Kraken open 2025-26 with 2-0 start after wins over Ducks and Knights

The Seattle Kraken opened the 2025-26 NHL season with back-to-back victories, beating the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Oct. 9 in Seattle and edging the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 in overtime on Oct. 11, also in Seattle, to begin their first 2-0 start in franchise history. The wins featured strong goaltending from Joey Daccord, timely scoring from newcomers and veterans, and set the Kraken up to begin a six-game road trip in Montreal on Tuesday.

In the season opener against Anaheim, Mason Marchment scored in his Seattle debut and Jared McCann and Vince Dunn also tallied as the Kraken recorded their first season-opening victory in franchise history. Daccord made 35 saves, including 16 of 17 shots in the first period, while Lukas Dostal stopped 28 shots for the Ducks. Marchment’s goal came 3:50 into the second period after Brandon Montour, returning from off-season ankle surgery, moved the puck down the right side and fed Marchment for a finish from between the circles. Anaheim’s Beckett Sennecke, in his NHL debut, scored in the first period. A Ducks goal later in that period was disallowed after officials ruled defensive player Olen Zellweger had illegally knocked the puck from Daccord’s...