Final Buzzer: Gone in a Blur

Monday's second home game of the young season slipped away during a frenetic, penalty-filled two minutes and 23 seconds mid-second period. Four total goals later, the Kraken were down 4-1 to Carolina, which is now 3-0, and proving early validation of being an Eastern Conference favorite to make a deep Stanley Cup run. The night ended 5-1 Carolina.

Aho, a Ron Francis second-round draft choice when Carolina's GM, scored at 12:11. While the Eberle penalty can be directly linked to Carolina's man-advantage, Kraken coach Dave Hakstol pointed to an unforced turnover leading to the scoring chance that prompted Eberle's attempt to stop the play.
Giving Carolina a second-straight powerplay (almost four continuous minutes granted) was "playing with fire," said Hakstol.
"You make mistakes against good teams when they put you under pressure and that's going to come back to haunt you," said Hakstol. "We took three minor penalties in a row but what led to the first one of those was a turnover and a poor track [of the errant puck] on that play. It's little things that got us tonight and that's what happens against good teams."
Andre Burakovsky and Jared McCann both confirmed every teammate has to be better, themselves included, in all phases to reverse a disturbing trend of opponents scoring five goals per game during this homestand with postseason contender St. Louis on the docket Wednesday.
"We have to find a way to bounce back earlier," said Burakovsky, referring to how the Kraken responded to a Carolina goal scored three-and-a-half minutes into the game. "You've got to fight back ... I think we need to stay on top of what makes us successful and what makes us find ways to create offense.

Burakovsky Takes Team Lead in Scoring

With a pre-planned off-day Tuesday, Burakovsky, Seattle's leading scorer, said every player "has to look in the mirror and come back on Wednesday as a different team."
Hurricanes forward Jordan Martinook was called for tripping against Kraken winger Andre Burakovsky at 12:59. Burakovsky spent a few extra moments sitting on the ice before slowly getting up.
Seven seconds later, Burakovsky bagged his second goal of the year with the primary assist coming on a quick, accurate pass from Eberle. It was Burakovsky's 300th NHL point (125 goals, 175 assists) and fifth (2G, 3A) for Seattle in his first four games. Redemption and a 2-1 game.
Not for long. Eight seconds later, SEA defenseman Vince Dunn was sent off for high-sticking and 10 seconds later Aho (who drew the high-sticking call) fed Carolina's Andrei Svechnikov for the Hurricanes' second man-advantage goal in 73 seconds of play. Svechnikov punched in his second goal of the night with the primary assist coming from Martin Necas, a first-round draft choice made by Francis.

Wrong Kind of Replay

This game started a little bit too much like Saturday's home opener. The Kraken were outshot 5-0 in the early minutes and surrendered a goal just three-and-a-half minutes into the first period. Defenseman, Brady Skjei started the scoring play with a shot from the blue line that sailed wide left where center Sebastian Aho executed a simple but common move of shoveling the puck toward the net front.
From there, Carolina 20-year-old forward Seth Jarvis kept his feet and worked his stick to flick the puck at Philipp Grubauer a split-second before SEA defenseman Justin Schultz could check Jarvis. The puck somehow found its way under Grubauer's right elbow and hip on the short side. Cliché or not, getting pucks on net in tight spaces near the goal crease can generate a fair share of fortuitous bounces (as opposed to sheer luck).
"You don't want to give up the first one," said Hakstol. "Good things happen when you put the puck to the net, they went to the net and found a hole."
Later in the first period, in the near-miss department: Jordan Eberle slung a perfect pass from his right wing, cross-ice to a speeding Matty Beniers, but the puck hopped over the 19-year-old's stick blade. Yanni Gourde corralled and fired a loose puck in front of a mostly open net a few shifts later, only to have Hurricanes D-man Skjei block the attempt.