Shane Wright scores twice as Kraken extend win streak to 3 games with 5-2 win over Maple Leafs

SEATTLE (AP) — Shane Wright scored twice and the Seattle Kraken extended their winning streak to three games with a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.

Brandon Montour and Matty Beniers also scored for the Kraken, who had at least five goals in back-to-back games for the first time. Seattle, which beat Washington 5-1 on Tuesday night, has won four of its last five games. Joey Daccord stopped 29 shots.

Nicholas Robertson and Morgan Rielly scored for Toronto, which slipped to 0-5-1 over its past six games.

Anthony Stolarz, making his second straight start in goal after missing two months with an upper body injury, allowed a goal on the opening shot for the second consecutive game and finished with 17 saves.

Wright, the fourth overall pick in the 2022 NHL draft, had the second multi-goal game of his career. He hadn't scored in his last 13 games before netting his eighth and ninth of the season.

Beniers scored 1:21 into the first period for Seattle. He has a point in five straight games and set a franchise record for 10 goals in a calendar month.

Robertson tied it at 1 with 4:58 remaining in the first on a slap shot from the top of the left circle.

Wright scored on a backhand off a rebound 6:23 into the second period, and Montour added a goal 31 seconds later to give Seattle a 3-1 lead.

After Wright’s holding penalty, the Maple Leafs capitalized with a power-play goal from Rielly 6:04 into the third period to cut their deficit to 3-2.

After forcing a defensive zone turnover, Wright’s wrist shot put Seattle up 4-2 at 8:32 in the third.

Jared McCann scored into an empty net with 2:27 left for his 199th career goal.

Berkly Catton, the Kraken’s first-round pick in the 2024 NHL draft, took a hard hit to the head from Toronto’s Oliver Ekman-Larsson in the first period and did not return.

Maple Leafs: Host Vancouver on Saturday.

Kraken: At Las Vegas on Saturday.

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CORRECTS DATE - Seattle Kraken center Berkly Catton, right, falls against Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson, left, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

CORRECTS DATE - Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson, top, checks on Seattle Kraken center Berkly Catton, bottom, after a collision during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Toronto Maple Leafs center Max Domi (11) shoots as Seattle Kraken center Chandler Stephenson (9) looks on during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Simon Benoit (2) tries to block a shot from Seattle Kraken right wing Eeli Tolvanen (20) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord (35) blocks a shot from Toronto Maple Leafs center Bobby McMann (74) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jason Robertson and Mikko Rantanen scored in the shootout and Dallas escaped with a 5-4 victory over the Golden Knights after the Stars blew a three-goal lead in the third period Thursday night.

Vegas' Mitch Marner forced overtime when he used his stick to keep the puck from leaving the offensive zone and then blasted a shot from the left point with 48.7 seconds left.

Mavrik Bourque scored twice for the Stars, who have won of their past five games. It was the first multigoal game for Bourque, whom the Stars drafted 30th overall in 2020.

The Stars also got goals from Matt Duchene and Wyatt Johnston, and Jamie Benn and Sam Steel each had two assists. Jake Oettinger finished with 17 saves.

Marner and Keegan Kolesar each had a goal and an assist for the Golden Knights, Ivan Barbashev scored and Reilly Smith had a short-handed goal. Smith has 13 career short-handed goals for the Golden Knights, two off the franchise record set by William Karlsson.

Adin Hill had 23 saves for the Golden Knights, who have lost five of six and are 1-6 in shootouts this season.

Two Stars reached career milestones, with Adam Erne playing in his 400th game and Johnston in his 300th. Johnston, who has not missed a Stars game since his NHL debut on Oct. 13, 2022, is the fourth player from the 2021 draft class to hit that mark.

Dallas scored in the opening two minutes for the third game in a row when Duchene took advantage of a vacated net to score his fourth goal in three games.

After Kolesar's equalizer 4:07 into the second period, the Stars scored three goals — two by Bourque — before the Golden Knights rallied with three goals in the third.

Stars: Visit the Utah Mammoth on Saturday.

Golden Knights: Host the Seattle Kraken on Saturday.

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Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill (33) reacts after he was scored on by the Dallas Stars during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Ben Hutton (17) and Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill (33) try to knock the puck away from Dallas Stars center Radek Faksa (12) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Dallas Stars center Mavrik Bourque (22) celebrates after scoring his second goal against the Vegas Golden Knights during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Dallas Stars center Matt Duchene (95) celebrates after scoring against the Vegas Golden Knights during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)