Recap: Penalty Trouble Haunts Ducks in 4-2 Loss to Kraken

Isac Lundestrom and Jakob Silfverberg scored shorthanded goals but the Ducks could not overcome a third-period parade to the penalty box tonight in a 4-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena.

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The loss dropped Anaheim to 24-45-4 on the season and 0-2-0 on a five-game northwest road trip. 

Lundestrom and Silfverberg provided all of Anaheim's offense on an early third-period power play, scoring 44 seconds apart to give the Ducks a 2-1 lead. Lukas Dostal made 23 saves.

Jaden Schwartz, Andre Burakovsky, Tye Kartye and Matty Beniers scored for the Kraken, who improved to 30-29-4 on the season in sweeping the two-game set. Philip Grubauer earned his 11th win of the season with 21 saves.

The night's first lead didn't come until the midway point of regulation, when Seattle went ahead a centering pass by Jordan Eberle that hit the tumbling Schwartz in Anaheim's crease and kicked in for a power-play goal. 

Seattle scored four power-play goals in the two-game set.

Eberle's assist was the 400th of his NHL career and his 699th career point.

Anaheim would answer early in the third period, when another Seattle power play led to a sudden shorthanded comeback.  

Lundestrom first tied the game on a breakaway, sneaking behind the Kraken defense and beating Grubauer over the glove.

Lundestrom's six career shorthanded goals are tied for seventh-most in franchise history, alongside Corey Perry, Steve Rucchin and Joe Sacco. 

Silfverberg then put the Ducks ahead on a rebound chance, following up his own shot and wrapping it around Grubauer's left pad.

Now in his 11th season as a Duck, Silfverberg is third in franchise history in shorthanded goals, behind only Paul Kariya and Andrew Cogliano.

The 2-1 lead would last only four minutes though, as Anaheim's penalty trouble would prove the difference in the third period. 

Burakovsky tied the game at on a point shot that deflected off an Anaheim stick on the way in. 

Kartye scored the eventual game-winner with seven minutes to go on a wrister from the high slot. 

Beniers added another power-play goal two minutes later, capitalizing on Seattle's 10th and final power-play opportunity.

The Ducks continue a five-game road trip Saturday in Edmonton.