Coleman scores twice as Wild beat Kraken 5-1 in Seattle

Blake Coleman supplied two goals as the Minnesota Wild earned a 5-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday, Oct. 24. The win was Minnesota’s first on its five-game road trip.

Kirill Kaprizov put the Wild ahead just 26 seconds after the opening faceoff. Berkly Catton answered for Seattle at 10:13 of the first period. Kaapo Kakko assisted on the goal, becoming the first Kraken skater to reach 10 points this season, according to the club’s Sportlogiq analysis.

Seattle’s early territorial edge did not last. Sportlogiq’s analysis gave the Kraken 58.6 per cent of the shot quality in the first period, but only 26.2 per cent over the full game. Seattle also conceded seven odd-man rushes while generating four.

Minnesota pulled clear in the second. Coleman broke the tie on a breakaway at 2:11 after leaving the penalty box. Olli Maatta added a goal at 11:33, and Joel Eriksson Ek scored 1:27 later to give the Wild a 4-1 advantage.

Coleman completed his two-goal night by hitting the empty net with 3:36 remaining. Minnesota improved to 7-3-2 after losing its previous two games; Seattle dropped to 7-4-1.