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Buoy, the Seattle Kraken mascot, popped up all over town Saturday to give out chocolate and free tickets to the team's inaugural playoff matchup.

Seattle Kraken winger André Burakovsky will be unavailable for the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as he's had surgery to address an ongoing lower body injury that has kept him out of the lineup since February 7.

Alec Martinez broke a tie midway through the second period and the Vegas Golden Knights won their third Pacific Division title with a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken in the regular-season finale Thursday night.

The cameo Matty Beniers made last year during the disappointing debut season of the Seattle Kraken provided an optimistic glimmer of what a full season with the young center on the ice could mean for the young franchise.

Michael Amadio had two goals and an assist, and the Vegas Golden Knights moved closer to claiming the Pacific Division with a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.

The Seattle Kraken have signed center Logan Morrison of the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League to a three-year entry-level contract. Morrison was a CHL free agent that has 40 goals and 94 points this season in the OHL.

The Kraken rarely overreached or overpaid, sticking to a longterm plan that prevented against future suffering in exchange for short-term gain.

Jared McCann scored his 40th goal of the season and the Seattle Kraken reached the 100-point mark in their second NHL season, beating the Arizona Coyotes 4-1 on Monday night.

Kraken Notebook: Jordan Eberle named NHL's second star of the week. Second-round pick David Goyette signs entry-level contract. Goyette and first-round pick Shane Wright assigned to Coachella Valley Firebirds of AHL.

Jared McCann scored his 39th goal of the season and Jordan Eberle became the fifth different member of the Seattle Kraken to reach 20 goals on the year in a 7-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night.

Jordan Eberle and Jared McCann each had a goal and two assists, and Matty Beniers scored a goal with an assist as well as the Seattle Kraken cruised to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes to punch their ticket into the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Seattle Kraken can clinch their first trip to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in franchise history Thursday night against the Arizona Coyotes.

The Seattle Kraken rallied from a two-goal deficit with five unanswered goals as they moved within reach of clinching a playoff berth with a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.

The Seattle Kraken inched closer to clinching a playoff berth as Jared McCann scored a pair of goals in leading the team to an 8-1 rout of the floundering Arizona Coyotes on Monday night.

Pheonix Copley stopped 25 of 26 shots from the Seattle Kraken and Carl Grundstrom's early third period goal served as the difference in a 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.

Jaden Schwartz and Matty Beniers scored within three minutes of each other in the first period and the Seattle Kraken hung on to beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Thursday night.

Matt Boldy delivered his second hat trick in five games and Marc-Andre Fleury made 35 saves for Minnesota as the Kraken fell 5-1 to the Wild on Monday night.

Eeli Tolvanen posted the first multi-goal game of his career against his former team, Jared McCann (35 goals), Matty Beniers (20 goals) hit milestones, and the Seattle Kraken gained ground in the playoff race with a 7-2 win over Nashville.

Joey Daccord made 23 saves and Daniel Sprong scored his 18th goal of the season, but the Seattle Kraken fell 2-1 in a shootout to the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.