You don't have to be a hockey fan to have heard about the absolutely crazy game between the Seattle Kraken and the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night -- probably because the high-scoring tilt matched a couple of long-standing NHL records that are hard to top.
Seattle's wild 9-8 overtime win marked just the 12th time in 35 years that 17 or more goals have been scored in an NHL game. It also featured six game-tying goals in the second period, which ties an NHL record.
The Kraken lead the Kings 8-6 through 2 periods, already the highest combined goal total of any game this season (6 games have had 13 goals).
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 30, 2022
This game has featured ties at:
1-1
2-2
3-3
4-4
5-5 pic.twitter.com/A5qUKqPNL1
And while goaltending with clearly not the strong suit in Tuesday's tilt, Kraken netminder Martin Jones matched a record himself by giving up eight goals and still getting the win at the end of the night, which hasn't happened in over 30 years.
The @SeattleKraken beat the LA Kings 9-8:
— ᴀʀᴅᴀ Öᴄᴀʟ (@Arda) November 30, 2022
6th game in 50+ years to have at least 17 goals and be decided by one goal
Kings (5) & Kraken (1) tied the NHL record for most tying goals in a game
Martin Jones is the first goalie since Mike Vernon in 1991 to give up 8 & win (!!!) pic.twitter.com/zD21nbddSN
The crazy game ended mercifully at the 2:08 mark in overtime when Andre Burakovsky found the back of the net for Seattle.
"It was a kind of a messed-up night," Burakovsky told the Seattle Times. "I think we played a really bad game and so did they. We were lucky they didn't play good at all."
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