Jared McCann scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Seattle Kraken held on to beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Saturday night. Kaappo Kakko also had a goal and Joey Daccord stopped 26 shots for the Kraken,

Playing against his former team, Jared McCann scored the go-ahead goal with 12:57 left in the third period as the visiting Seattle Kraken upset the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Saturday night.

The Seattle Kraken were ready to get back into action after the 4 Nations Face-Off. The majority of the team had a break, with only Kaapo Kakko representing his country of Finland.

In the club's return from the 4 Nations Face-Off break, the Florida Panthers were without forward Matthew Tkachuk in Saturday night's 2-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken, as the former Team USA winger nurses a lower-body injury suffered during the tourney.

Panthers star forward Matthew Tkachuk will miss Florida's game against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday because of a lower-body injury.

After not one but two failed zone clear attempts by the Panthers, one by Gus Forsling and another by Jesper Boqvist, Kappo Kakko found himself with the puck and plenty of space in the left circle, cutting to the net and sliding the puck under Sergei Bobrovsky to give Seattle a 1-0 lead.