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Seahawks Need Miracle to Stay in NFC West Hunt

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December 29, 2024

Seahawks Need Miracle to Stay in NFC West Hunt

No longer controlling their own destiny after losing two games earlier this month to NFC North foes, Saturday could not have gone much worse for the Seattle Seahawks in regard to their playoff aspirations.

To ensure next weekend’s rematch with the Rams would be an NFC West title game, the Seahawks needed their rivals to lose to the Cardinals on Saturday night. Unfortunately, however, a last gasp effort by Kyler Murray and Arizona to steal the game came up short when cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon intercepted the quarterback after an end zone throw bounced off of tight end Trey McBride’s helmet to secure a 13-9 win.

With Los Angeles improving to 10-6 and Seattle being 9-7, the two teams would be knotted up on five tiebreakers next week, making strength of victory the metric that will decide who wins the NFC West. But the Seahawks went into Saturday trailing the Rams by nine games in that category and the Broncos failed to help by losing 30-24 to the Bengals in overtime, making the odds of closing that gap even more improbable.

Going into Sunday, the Rams find themselves in an ideal situation, as they need only 2.5 combined wins from the Bills, Browns, Vikings, Commanders, and 49ers to clinch the division. If three of the teams in the early slate win, the result of the Lions/49ers game on Monday Night Football won’t even matter. As for Geno Smith and the Seahawks, to simply stay alive going into Week 18, they will need four wins to come from the Packers, Jets, Falcons, Dolphins, and Lions out of five games on Sunday.

If that manages to happen, the Seahawks still would need major help next week along with beating the Rams at SoFi Stadium, as winning their own game would still force the strength of victory tiebreaker to be used. They would need a bunch of games to go their way with the Bears, Broncos, Cardinals, Dolphins, Falcons, Lions, and Patriots holding serve in the final week to boost their strength of victory rate and hurt the Rams in that department.

In other words, Seattle may still have a shot at winning the NFC West, but it’s entering Lloyd Christmas territory in terms of probability with razor thin margin for error. So you’re saying there’s a chance? Yes, but it’s going to require so many dominos to fall their way starting on Sunday afternoon that such a result would be a major miracle if it happened.

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Three trapped after car goes into ditch near Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum

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February 27, 2026

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Three trapped after car goes into ditch near Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum

SEATTLE — Firefighters are responding to a car that drove into a ditch near Lake Washington Boulevard East and East Foster Island Road on Friday, according to the Seattle Fire Department.

Crews arriving at the scene reported that three people are trapped inside the car.

Firefighters were working to stabilize the car and get everyone out safely. Crews worked to remove the roof of the car to get everyone out, according to fire officials.

Authorities are urging the public to avoid the area while emergency crews respond.

The crash occurred in the area between the Montlake and Broadmoor neighborhoods, and traffic can be expected as emergency crews respond.

No additional information was immediately available.

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Seattle Kraken fall to Blues 5-1 in 2nd straight loss

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February 27, 2026

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Seattle Kraken fall to Blues 5-1 in 2nd straight loss

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.

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Projected Lineup: Feb. 26 vs. Seattle | St. Louis Blues

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February 26, 2026

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Projected Lineup: Feb. 26 vs. Seattle | St. Louis Blues

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.”

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