Jaden Schwartz netted a hat trick and goaltender Joey Daccord staved off a furious third-period push as the Seattle Kraken opened a long home stretch with a 4-2 victory against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.

January 19 - Jaden Schwartz netted a hat trick and goaltender Joey Daccord staved off a furious ... stretch with a 4-2 victory against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.

Schwartz put Seattle ahead 2-1 at 7:40, finishing off a 4-on-2 rush by scoring on a wrist shot from the right circle. Josh Mahura started the break by creating a turnover when he checked Warren Foegele in the defensive zone.

The Kraken wasted no time in testing one of the season’s best goalies, with Jaden Schwartz blasting a wrist shot past Kuemper, assisted by Kaapo Kakko who is riding a four-game point streak. But the Kings responded quickly,

Connor Ingram made 23 saves and Olli Maatta scored his first goal for the Utah Hockey Club in a 5-2 victory over Winnipeg Jets on Monday night. Logan Cooley, Barrett Hayton, Matias Maccelli and Clayton Keller also scored to help Utah win its second consecutive home game.

Daccord secured the 6-4 victory over the Sabres on Monday despite giving up four goals on 29 shots.

Kevin Hayes, Sidney Crosby and Anthony Beauvillier each had a goal and an assist to help the Pittsburgh Penguins end the Los Angeles Kings' nine-game home winning streak with a 5-1 victory on Monday night.

BOSTON (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored a pair of third-period goals, stealing the spotlight from fellow Boston University product Macklin Celebrini in his first game back at the TD Garden as an NHLer and leading the Bruins to a victory over San Jose. It was Boston’s 14th straight victory over the Sharks.

(At) N.Y. Islanders 3, Columbus 1: Bo Horvat scored twice in New York's three-goal second period, Simon Holmstrom also scored and Mathew Barzal had two assists as the Islanders won their second straight and fifth in seven games. Ilya Sorokin made 25 saves.

"DeMar DeRozan has moved ahead of Allen Iverson for 29th place in NBA history on the all-time scoring list," Jason Ross shared on X. With DeRozan getting comfortable in the system and the Kings finding their form, they are 22-20 on the season and now sit at No. 8 in the tight Western Conference.

Jamie Oleksiak scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, and Adam Larsson and Jared McCann added scores in a 6-4 Seattle Kraken win.