Kraken rally past Rangers to extend hot streak

Berkly Catton scored the tiebreaking goal during a scramble in the crease with 7:58 remaining in the third period Monday night as the visiting Seattle Kraken rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers. The Kraken trailed 2-0 after the first period before pulling off their third comeback from a multi-goal deficit this season and improving to 9-1-2 in their past 12 games. Eeli Tolvanen and Jordan Eberle scored in the opening 4:27 of the second period before Catton snapped the tie. Jared McCann added an empty-net goal for Seattle, which finished with 29 shots on goal. Phillip Grubauer made 20 saves as he recovered from allowing goals to Mika Zibanejad and Sam Carrick in the opening 5:31. The Rangers did little offensively after taking the early lead and fell to 5-12-4 at home. New York lost its fourth straight and dropped to 2-6-2 in its past 10. Zibanejad opened the scoring 3:08 into the contest when he beat Seattle defenseman Vince Dunn to a loose puck at the red line. After his shot went wide after getting the puck, he flipped it over the crossbar and his shot banked off Grubauer's right pad. Carrick made it 2-0 when he intercepted the puck from Jared McCann near the neutral zone, skated in and lifted a shot from the left circle over Grubauer's glove. Tolvanen slipped past New York defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov in front of the net, waited for a backhanded cross-ice pass from Freddy Gaudreau and lifted the puck over Jonathan Quick one minute into the second. Eberle moved into the slot and scored the tying goal at the 4:27 mark of the second after getting a pass from behind the net by ex-Ranger Kaapo Kakko. The Kraken snapped the tie by charging to the net as Cotton took a cross-ice pass from Lindgren and had his shot from the right side of the crease stopped by goalie Jonathan Quick. Quick could not control the rebound and Catton tapped it across the goal line as Shane Wright also swooped in. Quick finished with 25 saves on 28 shots and dropped to 0-8-2 in his past 10 games. –Field Level Media

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