Seattle Kraken Dominate at Xcel Energy Center Against Minnesota Wild

The Seattle Kraken, with a record of 4-0, sailed to victory against the Minnesota Wild, who now stand at 0-4 after the game. The final score read 4-0 in favor of the visiting team.

In an impressive display at the Xcel Energy Center, the Seattle Kraken secured a shutout win over their hosts. The Kraken's offense was on full display as they fired 23 shots towards the Wild's net. Their efforts were rewarded with four goals, showcasing a notable shooting percentage of 17 percent for the night. The second period proved particularly fruitful for Seattle as they scored three times to take control of the game.

The team's powerplay unit capitalized on one of their two opportunities thanks to their time spent practicing plays when they have a one-man advantage. This goal came during a crucial five-on-four situation that lasted for nearly four minutes and contributed significantly to tilting the ice in Seattle's favor.

Defensively, Seattle was just as formidable. Their goaltender was impenetrable, saving all 22 shots faced throughout three periods and maintaining a perfect save percentage. This performance between the pipes ensured that any attempts by Minnesota to build momentum were quickly quashed.

The Kraken also demonstrated discipline and effectiveness in other aspects of play. They delivered 20 hits and blocked an impressive number of shots with 14 blocks recorded by game end while keeping giveaways low at six instances only.

On faceoffs, both teams were nearly even matched; however, Seattle edged out slightly winning just over half of them with a faceoff win percentage rounded up to approximately 51 percent compared to Minnesota’s rounded down figure which is roughly about 49 percent.

Turning attention towards Minnesota Wild’s effort on home ice – despite being unable to find the back of net – they did not go down without resistance. They registered more hits than their opponents with a total count reaching into mid-twenties and kept giveaways almost neck-and-neck with seven occurrences during playtime.

However, it wasn't enough against an organized Seattle defense that didn’t concede any goals whether playing at even strength or while short-handed where they successfully defended all three shorthanded situations faced including one instance where they were two men down due to penalties taken earlier in playtime sequence.

As fans look forward toward future games involving their beloved team from Emerald City - attention shifts towards another challenging matchup scheduled for November fifth year twenty-twenty-two when Seattle Kraken will be visiting Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena located within Pennsylvania state lines under zip code fifteen thousand two hundred nineteen within United States territory boundaries starting from eleven o'clock PM Eastern Standard Time zone onwards which can be viewed across various networks including ESPN+ online platform alongside SportsNet PT television channel six hundred fifty-nine or ROOT Sports NW channel six hundred eighty-seven depending on viewer location preferences nationwide.