March 10, 2026; Seattle, Washington, USA; Nashville Predators goaltender Juse Saros (74) and Seattle Kraken forward Frédéric Gaudreau (89) chase down a loose puck during the third period at Climate Pledge Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Brashear-Imagn Image Ryan Ufko scored his first career NHL goal and Juuse Saros made a season-high 43 saves in the Nashville Predators’ 4-2 win over the host Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.
Tyson Jost, Reid Schaefer and Steven Stamkos also scored and Jonathan Marchessault had two assists for the Predators. The Predators evened their five-game road record to 1-1-0 and pulled within a point of Seattle for the Western Conference’s second and final wild card spot.
Kaapo Kakko and Matty Beniers scored for the Kraken. The Kraken suffered their third straight loss Thursday against league-leading Colorado in the finale of a six-game homestand. Joey Daccord stopped 23 of 26 shots.
The Predators scored three scoreless goals in the second period to take a 3-2 lead, before Stamkos sealed the win with an empty-net goal at 19:55 of the third.
Jost got Nashville on the board at 4:14 of the second. Fedor Svechkov carried the puck down the right wing, cut toward the slot and fired a pass to Jost on the left wing, who fired a wrist shot over the outstretched Daccord.
The Predators tied the game at 10:19 when Matthew Wood skated down the slot between two defenders and set up Schaefer for a tap-in at the top of the crease.
Ufko, a defenseman playing in his fourth career game, gave the Predators the lead at 14:25, beating three defenders, fooling Daccord and placing a forehand shot just inside the right post.
The Kraken outscored Nashville 19-7 in the first period to take a 2-0 lead.
Kakko opened the scoring just 2 minutes and 14 seconds into the contest. Saros blocked Shane Wright’s shot from the right corner, but Kakko found the net on the rebound from just outside the crease.
Beniers doubled the advantage at 9:46 with a wrister that beat Saros high inside the near post from a sharp angle on the right wing.
The Kraken’s Jaden Schwartz is out indefinitely after missing the game after missing his skates during Saturday’s game against Ottawa. Fellow forward Bobby McMann, acquired in a trade with Toronto on Friday, is still waiting for his work visa to be processed and remains unavailable.
–Field level media
