National Hockey League
Seattle 5, St. Louis 2
When: 10:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Where: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Washington
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Frederick L'Ecuyer
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Travis Toomey
Attendance: 17151

Ryan Donato scored for the fourth consecutive game as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Tuesday night.

Carson Soucy, Daniel Sprong, Jared McCann and Brandon Tanev also tallied for Seattle, which won its second consecutive game. Goaltender Martin Jones made 22 saves.

Colton Parayko and Pavel Buchnevich scored third-period goals for the Blues, who had a five-game point streak (4-0-1) snapped. Thomas Greiss stopped 28 of 32 shots.

Donato opened the scoring at 16:27 of the first period as the Kraken took advantage of a St. Louis line change. Seattle defenseman Adam Larsson made a stretch pass up the middle of the ice to Donato at the St. Louis blue line. Donato skated in on a breakaway and lifted a forehander over Greiss' blocker.

It remained 1-0 until midway through the second period. Seattle's Will Borgen took a shot from the blue line that deflected off the Blues' Ryan O'Reilly and started skipping wide of the net. But Soucy, who had joined the rush, reached out with one hand on his stick and redirected the puck over Greiss' leg pad and just inside the left post.

The Kraken made it 3-0 at 16:58 of the second as Sprong scored on a breakaway after taking a pass from Morgan Geekie from Seattle's own blue line.

McCann made it 4-0 with an unassisted goal at 19:16 of the second after a St. Louis turnover. McCann's initial shot from the left faceoff circle was blocked, but he tracked down the puck just below the goal line and fired it toward the net, with it banking off the back of Greiss' skate.

The Blues finally got on the board at 5:59 of the third on Parayko's wrist shot from the top of the right faceoff circle.

Buchnevich added a power-play goal at 10:54 on a wrister from the top of the left faceoff circle.

Tanev, who was stopped on a penalty shot early in the third, scored into an empty net at 15:47.

St. Louis forward Jordan Kyrou, who had three goals and an assist in a 5-1 victory at Vancouver the previous night, was scratched due to an upper-body injury.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
St. Louis   Seattle
Pavel Buchnevich 1 Points Brandon Tanev 2
Pavel Buchnevich 1 Goals Brandon Tanev 1
Logan Brown 1 Assists Morgan Geekie 2
Pavel Buchnevich 1 Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Thomas Greiss .875 Save Percentage Martin Jones .917
Thomas Greiss 28 Saves Martin Jones 22
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
St. Louis 24 2 1-3 3-3 6 19
Seattle 33 5 0-3 2-3 6 29
Upcoming Games
  • Seattle will play their next game on the road against Vancouver. The Kraken have a W/L % of .647 after a win and .500 after a loss.
  • St. Louis will play their next game on the road against Vegas. The Blues have a W/L % of .706 after a win and .250 after a loss.