Kuemper will protect the road goal versus the Kraken on Saturday, Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site reports. Kuemper is 5-1-0 with just seven goals allowed on 164 shots over his last six starts.

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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.

Jaden Schwartz recorded his fifth career hat trick and the Seattle Kraken beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 for their third win in five games.

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

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.

They were singing in falsetto on Thursday in Vancouver, where Alex Turcotte’s two goals and his no-look assist to Adrian Kempe in the opening 9:42 of the match staked the Kings and lights-out goaltender Darcy Kuemper to a three-score advantage en route to a 5-1 win.

The Los Angeles Kings wrap up their five-game road trip against the Seattle Kraken. LA are 2-2-0 on this current road trip, coming off a 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday. The Kraken just completed their own five-game road trip where they went 2-3-0 with a goal scoring ratio of

Darcy Kuemper stopped 18 of 21 shots. The Kraken broke a 2-2 tie at 1:37 of ... he carried the puck into the offensive zone led to Seattle's second goal. While Quinton Byfield and Tanner Jeannot ...

Darcy Kuemper made 18 saves ... Foegele’s move and stopped the attempt to preserve the one-goal cushion. Seattle Kraken center Jaden Schwartz, left, celebrates his goal with center Matty ...

Adrian Kempe and Jordan Spence scored for Los Angeles. Darcy Kuemper made 18 saves. Kings: Los Angeles dropped to 25-13-2. Kraken: Seattle won its 10th home game to improve to 20-24-3. Warren ...

William Wallinder was named the first star for the Grand Rapids Griffins in a 4-1 victory over the Rockford IceHogs.