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.

For the last number of games, the Kings have made a conscious effort to come out of the gates flying, but last night, it was the opposite.

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 nets his fifth-career hat trick and first as a member of the Kraken as Seattle returns home from a five-game road trip and beats the Kings 4-2 on

Kraken defenseman Josh Mahura lay down a booming, clean hit on Kings forward Warren Foegele at the Kraken blue line. While officials tried to keep two annoyed Kings players off Mahura, Schwartz and Beniers sneaked off on a 2-on-1. Schwartz scored his team-leading 15th goal of the season.

Daccord will guard the home net Saturday against the Kings, Kate Shefte of The Seattle Times reports. Daccord's appeared in Seattle's last five games, going 2-1-0 with an impressive .929 save percentage and 2.

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

SEATTLE — 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. He completed the hat trick with an empty-netter in the third, his 16th goal of the season.

Daccord gave up two goals on 36 shots in Thursday's 2-1 loss to the Jets. The Jets controlled play for much of the game, but Daccord was up to the challenge. He allowed a game-tying goal to Mark Scheifele in the second period,

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