Callaghan Bluechel

Seawolves/Kraken/Mariners reporter @EmeraldSpectrum
reporter @Cascadia_FC

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

The chaos continues.

From a goalie rocochet to an empty-netter, the #Kraken again found the auspices of Lady Luck - and a stellar showing from Philipp Grubauer in net - to take one at home from a Central-leading Utah side.

https://t.co/VZOQt9pDth for @EmeraldSpectrum:

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

FT #Royals 0 - 0 #Reign
-Seattle's crossing was off-kilter all game
-Utah was too passive/reactive to take advantage of the Reign's mistakes
-Claudia Dickey dealt with the threats they did produce
-It all hinges on Decision Day

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

HT thoughts #Royals 0 - 0 #Reign
-Claudia Dickey with two excellent saves and several high claims
-Lots of disconnected passes in the field for Seattle
-Defense broke down over the course of the half
-Emeri Adames hasn't been much of a factor so far

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

There does seem to be a correlation between integration and winning percentage standard deviation (as a proxy for the gulf between good teams and bad)

Would be a sensible explanation for increased team parity post-1947 but of course correlation doesn't *prove* anything

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

I do wonder if this is more due to the third wild card changing the incentive structure, but positing any cause & effect here is a fool's errand tbh

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

I do wonder if this is more due to the third wild card changing the incentive structure, but positing any cause & effect here is a fool's errand tbh

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

FINAL: #Mammoth 3 - 5 #SeaKraken
-Philipp Grubauer with an incredible game (esp. second period)
-Seattle created enough chaos in the final 10 minutes to overcome relentless Mammoth pressure
-Kraken now 7-3-1

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Freddy Gaudreau steals the puck away in the neutral zone and easily finds the net to make it 5-3.

1:00 left P3 | #Mammoth 3 - 5 #SeaKraken

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Chaotic goal to give the Kraken the lead! McMann's initial shot deflected, but he gets it and delivers to Samoskevich, who knocks one into the net!

5:25 left P3 | #Mammoth 3 - 4 #SeaKraken

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Chandler Stephenson steals it away and sends it back to Bobby McMann, who launches it behind Vejmelka - but the play was offside.

11:12 left P3 | #Mammoth 3 - 3 #SeaKraken

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Logan Cooley rips another one past Grubauer, this one's a true tie. Seattle has been badly on the back foot for nearly 25 minutes.

Seattle timeout.

12:18 left P3 | #Mammoth 3 - 3 #SeaKraken

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

No goal, offside.

18:13 left P3 | #Mammoth 2 - 3 #SeaKraken

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Kailer Yamamoto ties it! Seattle's loss of game control has turned a 3-1 lead into a 3-3 tie less than two minutes into the third period. Dmitri Simashev into the net from a tip.

Seattle challenging offside.

18:13 left P3 | #Mammoth 3? - 3 #SeaKraken

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Kailer Yamamoto ties it! Seattle's loss of game control has turned a 3-1 lead into a 3-3 tie less than two minutes into the third period. Dmitri Simashev into the net from a tip.

Seattle challenging offside.

18:13 left P3 | #Mammoth 3? - 3 #SeaKraken

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Utah converts the power play early in the third period, Logan Cooley off Grubauer's glove and into the three-hole.

19:33 left P3 | #Mammoth 2 - 3 #SeaKraken

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

SECOND INTERMISSION: #Mammoth 1 - 3 #SeaKraken
-The German Gentleman is having a tremendous game
-Utah has been far more precise than Seattle after their pair of PKs
-The Kraken need to find a way to counter Utah's relentless pressure

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

With the 5-on-3, the Kraken get one in the goal as Montour fires from distance!

17:37 left 2P | #Mammoth 1 - 3 #SeaKraken

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

ESPN thought he a was a Volga German I guess

[Alison @AlisonL]

(Philipp Grubauer is called the German Gentleman bc he is German)

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

FIRST INTERMISSION: #Mammoth 1 - 2 #SeaKraken
-Early giveaways from the Mammoth allowed Seattle to get early momentum
-Utah more physical final ~15m
-Seattle only allowed one close shot on the PK, but it was a clinical one
-First line has had more moments than the hot fourth line

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Seattle claps right back! Matty Beniers takes the pass from Kaapo Kakko and whips it past Vejmelka. Excellent use of the power play.

P1 18:22 | #Mammoth 1 - 2 #SeaKraken

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Kailer Yamamoto and Vincent Trochek tie the game up, with the first close shot of the power play for Utah whizzing through Grubauer.

P1 17:57 | #Mammoth 1 - 1 #SeaKraken

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

That's an early goal for the Kraken 3:38 into this game. Though the fourth line showed some life earlier on, this was the first line with Eberle getting one heck of a good ricochet.

16:22 | #Mammoth 0 - 1 #SeaKraken