Carolina drops to 3-1-1 on this road trip as they fall 2-1 in Seattle as the Kraken win the first-ever matchup between the two teams. In a heartbreaking fashion, the Canes give up a late goal as the Kraken scored with less than 4 minutes remaining in the game to take a 2-1 lead that they would never relinquish. A disappointing result from a game that Carolina just straight up dominated from start to finish.
Now, this is not an excuse, but the officials from this game need to have a performance review. It was awful from the linesman and referees in this one when they miss blatant too many men infractions, call phantom calls on Carolina’s best penalty killer which leads directly to a goal against the Canes, and just missing more than even the average NHL official does.