The game between the Colorado Avalanche and Seattle Kraken will take place at Ball Arena on Wednesday, April 26 at 9:30 PM ET.
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The Colorado Avalanche will welcome the Seattle Kraken to Ball Arena for an NHL game on Wednesday. The Colorado Avalanche lost 3-2 in their last game over the Kraken. As one of the originals from Seattle’s difficult opening season, Jordan Eberle found himself joking with some of his teammates of Game 4 against the defending Stanley Cup champions of being the biggest game to date in the brief history of the Kraken.
It will forever be memorable for the Kraken. First overtime playoff game. First overtime playoff win. And an unexpectedly tied series headed back to Denver. Eberle scored on the power play 3 minutes into overtime and the Seattle Kraken beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Monday night to even their best-of-7 series at 2-2.Rantanen now has five goals in four games, but the rest of Colorado’s stars were held in check. “You knew it was going to be tougher and tougher as the series goes on. Space is going to be less available, and you have to go earn every inch of ice,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “We didn’t do a good enough job early in the hockey game taking care of our side of the ice.”
The Seattle Kraken on the other hand won 3-2 against the Avalanche in their last game. Seattle’s first playoff overtime victory ensured there would be at least one more game played at home this season for the Kraken. But the Kraken will be shorthanded for Game 5 after Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said leading scorer Jared McCann won’t play in Denver. McCann was injured on a questionable hit from Colorado’s Cale Makar midway through the first period.
“Late hit, really late, no puck in play. Our 40-goal scorer not available for the rest of the game and is not going to be available going forward here,” Hakstol said. Will Borgen and Daniel Sprong scored in the first period to give Seattle a 2-0 lead. Mikko Rantanen scored twice in the second period for Colorado to pull even. Seattle dominated play in the offensive zone most of the night, outshooting Colorado 43-22. But after taking a 2-0 lead, the Kraken were unable to extend their advantage thanks largely to Georgiev. Colorado’s goalie made 39 saves and kept the Avalanche from getting overrun in the first period.
But in the extra session, Manson’s penalty at 1:59 provided the Kraken a chance to end their overtime debut quickly. Schwartz had his shot in front of the net blocked, but it fell to Eberle’s stick and he didn’t miss the open net after being held in check for most of the series. “It happened fast. I can’t really remember before that but it was obviously really exciting,” Schwartz said.
Mikko Rantanen – J. T. Compher – Samuel Girard
Nathan MacKinnon – Evan Rodrigues – Bowen Byram
Andrew Cogliano – Lars Eller – Alexandar Georgiev
Erik Johnson – Artturi Lehkonen
Cale Makar – Denis Malgin
Josh Manson – Ben Meyers
Alex Newhook – Matt Nieto
Logan O’Connor
Devon Toews
Daniel Sprong – Will Borgen – Jordan Eberle
Adam Larsson – Justin Schultz – Jaden Schwartz
Brandon Tanev – Matty Beniers – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Ryan Donato – Vince Dunn
Morgan Geekie – Yanni Gourde
Philipp Grubauer – Jared McCann
Jamie Oleksiak – Carson Soucy
Eeli Tolvanen
Alexander Wennberg
Colorado Avalanche: Valeri Nichushkin, Darren Helm, Jack Johnson, Gabriel Landeskog
Seattle Kraken: Jared McCann, Andre Burakovsky, Joonas Donskoi , John Hayden
The game between the Colorado Avalanche and Seattle Kraken will take place at Ball Arena on Wednesday, April 26 at 9:30 PM ET.
The match between the Colorado Avalanche and Seattle Kraken will be telecast live on Altitude, ESPN, Root Sports Northwest, ESPN.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Altitude, ESPN, Root Sports Northwest, ESPN. | April 26 (9:30 PM ET) |
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