Seattle, WA
Winterhawks bounce back against Seattle, end losing streak
A tired Portland Winterhawks team plays a solid 3rd game in 3 nights, bouncing back from some poor performances to beat the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-3 and end a 4-game losing streak.
Portland’s top players, Alex Weiermair and Ryan Miller, each had 3 points, while Seattle’s more impressive top stars were shut out. Some of Seattle’s other players had big nights, and kept the game close, but it wasn’t enough to stop the Thunderbirds’ second straight loss after winning five in a row.
After 3 points out of 6 possible for the weekend, the Winterhawks remain in 7th, now 4 points above the playoff line.
| 1st 12:41 POR (PP) Alex Weiermair (Jordan Duguay) 1-0 |
| 2nd 1:51 POR (PP) Nathan Free (Will McLaughlin, Ryan Miller) 2-0 |
| 2nd 3:54 SEA (PP) Brock England (Joe Gramer, Noah Kosick) 2-1 |
| 2nd 13:44 POR Griffin Darby (Alex Weiermair, Ryan Miller) 3-1 |
| 2nd 15:51 POR (SH) Alex Weiermair (Ryan Miller) 4-1 |
| 2nd 18:42 SEA Ethan Bibeau (Brock England, Grayson Tash) 4-2 |
| 3rd 13:16 SEA (PP) Noah Kosick (Simon Lovsin, Brock England) 4-3 |
| Portland leads by 2+ | 21:35 |
| Portland leads by 1 | 25:44 |
| Tied | 12:41 |
| Portland trails by 1 | 0:00 |
| Portland trails by 2+ | 0:00 |
Pregame: Portland looking to break their losing streak after a bleak 3rd period on overtime Friday against the Thunderbirds and a shoddy most-of-the-game against the Vancouver Giants on Saturday. Seattle also had a 3-in-3, but had a lot easier travel than Portland’s Seattle-to-Vancouver-to-Portland weekend.
Seattle had a shakeup in goal. Grayson Malinoski, who played well against Portland on Friday, likely would have started, but Marek Sklenicka got hurt in the 1st period of their Saturday game with the Everett Silvertips, and Malinoski had to play an extra 40-plus minutes (and got torched). Sklenicka apparently got a clean bill of health, so they went with the more rested goalie.
1st period: Tone set with a Thunderbirds penalty in the 1st minute. Then Brayden Holberton reacted to a hit by Kyle McDonough by getting him in a one-man fight. He got McDonough pretty good and ended his night, but he also got a game misconduct and 5-minute major, which Portland scored on.
2nd period: The Winterhawks, who have had some stretches of cratering lately, almost had another after going up 2-0. They were outhshot 8-1 and gave up a goal. But they turned it around and extended the lead to 4-1 before Seattle got one back near the end.
3rd period: A solid period for Portland, made tighter on a late Thunderbirds goal. But a penalty by Coster Dunn near the end proved costly. Portland was able to run a lot of time off during the delayed penalty (and passed up the chance to run off more) and then were able to keep the puck and keep the Thunderbirds from pulling the goalie until well into the last minute. The Thunderbirds got a couple of good looks but couldn’t tie it.
| Top 10 | Stat line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Weiermair | POR | 2 goals, 1 assist | Continues to hang around 10th in league scoring, which is where is currently is. |
| Ryan Miller | POR | 3 assists | He may have extended his point streak to 9, depending on if he gets a late scoring change from Saturday’s game. |
| Brock England | SEA | 1 goal, 2 assists | Broke out of a 4-game slump with a really productive game, keeping the TBirds in it. |
| Noah Kosick | SEA | 1 goal, 1 assist | Planted a rebound to get Seattle within 4-3 in the 3rd. |
| Griffin Darby | POR | 1 goal | First WHL goal was off his skate, so this was the first off his stick. With 6 points and a +4, this is the best month of his career. |
| Ondrej Štěbeták | POR | 26 saves-29 shots | Played a reasonably good game. |
| Nathan Free | POR | 1 goal | The 2-0 goal when the Thunderbirds were looking like threatening. |
| Max Pšenička | POR | A decent game after some really rough ones. No points, so he has a 3-game scoreless streak, but he was fine. | |
| Jordan Duguay | POR | 1 assist | |
| Ethan Bibeau | SEA | 1 goal | Ended a 7-game scoreless streak with a deflection off an England shot. |
| Other notables | Stat line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Schmidt | SEA | The placeholder for Schmidt, Matthew Gard, Antonio Martorana, Coster Dunn, and Matej Pekar, all top players for Seattle who went scoreless in a big key to the game. | |
| Brayden Holberton | SEA | Kicked out early in the 1st for a 1-man fight, giving Portland a power play they scored on, and likely earning a suspension. It’s surprising he hasn’t been suspended before but this will be his first if everything is normal. | |
| Nathan Brown | POR | 3-game scoreless streak. | |
| Reed Brown | POR | 4-game scoreless streak. There are a few of these, as Portland’s main offense has been from the top line. | |
| Kyle McDonough | POR | He got hurt by Holberton and didn’t return. So he might be out afor a while. | |
| Radim Mrtka | SEA | 4-game scoreless streak. The NHL 1st-round is really struggling. | |
| Marek Sklenicka | SEA | 27 saves-31 shots | Seattle’s strange goalie shuffle seemingly benefitted Portland, some bad luck to the Thunderbirds. |
| POR | SEA | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 26-25-5-1 (.509) | 23-25-4-3 (.482) | 7th-place Portland extends their lead over 10th-place Seattle to 5 points. |
| Score | 4 | 3 | |
| Shots | 31 | 29 | The Winterhawks outshoot the opposition for the first time in 8 games. Surprising and encouraging that they did, given how long they were defending a lead. |
| Shoot % | .129 | .103 | Portland simultaneously has the 7th-worst shooting percentage in the league, and the best shooting percentage in the US Division. Do the math on that. |
| Power play | 2 / 5 | 2 / 3 | Seattle took a penalty at almost every key time in the game. Gave the Winterhawks two power play goals plus momentum, and hurt Seattle late by interfering with their goalie pull. |
| Even strength | 1 | 1 | Low scoring at even strength. |
| Shorthanded | 1 | 0 | Weiermair’s shorthanded goal ends up the winner. |
Portland Winterhawks
3 out of 6 for the weekend, and if they’d played just a little better it could have been 6 out of 6. It’s a hard team to figure out sometimes.
