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Jan 25, 2026; Seattle, Washington, USA; New Jersey Devils center Nico Hischier (13) attempts to score as Seattle Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord (35) blocks the shot during the second period at Climate Pledge Arena. Mandatory Credit: Blake Dahlin-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nFormer first-round picks Matty Beniers and Berkly Catton scored 18 seconds apart to break a third-period tie as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Jordan Eberle had a goal and an assist and Ryker Evans also scored for Seattle, which improved to 2-2-0 on its six-game homestand, which concludes with matchups Tuesday against Washington and Thursday against Toronto. Goaltender Joey Daccord made 27 saves to snap a personal three-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Dougie Hamilton and Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist apiece and Connor Brown added two helpers for the Devils, who were attempting to sweep their four-game Western swing after 2-1 wins in Calgary and Edmonton and a 5-4 victory in Vancouver. Goalie Jacob Markstrom stopped 15 of 18 shots.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Beniers, the second overall pick in the 2021 draft, broke a 1-1 tie at 7:04 of the third. Beniers, playing in his 300th NHL game, took a pass from Eberle in the slot, turned to his backhand and lifted a shot over Markstrom’s catching glove.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Catton, selected eighth overall in 2024, made it 3-1 at 7:22. Eeli Tolvanen’s shot from along the left-wing boards was knocked down in front of the net. Chandler Stephenson collected the puck and fed a backhanded pass across the top of the crease to Catton, who tapped it into the open side of the net.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Hughes snapped a 15-game goalless drought with a power-play goal at 8:11 on a wrist shot from just outside the left faceoff dot that deflected off the knee of Seattle defenseman Adam Larsson.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Eberle, the Kraken captain, clinched the victory with an empty-netter at 18:48.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Devils scored first as Hamilton tallied with the man advantage at 8:11 of the first period on a wrist shot from just inside the top of the right faceoff circle. That extended Hamilton’s point streak to eight games (one goal, eight assists).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Kraken tied it on defenseman Evans’ unassisted goal at 7:37 of the second on a wrist shot from the right point that deflected off defenseman Johnathan Kovacevic.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n