Norris scores in OT as Senators recover to beat Kraken after blowing big lead in 3rd period
The Ottawa Senators gave up three unanswered third-period goals, but redeemed themselves winning in overtime as Josh Norris scored his second of the night on the power play for a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Kraken Thursday.
Brady Tkachuk and Parker Kelly also scored for the Senators (21-31-5) as Ottawa played the first of a five-game homestand. Ottawa was coming off a rough road trip where they went 1-4-0. Anton Forsberg made 30 saves.
Jared McCann, Ryan Donato and Mason Appleton scored for the Kraken. Chris Driedger, originally drafted by Ottawa, stopped 23 shots.
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The Kraken (17-37-6) are in the midst of a five-game road trip and have now lost their first four. They close out the trip Saturday in Montreal.
Trailing 3-0 to start the third, the Kraken roared back to tie the game. Seattle scored twice in a span of 36 seconds and completed the comeback at the 13-minute mark.
McCann opened the scoring as he was able to beat Forsberg from a sharp angle and moments later Donato tipped in Jamie Oleksiak's point shot to make it a one-goal game with 10:10 remaining in regulation.
Appleton tied the game at 13:01 on a wrist shot that slipped past Forsberg.
Leading 1-0, the Senators were able to extend their lead after 40 minutes.
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Tkachuk made it 2-0 as he scored his 20th of the season early in the period as he was able to knock a puck down in the slot and score off his backhand.
Kelly made it 3-0 at the seven-minute mark as he took advantage of a Kraken giveaway and broke in alone to beat Driedger with a wrist shot.
The Kraken had a goal called back as they were offside. Fifteen seconds later, the Senators opened the