Seattle Thunderbirds
An emotional win on Friday was followed by a blowout loss and then a struggle in the rematch. A 5-game winning streak put them into playoff contention. Now with 2 games in Central BC they’re in danger of falling right back out of it.
Friday 2/27 at Victoria, 7pm PST
Saturday 2/28 at Victoria, 4pm PST
Next home game: Saturday 3/7 vs. Everett, 6pm PST
Looking ahead: Sunday 3/8 vs. Tri-City, 4pm PDT
Next game versus Seattle: Saturday 3/14 at Seattle, 6pm PDT
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dylan Holloway had a hat trick and added an assist in his return from a sprained ankle, Joel Hofer made 23 saves and the St. Louis Blues came off the Olympic break to beat the Seattle Kraken 5-1 on Thursday night.
St. Louis Blues 5, Seattle Kraken 1: Box score
Jordan Kyrou and Holloway — activated from injured reserve before the game — scored in a 23-second span early in the second period to give St. Louis a 3-1 lead.
Pius Suter added a goal and two assists to help the Blues end a three-game losing streak.
Holloway completed St. Louis’ first hat trick of the season with 3:01 left, scoring into an empty net for his 11th of the season.
Kaapo Kakko tied it at 1 for Seattle in the first period, and Philipp Grubauer stopped 26 shots. The Kraken were coming off a 4-1 loss in Dallas on Wednesday night.
Kyrou made it 2-1 at 1:12 of the second off a feed from Pavel Buchnevich on a break. Holloway poked the puck past Grubauer off a scramble at 1:35. Suter scored at 1:56 of the third.
St. Louis’ Cam Fowler appeared in his 1,100th game, becoming the 10th active defenseman in the NHL to reach the mark.
Up next
Kraken: Host Vancouver on Saturday night.
Blues: Host New Jersey on Saturday.
Seattle Kraken sign forwards Ben Meyers, Ryan Winterton to 2-year extensions
The St. Louis Blues are back in action as they host the Seattle Kraken on Thursday at Enterprise Center (7 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network Midwest, 101 ESPN).
It will be the team’s first game since Feb. 4, and Jim Montgomery said the squad is ready to get back to work.
“Yeah, I think everybody is,” the head coach said. “I mean, you can tell. Guys were anxious today, but it’s like ‘enough of practicing against each other, it’s time to play a game.’”
Captain Brayden Schenn, who missed Wednesday’s practice with an illness, took the morning skate and is expected to play. Dylan Holloway (ankle), who has played just one game since Dec. 12, will make his return to the lineup as well.
Robert Thomas has taken a leave of absence due to a personal matter. He’s expected to return to the team on Friday.
Additionally Jack Finley will make his Blues debut. Finley – who is the son of former Blue Jeff Finley and was born in St. Louis – was claimed off waivers by the team on Feb. 7.
“It was a dream of mine to play for this team,” Finley said. “It was a big part of my childhood, big part of my family’s life. So definitely full-circle moment and proud to be a Blue.”
Jeff, who played defense for the Blues from 1998-2004, will be in the building Thursday night to see his son don the jersey he wore for so many years.
“He was excited,” Jack said about his dad. “Maybe more excited than me. He loved this organization, loved this city… He’s excited to be back.”
Two months ago, Gay showed us how a tree took out Little Free Library #8702, uphill from Lowman Beach. Tonight, Gay sent this update, with photos!
The LFL on 48th and Graham is back in business. Our friend Dana and crew from Legendary Tree got the space all ready yesterday. Matt Lukin repaired it and put it back up today.
Shoutout to Pegasus Books for the continued support.
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