Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and two assists as the Minnesota Wild defeated the host Seattle Kraken 4-1 Monday night.

Marcus Johansson, Kirill Kaprizov and Vladimir Tarasenko also tallied and goaltender Filip Gustavsson ‌made 23 saves for ⁠the Wild, who went 2-2-0 on their four-game trip.

Jordan Eberle scored for Seattle, which lost its sixth straight (0-5-1). Philipp Grubauer stopped 25 of 27 shots but suffered his first regulation loss of the season (4-1-1).

Johansson, who played with the Kraken in their expansion season of 2021-22, tallied the go-ahead goal at 8:12 of the third period on an acrobatic move in front of the net. Eriksson Ek got to a loose puck on the right-wing boards and backhanded it toward the top of the crease. ‌Johansson jumped and tipped the ‌puck ⁠between his own

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