Seattle – Another round of scattered showers to close out our weekend.  Lowland rain will ramp up overnight Saturday with showers lingering into Sunday.  Overall, Sunday will be more dry than wet, but there will be enough instability that we may see some more isolated storms with lightning, small hail and brief downpours of rain. 

Snow levels will remain low, around 2000′ on Sunday.  This late-season winter storm will bring another round of mountain snow tomorrow.  The Winter Storm Warning will expire at 11am with totals by the end of the weekend around a foot of snow.  

Another 4-8″ of snow will be possible throughout the day on Sunday.

Afternoon highs will again be unseasonably cool on Sunday with temperatures topping out in the upper 40’s. Be sure to dress in layers, keeping your rain gear handy. 

Afternoon high temperatures will be in the upper 40s and low 50s on Sunday.

More rain and snow to wrap up the weekend.  A few spotty showers are possible as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.  We’ll see a break in the rain by the middle of next week with highs back closer to normal. 

More rain and snow to wrap up the weekend. We’ll see a break in the rain by the middle of next week with highs back near normal.  (FOX13 Seattle)

As the No. 2 overall pick by the New York Rangers in the 2019 NHL Draft, Kappo Kakko entered the league with extremely high expectations. Unfortunately, he didn’t live up to those expectations throughout his time on Broadway.

The Finnish forward joined the Rangers at just 18-years-old, when he realistically should’ve had more time to develop. Kakko had 131 points (61 goals, 70 assists) in 330 regular-season games with New York, an average of around 0.4 points per game. He had some stretches of strong play, but with his season-high in points being just 40, it’s safe to say the Rangers expected more.

In December, they made the decision to move on from Kakko, shipping him off to the Seattle Kraken for defenseman Will Borgen and two 2025 draft picks. However, the change of scenery seems to be working wonders for Kakko.

Since arriving in Seattle, Kakko has been scoring at a rate he never did in New York, recording 23 points (seven goals, 16 assists). That averages out to around 0.68 points per game and 55 points over a full 82-game season, which would shatter his career-high.

His latest goal was one of his best as well. Halfway through the third period in Friday’s game against the Utah Hockey Club, Kakko stole the puck along the boards and scored on the wraparound to give Seattle a 3-2 lead. Fello Finn, Eeli Tolvanen, would later add on an empty-net goal, lifting Seattle to a 4-2 victory at home.

The Kraken are nine points outside the playoff picture with a month to go, and them trading away key pieces such as Yanni Gourde, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Brandon Tanev basically ensures that they’ll miss the postseason for the third time in their four-year history.

For a young, developing player like Kakko, though, this experience is incredibly valuable. He’s no longer facing pressure to contribute to a Stanley Cup contender like he was in New York, and can instead develop at his own pace. As a result, he’s playing some of the best hockey of his career.

Kakko is a pending restricted free agent and thus will need a new contract by the summer, but his future in Seattle looks bright regardless.

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SEATTLE (AP) — Eeli Tolvanen scored two goals, the first just 51 seconds into the game and the second into an empty net with 1:09 left, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-2 on Friday night.

Seattle Kraken 4, Utah Hockey Club 2: Box score

Brandon Montour and Kaapo Kakko also scored for the Seattle. Tolvanen also had an assist and Jordan Eberle had two assists, giving him five in his last two games. Philipp Grubauer made 22 saves.

Nick Schmaltz and Kevin Stenlund scored for Utah and Karel Vejmelka made 18 saves.

Tolvanen’s first goal from the left of the net that went behind Vejmelka was his 20th, the first time in his career that he has hit that milestone.

Schmaltz tied it at 1-1 with 3:12 left in the first period, then Stenlund converted a turnover in the neutral zone into a goal for a 2-1 lead 7:35 into the second. Montour tied it at 2-2 with 1:06 left in the period.

Takeaways

Utah: Schmaltz’s goal was the third straight road game in which he has scored. Stenland, Dylan Guenther and Jack McBain also have had three-game road scoring streaks this season.

Seattle Kraken: Although it wasn’t their quickest first-period goal, Tolvanen’s tally just 51 seconds into Friday’s game was the sixth time this season the Kraken have scored in the opening minute, the most in the league. The fastest one was by Jaden Schwartz just 19 seconds in at home against Carolina on Dec. 3.

Key moment

With the game tied at 2-2, Utah’s Mikhail Sergachev tried to clear the puck behind the back of his net, but it bounced off the side. Kakko swooped in, picked it up and wrapped it around the post to Vejmelka’s left.

Key stat

Grubauer made his second start since a brief in the minors at Coachella Valley. He has won both of them.

Up next

The Kraken host Winnipeg and Utah visits Vancouver, both on Sunday night.

Last time: Mountour has fastest goal in NHL OT history, Kraken beat Montreal