SEATTLE — The Calgary Flames fell 4-3 in a shootout to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night at Climate Pledge Arena, dropping to 1-1-1 in the preseason.
Jonathan Castagna opened the scoring at 10:02 of the first period, assisted by Brennan Othmann and Dryden Hunt. Bobby McMann tied the game 1-1 at 15:34, with assists to Jordan Eberle and Chandler Stephenson.
Rory Kerins restored Calgary's lead 1:38 into the second period, assisted by Alex Nylander and Sam Morton. Aydar Suniev made it 3-1 at 6:05 on a five-on-three power play, with Othmann and William Stromgren drawing the assists. Othmann finished the night with two assists, and Calgary led 3-1 after two periods.
Seattle came back in the third. Brandon Montour scored at 1:26, assisted by Matty Beniers and Jared McCann, and Ryker Evans tied the game 3-3 at 7:31 on Beniers' second assist of the night.
Neither team scored in overtime. In the shootout, Beniers and Berkly Catton scored for Seattle, and Suniev scored for Calgary, with Catton's goal standing as the winner.
Devin Cooley made 23 saves on 26 shots for Calgary. Philipp Grubauer stopped 32 of 35 shots to earn the win for Seattle. Calgary outshot the Kraken 35-26.
Seattle's Ville Ottavainen and Curtis Douglas received game misconducts at 7:22 of the second period.
Calgary finishes the preseason Saturday in Edmonton against the Oilers. The regular season opens Oct. 1 at home against Seattle.
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