Seattle Kraken at Florida Panthers

Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena · 2026–27 Regular Season

Seattle Kraken

3 – 8

Final

Florida Panthers

The Florida Panthers beat the Seattle Kraken 8–3 on Sat, Oct 17, 2026 at Amerant Bank Arena. Sam Bennett scored a hat trick; Carter Verhaeghe scored a hat trick. Jacob Markstrom made 20 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SEA	1	1	1	3	23
FLA	3	3	2	8	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:05	FLA	EV	Sam Bennett (1) · bat	Matthew Tkachuk (9)	0–1
1st	04:54	SEA	EV	Shane Wright (3) · tip-in	Berkly Catton (3), Kaapo Kakko (5)	1–1
1st	17:56	FLA	EV	Carter Verhaeghe (4) · slap	Sam Reinhart (3)	1–2
1st	19:07	FLA	PP	Carter Verhaeghe (5) · wrist	Brady Tkachuk (3), Matthew Tkachuk (10)	1–3
2nd	06:02	FLA	EV	Carter Verhaeghe (6) · wrist	Niko Mikkola (1), Lars Eller (5)	1–4
2nd	06:42	FLA	EV	Niko Mikkola (1) · snap	Unassisted	1–5
2nd	13:13	FLA	EV	Sam Bennett (2) · snap	Brady Tkachuk (4), Gustav Forsling (1)	1–6
2nd	19:05	SEA	EV	Frederick Gaudreau (5) · wrist	Adam Larsson (2)	2–6
3rd	02:25	FLA	PP	Sam Reinhart (5) · slap	Matthew Tkachuk (11), Seth Jones (9)	2–7
3rd	03:49	SEA	EV	Ryker Evans (1) · slap	Berkly Catton (4), Kaapo Kakko (6)	3–7
3rd	11:14	FLA	EV	Sam Bennett (3) · snap	Uvis Balinskis (1), Dmitry Kulikov (2)	3–8

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:07	FLA	Dmitry Kulikov	tripping	2
1st	13:03	FLA	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	18:44	SEA	Ryker Evans	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	19:07	SEA	Adam Larsson	high sticking	2
2nd	16:19	FLA	Sam Lafferty	interference	2
2nd	20:00	FLA	Brady Tkachuk	roughing	2
3rd	00:58	SEA	Kaapo Kakko	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: SEA 1.62 · FLA 3.78 · xG% SEA 30.0

Seattle Kraken

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
84	Kaapo Kakko	R	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	0		15:07	20
27	Berkly Catton	C	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	1	62.5	15:00	20
41	Ryker Evans	D	1	0	1	-1	2	2	1	1		23:16	25
6	Adam Larsson	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	1		18:55	24
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	69.2	15:17	20
51	Shane Wright	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1	100.0	14:18	18
29	Vince Dunn	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	2		20:30	24
19	Jared McCann	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		18:59	21
10	Matty Beniers	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	57.1	18:44	19
28	Josh Mahura	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		18:34	21
11	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		16:40	20
46	Ville Ottavainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		16:03	18
8	Cale Fleury	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	2		15:39	22
74	Bobby McMann	C	0	0	0	-4	0	0	2	0		15:24	16
9	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	-5	0	1	0	1	62.5	15:23	20
7	Jordan Eberle	R	0	0	0	-5	0	1	0	3		14:00	17
59	Ben Meyers	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1	100.0	13:37	18
26	Ryan Winterton	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1		12:10	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Joey Daccord	L	37	29	8	.784	58:34

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	3	0	3	+1	0	5	1	0		17:05	18
19	Matthew Tkachuk	L	0	3	3	+3	0	4	1	0		12:54	16
9	Sam Bennett	C	3	0	3	+3	0	4	2	1	62.5	12:25	16
77	Niko Mikkola	D	1	1	2	+3	0	3	1	1		20:12	22
13	Sam Reinhart	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0	50.0	17:26	19
8	Brady Tkachuk	L	0	2	2	+4	2	7	1	0	66.7	13:31	19
3	Seth Jones	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	3		22:15	24
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		21:20	24
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0		17:21	22
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		17:16	20
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	10.0	16:14	20
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		19:58	24
15	Anton Lundell	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	33.3	16:38	21
95	Sandis Vilmanis	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1		16:35	18
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		16:27	21
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0		12:54	17
14	Bokondji Imama	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1		10:45	11
18	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	1	18.2	10:44	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25	Jacob Markstrom	W	23	20	3	.870	60:00