Grubauer makes 40 saves for Kraken in win against Ducks

ANAHEIM -- Philipp Grubauer made 40 saves for the Seattle Kraken in a 3-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Monday.

"He was unbelievable tonight, just the quality of saves he made," Kraken forward Shane Wright said. "He bailed us out a number of times."

Jordan Eberle scored two goals, Frederick Gaudreau also scored and Kaapo Kakko had two assists for the Kraken (14-14-6), who have won two in a row for the first time this month.

Mikael Granlund scored for the fourth straight game and Lukas Dostal made 18 saves for the Ducks (21-14-2), who have lost three of four.

"We didn't get the job done," Granlund said. "Obviously, we were getting some shots, creating some chances, but it didn’t go in tonight."

Eberle gave Seattle a 2-1 lead at 10:04 of the third period when he finished off a 3-on-2 rush by scoring on a one-timer from the left circle off a pass from Matty Beniers.

“We didn't want to give them the second goal they got, but it happens," Granlund said. "At the end of the day, with one goal, it's tough to win in this league.”

Eberle scored into an empty net with 36 seconds left for the 3-1 final.

"I think they had one (scoring) chance in the third period," Ducks coach Joel Quenneville said of the Kraken. "We didn't give up anything and we had some looks there, but I thought the last 10 minutes of the second period we got going with the pace we're looking at."

The Kraken were on their second power play of the game after Jacob Trouba was called for slashing when Wright took a shot from in close that was saved by Dostal. The rebound came out diagonally to Gaudreau, who shot the puck into the net for a 1-0 lead at 4:49 of the second period.

"Nice to see him get one there," Wright said. "It was kind of a funny goal. 'Kap' tried to put (it) on net and it went right to me. I tried to throw it on net, hit the goalie and went right to Freddy and he put it in."

Trouba trook a wrist shot from above the right circle that Granlund deflected off the ice and into the net to tie it 1-1 at 15:40.

"In the second period, I don't think we got too much going," Grubauer said. "We sat back a little bit, so we definitely learned from that, but we stick together."

Ducks forward Leo Carlsson missed his first game of the season with a lower-body injury and is day to day. Carlsson leads the Ducks with 41 points (17 goals, 24 assists).

The Ducks did not register a shot on goal after going on a power play in the opening minutes of the game and went 0-for-2 with the man-advantage.

"Awesome job, everybody," Grubauer said of the penalty kill. "It makes it easier when everybody is on the same page. ... There are guys stepping up and eating those shots, so those are huge blocks and that's what we need."

NOTES: The game was played with one linesman over the final two periods after Ryan Gibbons fell and hit the back of his head with 54 seconds left in the first period. ... Kraken defenseman Vince Dunn left early in the third period after taking a hit from Ducks forward Ross Johnston and he did not return. ... Chandler Stephenson's NHL career-high eight-game point streak ended. ... Granlund tied Chris Kreider (2025-26), Alex Killorn (2023-24) and Bill Houlder (1993-94) for the most consecutive games with a goal in his first season with the Ducks.