Brandon Montour Owen Tippett Philadelphia Flyers Matty Beniers Seattle Kraken Philipp Grubauer Tye Kartye NHL Matvei Michkov Samuel Ersson Seattle NHL hockey Sports Chandler Stephenson
# Matty Beniers stars as the Kraken beat the Flyers 4-1

March 8th, 2025 08:29 PM

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matty Beniers, Chandler Stephenson and Tye Kartye scored in the second period, helping the Seattle Kraken beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Saturday.

Brandon Montour also scored for the Kraken, who had lost four of five. Philipp Grubauer made 23 saves.

Beniers' 15th goal gave Seattle a 2-1 lead with 1:03 left in the second. Stephenson added a short-handed goal with 22 seconds remaining in the period.

Owen Tippett scored his 19th goal for Philadelphia in the first period. Samuel Ersson had 28 saves.

## Takeaways

Kraken: Improved to 14-0-0 when leading after two periods this season.

Flyers: Matvei Michkov added to his strong rookie season, picking up an assist on Tippett's goal. Michkov has six goals and seven assists in his last 10 games.

## Key moment

Montour's 13th goal made it 4-1 at 3:55 in the third.

## Key stat

The Flyers went scoreless on the power play in five chances.

## Up next

Both teams next play Sunday. The Kraken visit the Washington Capitals, and the Flyers host the New Jersey Devils.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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