Shane Wright’s 2 goals lead Kraken to 4-2 victory over Kings

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shaun Wright scored twice to lead the Seattle Kraken to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.

Vince Dunn and Adam Larson also scored, and Chandler Stephenson and Frederic Gaudreau had two assists each for the Kraken, who have won five of their past six games. Joey Daccord made 25 saves.

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Andrei Kuzmenko scored both of Los Angeles’ goals and Darcy Kuemper made 19 saves.

At 7 minutes and 42 seconds into the first quarter, Kuzmenko scored strongly and the Kings led 1-0.

Wright scored his first goal of the game on a backhand shot at 9:16, tying the game at 1, and Larson gave Seattle a 2-1 lead with a solo shot at 10:14. At 15 minutes and 21 seconds, Dunn rewritten the score to 3-1 in a strong attack.

Kuzmenko tied the score at 3-2 on a power play at 10:27 of the second quarter, but Wright gave the Krakens a two-goal lead again on a power play at 5:50 of the third quarter.

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Kraken: Visiting Dallas on February 25.

Kings: Visit Vegas on Thursday night.

AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl

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The Associated Press produced this report using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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