Kraken end Panthers’ record-tying home run in stunner

FLORIDA: Chris Driedger made 33 saves against his former team as the Seattle Kraken snapped the Florida Panthers’ record-tying home winning streak with a 4-1 victory on Saturday night in Sunrise, Florida.

Jordan Eberle scored twice, and Ryan Donato and Jamie Oleksiak (emptynetter) added one goal each as Seattle ended Florida’s season-opening 11-game win streak, which matches the NHL record set by the 1963-64 Chicago Blackhawks for the longest home winning streak to open a season.

Driedger went 21-8-4 with the Panthers the previous two seasons, but this was just his third start and his first win with the expansion Kraken.

Patric Hornqvist scored for the Panthers, who lost a home regular-season game for the first time since April 22 against the Carolina Hurricanes — a span of 15 consecutive contests without a loss.

Mikko Rantanen had three goals and an assist, Bo Byram, Tyson Jost and Valeri Nichushkin also scored, and Colorado beat Nashville 6-2 in Denver.

Cale Makar had three assists to extend his point streak to six games, Gabriel Landeskog, Nazem Kadri and Devon Toews had two assists each, and

Jonas Johansson stopped 26 shots for Colorado, who have won seven of their last eight.

Matt Duchene and Luke Kunin had goals, and David Rittich had 29 saves for the Predators.

Mikko Koskinen tied his season-high with 36 saves to lead Edmonton to a 3-2 win in Las Vegas on a night the two leading scorers in the NHL were kept off the scoresheet.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman and Jesse Puljujarvi scored goals for Edmonton, which won despite Leon Draisaitl (40 points) and Connor McDavid (36) both going without a point in the same game for the first time this season.

Koskinen improved to 11-2-0 with the victory. Chandler Stephenson scored a goal for the third consecutive game and Reilly Smith also scored for Vegas. Robin Lehner had 27 saves.