Flames Trip Ends With Seattle Setback

Brzustewicz scores in 4-1 setback to Kraken

By Chris Wahl

CalgaryFlames.com

April 12, 2026

SEATTLE — Hunter Brzustewicz opened the scoring for the Flames, but the Seattle Kraken responded with four unanswered markers to take home a 4-1 victory Saturday at Climate Pledge Arena.

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Neither side lit the lamp in the opening period, despite the Flames outshooting the Kraken 12-6 and Zach Whitecloud getting a slot shot off with time and space mid-frame. The closest either side came was off an early chance from Bobby McMann, who fired a puck off the crossbar despite Calgary netminder Devin Cooley’s lunging, stick-flying effort to keep it out.

Brzustewicz got the ice-breaker 1:11 into the second period, stepping into a snapshot from the right circle that beat Seattle starter Nikke Kokko clean to the stick side. It was Brzustewicz’s first road goal in the NHL and second of the campaign.

Brzustewicz tallies in Seattle

But the hosts quickly answered back thanks to a slot from from Frederick Gaudreau that got past Cooley high to the glove side. Chandler Stephenson and Matty Beniers added markers for Seattle to give the home side a 3-1 lead at the break, Beniers’ tally coming with 4.4 seconds on the clock.

Jordan Eberle added an empty-netter in the third to round out the scoring.

Defenceman Abram Wiebe made his NHL debut for the Flames, less than 48 hours after his NCAA season came to a close at the Frozen Four in Las Vegas. The former North Dakota blueliner logged 11;19 of ice-time in front of about 60 family and friends who made the trip down from B.C.'s Fraser Valley.