Kraken upset defending champion Avalanche in Game 7 to win 1st series in franchise history

Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice, Philipp Grubauer was stellar in stopping 33 shots and the visiting Seattle Kraken eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche with a 2-1 win in Game 7.

Bjorkstrand scored one goal off a fortuitous deflection — the puck hit off a stick and glove — and another with a liner past goaltender Alexandar Georgiev that clanged off the post.

Seattle grabbed the lead in every game in the series. Next up for the second-year Kraken is a second-round series against Dallas.

Colorado has now lost its last six Game 7s.

TWO GOALS ON THE NIGHT FOR THE MAESTRO