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Daccord, who earned his second career NHL
shutout, stopped Vegas' Jack Eichel on a breakaway in the first
period. Eichel also fired a wrist shot off the crossbar on a
short-handed, two-on-one rush midway through the third.
Daccord made a sprawling glove save on Eichel with 2:12
remaining to preserve the shutout, the first in Winter Classic
history.
Goalie Logan Thompson stopped 24 of 27 shots for the defending
Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights, who lost for the fifth time
in their past six games.
The temperature for the opening faceoff at the Seattle Mariners'
ballpark was 42 degrees under cloudy skies. With no rain, the
stadium's retractable roof remained open throughout the game.
The Golden Knights arrived wearing Elvis costumes, while Kraken
players donned white T-shirts with orange overalls and stocking
caps in a nod to the fishmongers at Pike Place Market. The
Kraken were led off their bus by part-owner Marshawn Lynch, the
former Seattle Seahawks running back.
A nautical theme was found throughout the park, with players
walking from the dugouts to the rink on makeshift docks adorned
with buoys.
The Kraken opened the scoring at 4:50 of the first period.
Tolvanen set up at the top of the crease and tipped Vince Dunn's
shot from the left point past Thompson.
Seattle made it 2-0 at 2:19 of the second. A screened Thompson
got a leg pad on a shot from Tye Kartye but couldn't control the
rebound, which rolled to Borgen at the top of the right faceoff
circle. Borgen's slap shot knuckled between Thompson's left arm
and body and into the net. Tolvanen got the second assist.
Gourde scored on a short breakaway at 2:10 of the third after
stealing the puck from Vegas' Paul Cotter at the top of the
faceoff circles.
--Field Level Media
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