Final Buzzer: Kraken Push to OT

• Apparent opening goal by Kraken's Mason Appleton on Colin Blackwell shot is disallowed due to successful offside challenge. Fifteen seconds later, Ottawa scores game's first goal to take 1-0 lead through the end of the first period.
• Second period trends the wrong way at seven-minute mark for Kraken when Ottawa score two goals in two minutes. The Senators lead 3-0 at second intermission; all three goals scored by 22-year-olds.
• The third period? Different story. Kraken score three to tie with seven minutes remaining on goals from Jared McCann, Ryan Donato and Mason Appleton to push matters to overtime.
• Josh Norris scores his second goal of the game, a power-play goal in overtime to send the Senators past the Kraken, 4-3.

OTTAWA - The Kraken didn't quit Thursday night. They haven't quit all season. A three-goal third period forced overtime, which ended with Josh Norris' second goal of the game and a 4-3 Ottawa victory but not without a fight from the 32nd franchise.
Just when it seemed this game was out of reach, the Kraken snatched it right back. Nine minutes into the final period, newly re-signed Jared McCann showed why Seattle GM Ron Francis and assistant GM Ricky Olczyk drew up that five-year contract.
McCann received a quick pass from Vince Dunn, who was continuing a play started by a pro's pro pass from Jordan Eberle. McCann, his back to the net when the puck hit stick, wheeled around and buried his shot high-net and past Ottawa goalie Anton Forsberg. It's McCann's team-leading 22nd goal of the year and proof-positive of Francis' claim that McCann possesses an elite-level NHL shot.

Thirty-four seconds later, Ryan Donato tightened things up by deflecting a Jamie Oleksiak shot from the point. It was only seconds earlier that Donato almost slipped in the puck net-front and he stayed there in the 'hard to play against' mode that was missing during Toronto's late rally Tuesday. Good thing. It's the 10th time this season Seattle has scored two goals within two minutes.

By the 13th minute, the comeback was complete when Morgan Appleton and linemates Yanni Gourde and Colin Blackwell continued their exciting and productive work as a unit. This time Appleton finished with his sixth goal of the year and assists from Gourde (No. 22) and Blackwell. These guys are flat-out fun to watch lately.
Kraken fans, take a few minutes to watch this goal a few times on the Kraken app or website. It brings all of the elements that coach Dave Hakstol and any number of players have urged all year during press scrums:

For Stops and Starters

It looked like Seattle was on the scoreboard first Thursday night in Canada's capitol, but Appleton's deflection-goal off a Blackwell shot was disallowed because linemate Gourde was offside.
From there, the night tilted sideways for the visitors.
"The first two periods were inexcusable, I think we all know that," said Donato, who scored after sitting out the first three games of this five-game road trip. "Our momentum was dead. Jared got a big goal and the guys all thought we were back in it ... it's a testament to our character."
When asked about scoring after his imposed layoff, Donato was forthright: "I make sure I am ready, and it's about capitalizing [when in the lineup] ... I pray for my opportunity, right? ... when my number is called, I want to give max effort."
Fifteen seconds after the no-goal ruling, 22-year-old Ottawa captain Brady Tkachuk, stick on puck for a bit longer than Kraken coaches are going to like when they watch the film, zipped a pass to 22-year-old Norris, who was parked outside goalie Chris Driedger's left post for the redirection and 1-0 Senators lead. Norris leads the Senators with 22 goals and Tkachuk leads in overall points (42 on strength of now 20 goals and 22).
Seven minutes into the second period, it was Tkachuk's turn to score, picking up a loose puck net-front after Ottawa defenseman Artem Zub shot from the right point to make it 2-0. Young German-born Tim Stutzle started the scoring play when Oleksiak's outlet pass was intercepted by Stutzle.
Fellow Ottawa forward Parker Kelly completed a 22-year-old hat trick when he scored after Adam Larsson mishandled the puck in the Kraken defensive zone. Parker stole and quick-released the puck past Driedger, who no doubt would have liked to wipe out Larsson's rare D-zone mistake instead. Stutzle has 13 goals and 21 assists after Thursday night's work.
Driedger made big saves toward the end of the second period and kicked out one more high-danger scoring chance early third period before McCann, Donato and Appleton evened the score with help from a number of teammates.
"We just came alive," said McCann when asked about the change in momentum during the third period. "We played simple."
McCann acknowledged the hockey cliché but his point is when a team is desperate to get back into the game, there is no overthinking the puck movement, more urgency about getting pucks and bodies to the net.
"The first two periods were pretty bad, we had some bad turnovers," McCann said. "We were desperate in the third period."