A look at the game “by the numbers.”
- Brandon Montour had himself a night. He scored the first natural hat trick of his career. The last natural hat trick scored by a defenseman was Nikita Zadorov on April 12, 2023.
- Montour also set a franchise record for points by a defenseman (3-1-4). The previous record was held by Vince Dunn (1-2—3 on Dec. 23, 2023). Montour also tied for the most points in a game by any blueliner this season (Neal Pionk, 1-3—4 on Oct. 18).
- Joey Daccord had 72 pucks sent in his direction and he stopped all but two. Per Evolving-Hockey.com, he prevented 2.7 more goals than he should have based on the quality that he faced. His performance was good enough to earn him his fourth quality start of the season.
- Oleksiak (1g), Ryker Evans (1g) and Montour (3g) goals set a new record for most defensemen to score in a single game in franchise history and also vaulted Seattle to the top of the list in terms of the number of goals from defenders this season (10).
- Jared McCann recorded two assists to extend his point streak to seven games, tied for the longest of his career. Only Vince Dunn (12 GP in 2022-23 & 9 GP in 2022-23) and Jaden Schwartz (9 GP in 2023-24) have had lengthier stretches with the franchise.
- Winning puck battles was a focus going into tonight’s game and the Kraken created 13 scoring chances off of turnovers while allowing 11.
- The Kraken scored four goals in the opening 10:33 to set a franchise record for the fastest four goals to start a game, which bested the previous record of 12:08 on Jan. 14, 2023. The four goals were also the fastest from the start of a game this season, which dethroned the Rangers (11:05 on Oct. 22).
- Seattle has now scored four goals in the first period of a game for the fourth time in franchise history following Jan. 14, 2023 (6), Nov. 8, 2022 (4) and Nov. 22, 2023 (4).
