Dylan Holloway scores hat trick as Seattle Kraken lose 5-1 to Blues

By The Associated Press
Published  February 26, 2026 8:38pm PST
Associated Press

ST. LOUIS, MO - FEBRUARY 26: Dylan Holloway #81 of the St. Louis Blues is congratulated after scoring his third goal of the game against the Seattle Kraken on February 26, 2026 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Scott Rovak/NH … (Scott Rovak / NHLI / Getty Images)

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The Brief

    • Dylan Holloway scored his second career NHL hat trick as the Kraken lost 5-1 to the St. Louis Blue on Thursday night.
    • Kaapo Kakko scored the only goal of the game for Seattle, though Ryke Evans had a goal disallowed due to a challenged offsides call.
    • The Kraken have lost 5-1 to the Blues, and 4-1 to the Stars in back-to-back losses in their return to action following the NHL's Winter Olympics break.

ST. LOUIS - Dylan Holloway had a hat trick and added an assist in his return from a sprained ankle, Joel Hofer made 23 saves and the St. Louis Blues came off the Olympic break to beat the Seattle Kraken 5-1 on Thursday night.

Jordan Kyrou and Holloway — activated from injured reserve before the game — scored in a 23-second span early in the second period to give St. Louis a 3-1 lead.

Pius Suter added a goal and two assists to help the Blues end a three-game losing streak.

Holloway completed St. Louis’ first hat trick of the season with 3:01 left, scoring into an empty net for his 11th of the season.

Kaapo Kakko tied it at 1 for Seattle in the first period, and Philipp Grubauer stopped 26 shots. The Kraken were coming off a 4-1 loss in Dallas on Wednesday night.

Kyrou made it 2-1 at 1:12 of the second off a feed from Pavel Buchnevich on a break. Holloway poked the puck past Grubauer off a scramble at 1:35. Suter scored at 1:56 of the third.

St. Louis' Cam Fowler appeared in his 1,100th game, becoming the 10th active defenseman in the NHL to reach the mark.

Up next

Kraken: Host Vancouver on Saturday night.

Blues: Host New Jersey on Saturday.

The Source: Information in this story came from The Associated Press.

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