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SEATTLE — Matty Beniers and Jordan Eberle each had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Kraken beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Monday.
Jamie Oleksiak also scored for the Kraken, and Joey Daccord finished with 29 saves.
André Burakovsky scored for the Hawks, and Arvid Söderblom stopped 21 shots.
Less than three minutes into the second period, Oleksiak snapped a wrist shot from the blue line, and it snuck through a cluster of players, including Söderblom. It was Oleksiak’s second goal of the season.
After a tripping penalty by Hawks center Ryan Donato midway through the second period, Seattle scored its second goal just eight seconds into its first power play. Eberle saucered a backhand pass to Beniers in the slot, and the Kraken forward finished it off for his second goal of the season.
The Hawks finally broke through against Daccord in the third period on a breakaway chance.
Burakovsky, who spent the last three seasons with the Kraken before an offseason trade to the Hawks in exchange for Joe Veleno, was all alone in front of the Seattle net thanks to a textbook feed from Connor Bedard.
Eberle pushed Seattle’s advantage back up to two goals late in the third period. After a Hawks turnover in the neutral zone, the Kraken captain potted his team-leading fifth goal of the year with 3:55 remaining in regulation.
At 6-2-4, the Kraken are off to their best 12-game start in the franchise’s fifth season. They improved to 4-0-2 at home, while the Hawks dropped to 2-3-2 on the road.
Hawks defenseman Connor Murphy skated in his 500th career game.
Oliver Moore made his season debut for the Hawks after getting recalled from Rockford earlier in the day. The 20-year-old played 16 minutes, 29 seconds and finished with three shots on net and a minus-2 rating.
“It’s great to be here,” said Moore, who had put together a fast start for the AHL’s IceHogs. “Obviously I didn’t get a ton of sleep last night, but I don’t think that matters. I’ve got a lot of energy. I’m ready to go.”
The Hawks also placed Jason Dickinson on injured reserve, retroactive to Thursday, and assigned Landon Slaggert to the IceHogs.
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