Jaden Schwartz netted a hat trick and goaltender Joey Daccord staved off a furious third-period push as the Seattle Kraken opened a long home stretch with a 4-2 victory against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.

Daccord will guard the home net Saturday against the Kings, Kate Shefte of The Seattle Times reports. Daccord's appeared in Seattle's last five games, going 2-1-0 with an impressive .929 save percentage and 2.

Daccord gave up two goals on 36 shots in Thursday's 2-1 loss to the Jets. The Jets controlled play for much of the game, but Daccord was up to the challenge. He allowed a game-tying goal to Mark Scheifele in the second period,

An early start, aided by some Jaden Schwartz goals and a huge open ice hit by Josh Mahura, helped the Kraken gain momentum in a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings

Somewhat lost in Jaden Schwartz’s hat trick and a 4-2 win for the Kraken over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night was what happened in the third period.

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Jaden Schwartz had a hat trick, Joey Daccord made 17 of his 28 saves in the third period and the Seattle Kraken beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Saturday night. Schwartz opened the scoring 28 seconds into the game and broke a 1-1 tie at 7:40.

Jamie Oleksiak scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, and Adam Larsson and Jared McCann added scores in a 6-4 Seattle Kraken win.

After a busy seven days in the National Hockey League, the movement in ClutchPoints' NHL Power Rankings is significant in Week 16.

A look at the game “by the numbers.” - The Kraken dominated possession in the first 40 minutes of play earning 52-percent of all shot volume and 66-percent of all shot quality before focusing on a defensive effort in the final twenty minutes of play.

Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and three more in the shootout as the host New York Rangers earned a crucial 1-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night. Vincent Trocheck scored in the second round of the shootout for the lone goal of the skills competition as the Rangers improved to 5-0-2 in