Kraken score 4 goals in 2nd period, hold off late Flyers rally in 6-4 win

SEATTLE (AP) — Eeli Tolvanen, Jordan Eberle, and Shane Wright scored three goals in less than three minutes in the second period and the Seattle Kraken held off a Philadelphia Flyers rally in a 6-4 victory on Thursday night.

Tolvanen’s goal broke a 2-2 tie at the 14:57 mark. Eberle made it a two-goal game with a goal at 17:44. Eight seconds later, Wright scored to give Seattle a three-goal lead.

Jared McCann tied the game at 2-2 with the first of Seattle’s four second-period goals.

Cam York and Jamie Drysdale scored to pull Philadelphia within 5-4 in the third period, but Oliver Bjorkstrand responded with a goal to push Seattle’s lead to two with just over five minutes left in the game.

Scott Laughton scored twice for the Flyers in the first period, while Brandon Montour scored one in for the Kraken.

Chandler Stephenson had an assist in his 500th NHL game. Seattle's Philipp Grubauer had 21 saves.

Flyers: Laughton is off to a good start, with two goals and three points through four games. Laughton didn’t score his second goal last season until his 24th game.

Kraken: The win was the first home victory for head coach Dan Bylsma. The Kraken dropped their home opener to St. Louis on Oct. 8, 3-2.

After York and Drysdale scored, Seattle’s one-time three goal lead looked like it might be in danger. But Bjorkstrand’s breakaway goal at 14:51 extended the Kraken lead to two goals and allowed the crowd to breathe a bit easier in the final minutes.

The Kraken finished the game with 12 assists, with Andre Burakovsky and Jared McCann contributing two apiece. McCann had a three-point night, his first of the season.

The Flyers play at home against Vancouver on Saturday night, while the Kraken play host to the Calgary Flames the same night.

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Philadelphia Flyers right wing Tyson Foerster (71), center Morgan Frost, center, and right wing Bobby Brink, right, come together along the glass as they warm up before an NHL hockey game against the Seattle Kraken Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Philadelphia Flyers center Ryan Poehling, center, celebrates with Garnet Hathaway (19) and other teammates after center Scott Laughton (21) scored his second goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Seattle Kraken, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Philadelphia Flyers center Scott Laughton, left, takes Seattle Kraken defenseman Will Borgen (3) into the boards during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer (31) makes a save as left wing Brandon Tanev (13) defends against Philadelphia Flyers right wing Matvei Michkov, left, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Seattle Kraken right wing Oliver Bjorkstrand (22) and Philadelphia Flyers right wing Owen Tippett, center right, compete for the puck in front of Flyers goaltender Ivan Fedotov (82) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Seattle Kraken right wing Jordan Eberle (7) skates away after scoring against Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ivan Fedotov, background left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Seattle Kraken right wing Eeli Tolvanen (20) scores past diving Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ivan Fedotov (82) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers fired offensive coordinator Greg Roman and offensive line coach Mike Devlin on Tuesday, two days after the team lost 16-3 to the New England Patriots in the wild-card round of the playoffs.

Roman spent two seasons as the Chargers' OC after previously holding the position with the Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers. Los Angeles posted back-to-back 11-6 seasons but lost its playoff opener each time, scoring a total of 15 points in the two games.

After Sunday night's game, coach Jim Harbaugh was asked if Roman was the right person to be calling plays and declined to give Roman a vote of confidence.

“Right now I don’t have the answers,” he said. “We’re going to look at that, at everything. It really falls on me that we weren't at our best tonight. I don’t have the answers. I wish I did.”

Devlin followed a seven-year career as an offensive lineman for Buffalo and Arizona as an offensive line coach for the Cardinals, Jets, Texans and Ravens before spending the last two seasons with the Cardinals.

Los Angeles lost both of its starting offensive tackles to season-ending injuries, and Chargers quarterbacks were sacked 60 times — second-worst in the NFL — in 2025. Justin Herbert was brought down six times on Sunday night.

The Chargers haven't won a postseason game since 2018. Herbert is 0-3 in the playoffs for his career.

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Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is pictured before an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh leaves a news conference after an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh on the sidelines in the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)