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Carson Soucy scores twice, Seattle Kraken beat Arizona 4-2

Mar 22, 2022, 10:08 PM


              Seattle Kraken center Daniel Sprong (91) celebrates with teammates after scoring against the Arizona Coyotes during the second period during an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
            
              Arizona Coyotes left wing Nick Ritchie scores a goal on Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer (31) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
            
              Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer (31) makes a save on Arizona Coyotes left wing Michael Carcone during the second period during an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
            
              Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer (31) makes a save on Arizona Coyotes left wing Lawson Crouse during the second period during an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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              Seattle Kraken center Riley Sheahan (15) and Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer (31) celebrate after the Kraken defeated the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 during an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
            
              Seattle Kraken defenseman Carson Soucy (28) celebrates with right wing Jordan Eberle (7), defenseman Vince Dunn (29), center Alex Wennberg (21), and center Jaden Schwartz (17) after scoring a goal against the Arizona Coyotes during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carson Soucy had two goals and Daniel Sprong scored in his first game with his new team to lead the Seattle Kraken to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night.

Seattle Kraken 4, Arizona Coytotes 2: Box score

Soucy scored the first and last goal in a five-goal second period and Morgan Geekie added one in the third as the expansion Kraken won their third game in the last four while beating Arizona for the first time in three meetings.

Nick Schmaltz and Nick Ritchie scored for the Coyotes, who have lost three in a row after winning six of seven in their best stretch of the season.

Sprong was acquired from Washington at Monday’s trade deadline. He skated 14 minutes for the Capitals in Dallas on Sunday.

Phillipp Grubauer made 23 saves for the Kraken, who gave up five goals in each of their two losses to Arizona

Arizona goalie Karel Vejmelka stopped 35 shots in his first appearance since signing a three-year contract extension worth about $8 million on Monday.

After a scoreless first period with few good scoring chances, the teams combined for five goals in the second — three in a 62-second span midway through the period.

Schmaltz’s 19th goal on a power play started the flurry at 8:11. Schmaltz took a backhand feed from Clayton Keller and punched it in from the slot. Arizona had the man advantage after Haydn Fleury was penalized for cross-checking Keller behind the Kraken net.

Soucy tied it 18 seconds later, when his shot from the deep slot through a screen hit the crossbar and bounced in.

Ritchie gave Arizona a 2-1 lead at 9:13 when skated in alone on the right side after a cross-ice pass from Loui Eriksson and beat Grubauer to the glove side.

Sprong’s power-play goal tied it 2-all at 13:39 of the second, when his wrist shot from the top of the right circle got over Vejmelka’s blocker.

Soucy’s second goal came a low wrist shot from the right circle for a 3-2 Kraken lead.

Geekie found an open side at 12:38 of the third period for a 4-2 edge.

NOTES: Vejmelka has played 37 games, second among NHL rookie goaltenders. … Sprong became the first in-season trade acquisition in Seattle history when he was obtained from Washington. He is the only active NHL player from the Netherlands. … Coyotes D Jakob Chychrun (lower body) and J.J. Moser (upper body) were scratched. General manager Bill Armstrong said in a TV interview after the first period that the Coyotes will entertain offers for Chychrun in the offseason. … Coyotes forward Phil Kessel played in his 963rd consecutive game, one short of tying Doug Jarvis for the second-longest streak in league history. … Ritchie has six goals and eight points in 12 games with the Coyotes since being acquired from Toronto.

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