Grubauer stops all 19 shots in relief as Kraken beat Sharks 4-1

Grubauer stops all 19 shots in relief as Kraken beat Sharks 4-1
Grubauer stops all 19 shots in relief as Kraken beat Sharks 4-1

SEATTLE (AP) — Philipp Grubauer stopped all 19 shots he faced in relief of the injured Matt Murray, and the Seattle Kraken got two goals from Jaden Schwartz to help beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Saturday night.

Adam Larsson and Eeli Tolvanen scored 38 seconds apart late in the second period to give the Kraken a 3-1 lead. Jamie Oleksiak and Chandler Stephenson each had two assists for Seattle, which lost 6-1 to the Sharks in the same building 10 days earlier, its worst loss of the season.

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Alexander Wennberg scored for the Sharks and Alex Nedeljkovic made 19 saves. San Jose has lost two in a row after winning four in a row.

Murray left with a lower-body injury with 18 seconds left in the first after allowing a goal. Grubauer, who made 23 saves Thursday in a 5-3 win over Winnipeg, came off the bench and earned his third straight victory.

Seattle is already without goaltender Joey Daccord, on injured reserve with an upper-body injury.

Larsson scored his first of the season from the top of the right circle to put Seattle in front with 3:55 left in the second. Tolvanen made it 3-1 with a shot from the right circle, his second consecutive game with a goal.

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Schwartz added his seventh with an empty net with 3:29 left in the third.

Schwartz opened the scoring at 8:14 of the first, deflecting Stephenson’s pass. Wennberg tied the score with a power-play goal, providing Macklin Celebrini’s 17th assist with 18 seconds left in the period.

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Sharks: Host the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night.

Kraken: Visit the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night.

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