Shane Wright's 2 goals lead Kraken to 4-2 victory over Kings

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shane Wright scored twice to lead the Seattle Kraken to a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.

Vince Dunn and Adam Larsson also scored and Chandler Stephenson and Frederick Gaudreau each had two assists for the Kraken, who have won five of their last six games. Joey Daccord made 25 saves.

Andrei Kuzmenko scored both of Los Angeles' goals and Darcy Kuemper made 19 saves.

The Kings took a 1-0 lead at 7:42 of the first period when Kuzmenko scored on the power play.

Wright tied it at 1 at 9:16 on a backhander for his first goal of the game and Larsson put Seattle up 2-1 at 10:14 on a one-timer. Dunn made it 3-1 on the power play at 15:21.

Kuzmenko cut it to 3-2 on the power play at 10:27 of the second period, but Wright gave the Kraken a two-goal lead again with a power-play score at 5:50 of the third.

Kraken: Visit Dallas on Feb. 25.

Kings: Visit Vegas on Thursday night.

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Seattle Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord (35) guards his net during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Los Angeles Kings left wing Andrei Kuzmenko (96) celebrates his goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Seattle Kraken Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Seattle Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson (6) celebrates his goal with teammates during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Seattle Kraken defenseman Vince Dunn (29) celebrates his goal with left wing Jared McCann (19), center Matty Beniers (10) and right wing Jordan Eberle (7) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Seattle Kraken center Shane Wright (51) chases the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

SEATTLE (AP) — Bennett Stirtz hit four 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, Alvaro Folgueiras scored 16 points, and Iowa beat Washington 84-74 on Wednesday night for its fifth consecutive win.

Tavion Banks had 11 points and Cooper Koch also scored 11, all in the second half, for Iowa (16-5, 6-4 Big Ten). Banks missed a free throw with 29 seconds left in the first half to break his streak of 30 consecutive made free throws — four shy of the program record set by Chris Street (1993) and Jordan Bohannon (2018).

Hannes Steinbach had 20 points and 12 rebounds for Washington (12-11, 4.-8) and his 15 double-doubles this season are the most by a freshman in program history. Isaiah Stewart had 14 double-doubles for the Huskies in 2019-20.

Zoom Diallo had 16 points, a career-high 12 assists and six rebounds and Wesley Yates III scored 15 points for Washington.

Franck Kepnang threw down a dunk that gave the Huskies a seven-point lead with 18:41 left in the game but they went without a field goal for the next seven-plus minutes. Washington was 0 for 6 from the field and committed two turnovers during an 18-4 Iowa run that made it 63-56 with 12:59 to play and the Hawkeyes led the rest of the way.

Washington shot 76.9% (20 of 26) in the first half — the third-best shooting half in the Big Ten since the 2018-19 season — but made just 9 of 25 (36%) from the field after halftime.

Iowa: The Hawkeyes host Northwestern on Sunday.

Washington: The Huskies play Saturday at UCLA.

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Washington Huskies center Franck Kepnang dunks during warmups before an NCAA college basketball game against the Iowa Hawkeyes, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Maddy Grassy)