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Seattle Kraken make NHL history as first team to sweep 7-game road trip
SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken got here again residence Monday as the most well liked workforce in hockey after doing one thing that had by no means been carried out within the historical past of the NHL — sweeping a seven-game highway journey.
The workforce was seeking to make it nine-straight wins on Monday, however they dropped a sport to the Tampa Bay Lightning, shedding 4-1.
Regardless of the loss, the workforce is coming off a profitable highway journey that noticed their twenty sixth win of the common season.
They’re now one win shy of tying their win complete from final season.
Many followers we spoke with earlier than Monday’s sport mentioned they’re feeling looking forward to playoffs.
“It’s superb what you get with a superb draft decide, a few good trades and simply the chemistry, simply the workforce attending to know one another higher,” mentioned Thom O’Rourke. “The coach appears to actually put the gamers within the positions to assist them succeed.”
The Kraken can be up in Edmonton on Tuesday to tackle the Oilers.
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