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Seattle Kraken can't overcome sluggish start, lose 4-2 to Ducks

By The Associated Press
Published  January 23, 2026 11:20pm PST
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JANUARY 23: Ryan Poehling #25 of the Anaheim Ducks scores a shorthanded goal against Philipp Grubauer #31 of the Seattle Kraken during the first period at Climate Pledge Arena on January 23, 2026 in Seattle, Washington.  (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)

The Brief

    • Cutter Gauthier scored just 62 seconds into the game, and Ryan Poehling scored a short-handed goal – the fourth allowed by Seattle in the last five games – in a 4-2 Kraken loss to the Ducks.
    • Jared McCann scored 1:55 into the second period, and Jaden Schwartz scored 1:54 into the third period to pull Seattle within a goal twice. The Kraken were out-shot 24-11 over the first two periods.
    • Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves on 30 shots in goal for Seattle.

SEATTLE - Cutter Gauthier had a goal and an assist, Lukas Dostal made 21 saves and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory following a nine-game losing streak.

Ryan Poehling scored short-handed, Chris Kreider added a power-play goal and Pavel Mintyukov banked in a long empty-netter. The Ducks have three games left on a five-game trip they opened with a 2-1 shootout victory at NHL-leading Colorado on Wednesday night.

Jared McCann and Jaden Schwartz scored for Seattle in the third game of a six-game homestand. Philipp Grubauer stopped 27 shots, highlighted by a successful poke-check on Jansen Harkins’ penalty shot midway through the second.

Gauthier and Poehling gave Anaheim a 2-0 lead in the first period, with the Ducks outshooting the Kraken 13-2 in the opening 20 minutes.

Gauthier scored at 1:02. He broke down the right side, cut inside and beat Grubauer with a wrist shot.

Poehling connected with the Ducks a man down with 4:36 left. He raced down the left side and avoided Grubauer's poke-check.

McCann got one back for Seattle at 1:55 of the second. Kreider countered on a power play 2:05 later, scoring off a rebound for his 16th of the season.

Schwartz cut it to 3-2 at 1:54 of the third, getting behind the defense to tip in Shane Wright's feed.

Up next

Ducks: Have an Alberta back-to-back, playing at Calgary on Sunday night and Edmonton on Monday night.

Kraken: Host New Jersey on Sunday.

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

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