SEATTLE – Justin Schultz scored with 2:25 left in overtime, giving the Seattle Kraken a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.
It was a season-high fourth straight win for Seattle, and its sixth straight one-goal game (4-0-2). The Kraken also tied a franchise record with points in their eighth straight game (6-0-2).
Oliver Bjorkstrand, playing in his 500th NHL contest, played the puck along the right boards and found Schultz at the near post.
Schultz slid it past Flyers goalie Carter Hart for his third of the season. Hart finished with 27 saves.
“I just kind of waited for the opportunity,” Schultz said. “Bjorky and (Yanni Gourde) did a great job just holding onto the puck, and we found an opportunity. (I was) lucky enough to (have it) go in.”
“I think we´re just sticking with it. And guys are working hard and we know it´s there just wasn´t coming for us,” Schultz added according to AP.
“We believe in this group. We have almost the same group as last year so we know we can do it, and like I said, we´re heading in the right direction now.”
Travis Konecny gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead with his team-leading 17th goal of the year at 16:21 of the first with his fourth short-handed tally of the season.
On a breakaway, Scott Laughton sent the puck through the crease, and Konecny, on the other side of the net, tipped it inside the post.
