Joey Daccord made 35 saves as the Seattle Kraken won an opener -- either season or home -- for the first time in their five years of existence, defeating the visiting Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Thursday.

Vince Dunn, Mason Marchment and Jared McCann scored for Seattle, which won its first game under new coach Lane Lambert.

Anaheim's Bennett Sennecke, the third overall pick in the 2024 draft, tallied in his NHL debut. Ducks goalie Lukas Dostal stopped 28 of 31 shots.

The Kraken broke a 1-1 tie at 3:50 of the second period.

Brandon Montour pokechecked the puck away from Troy Terry just inside the blue line and then outmuscled the Anaheim forward while skating down the right wing to create a 2-on-1 rush. Montour skated into the corner before feeding a pass out front to Marchment, who scooped the

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