his assets that he brings to the table,” Bylsma, who coached Kartye in both the American Hockey League and the NHL, said.

“And maybe he’s gotten away from it a little bit in his play. But more and more you’re seeing it in practice. You’re seeing it now in the game. He’s got an electric shot.”

Kartye has often been a healthy scratch during the second half of his sophomore season, to the point where he was sent down to the AHL on a conditioning loan on Feb. 28.

Another member of the Kraken fourth line, Mikey Eyssimont, was sniffing around the Flames’ net all night. He was dragged down on a potential breakaway during the third period. The Kraken got another power play but didn’t score.

A larger cushion would have helped when Montour high-sticked Calgary’s Matt Coronato and got slapped with a double-minor. The Kraken almost made it to the end but with less than a minute to go in the four-minute man advantage, Calgary’s Kadri tied the game at 2.

Rasmus Andersson put the Flames ahead with 4:11 to play, then Eberle slid the puck between Calgary goaltender Dustin Wolf’s (26 saves) legs for his ninth goal of an injury-wrecked season. He missed almost half of it with a pelvis injury that required surgery.

In three-on-three overtime, the Kraken pinched too far in to try and end it. When that didn’t work, Kadri took off on a breakaway. He juggled hypnotically between his forehand and backhand as he reached Daccord and got the goalie to commit.

The “E”s that designate eliminated teams are creeping up the Western Conference standings from the bottom. The Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets have clinched playoff spots, while the San Jose Sharks (19-42-9) and Chicago Blackhawks (21-41-9) have such poor records that both have already been formally eliminated.

Ahead of Chicago by more than 10 points are the Nashville Predators and the Kraken. Their days are numbered, but they can still stir the pot. Seattle has several games left against potentially desperate teams, including the Vancouver Canucks and the Blues.

“The guys are clearly wanting to make a statement with our game here in the last, now, 10 games left in the season,” Bylsma said.

The Kraken season ends April 15. The countdown begins Thursday when the Edmonton Oilers visit Climate Pledge Arena.

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