The Seattle Kraken ousted the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche with a 2-1 win in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series Sunday. Here’s what you need to know:
The teams went scoreless through the first period. The Kraken struck first for the seventh straight game with an Oliver Bjorkstrand goal at 3:24 in the second; he added another 7:22 into the frame.
Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon had a shot deflected off Mikko Rantanen’s pants into the net on the power play with 27.3 seconds to go in the second period, cutting Seattle’s lead in half. The assist…
