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Mackie Samoskevich's late goal lifts Kraken over Mammoth 5-3

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Moschetti, M. (2026, October 23). Mackie Samoskevich's late goal lifts Kraken over Mammoth 5-3. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/mackie-samoskevich-s-late-goal-lifts-kraken-over-mammoth-5-3/article_866cf809-5760-580c-9b44-f23dcf183f21.html

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Mackie Samoskevich scored a late goal with 5:25 left in the game, helping the Seattle Kraken defeat the Utah Mammoth 5-3 on Thursday night. The Kraken led by multiple goals in the third period but had given up similar leads in their previous two games. Key players for Seattle included Jordan Eberle and Brandon Montour, each contributing a goal and an assist, while Matty Beniers scored his third of the season. Philipp Grubauer made 33 saves for Seattle, who improve to 7-3-1 with this win.

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The Seattle Kraken secured a narrow victory against the Utah Mammoth with a final score of 5-3 on Thursday night. Despite blowing a two-goal lead in the third period, similar to their previous game where they had a three-goal advantage over Detroit, Seattle managed to win thanks to Mackie Samoskevich's goal with 5:25 remaining in regulation. The Kraken's earlier goals were scored by Jordan Eberle and Brandon Montour, along with Matty Beniers and Frederick Gaudreau, who added an empty-netter near the end of the game. Philipp Grubauer made 33 saves for Seattle. Vincent Trocheck and Logan Cooley each had two points for Utah. The deciding goal came after a successful offside challenge by both teams; Bobby McMann's steal led to Samoskevich’s decisive score, which clinched the win for the Kraken.

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Mark Moschetti

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Detroit Kraken Mammoth SEATTLE Utah

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SEATTLE GPE · 4× Kraken ORG · 3× Mammoth ORG · 3× Detroit ORG · 2× Utah ORG · 2× Brandon Montour PERSON · 1× Jordan Eberle PERSON · 1× Mackie Samoskevich PERSON · 1× the Seattle Kraken ORG · 1× the Utah Mammoth ORG · 1×

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With the scored tied at 3-3 after each team had a goal taken down in the third on successful offside challenges, Bobby McMann stole the puck near center ice and skated down the left side His shot was deflected wide but the rebound bounced in front of the net.

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2026-10-23 · Toronto Star

Mackie Samoskevich's late goal lifts Kraken over Mammoth 5-3 · assertive framing

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SEATTLE (AP) — Mackie Samoskevich scored with 5:25 left, and the Seattle Kraken, despite blowing a multiple-goal third-period lead for the second game in a row, beat the Utah Mammoth 5-3 on Thursday night. asserted

Kraken → score → night

The Kraken (7-3-1) carried a 3-1 lead into the third against Utah (7-4-0). asserted

Kraken → carry → Utah

Seattle was up 3-0 heading into the final 20 minutes against Detroit before winning in a shootout, 4-3. asserted

Seattle → head → shootout

Jordan Eberle and Brandon Montour each had a goal and an assist. asserted

Eberle → have → goal

Matty Beniers and Frederick Gaudreau also scored, Gaudreau’s going into an empty net with 1:00 left in the game for his team-leading sixth of the season. asserted

Gaudreau → score → season

Logan Cooley had two goals for the Mammoth, and Vincent Trocheck scored once. asserted

Trocheck → have → Mammoth

Philipp Grubauer made 33 saves for Seattle. asserted

Grubauer → make → Seattle

rebound → score → net

McMann finally got a stick to it, tapping it over to Samoskevich, who pushed it in for his fifth of the year. asserted

who → get → year

Eberle’s fourth goal of the year put Seattle on top just 3:38 into the game. asserted

goal → put → game

His hard shot from the blue line bounced off the boards, ricocheted off the back of Mammoth goalie Karel Vejmelka, dribbled down his back and into the net. asserted

shot → bounce → net

Trocheck tied it for Utah with 2:03 left in the first period. asserted

Trocheck → tie → period

That tie lasted just 26 seconds before Beniers put the Kraken back in front with 1:37 to go, his third of the season. asserted

Beniers → last → season

Montour, who was goalless before scoring on Tuesday against Detroit, made it 3-1 on a power play at 2:23 of the second. asserted

it → score → second

Cooley’s goals, his second and third of the season, came just 27 seconds into the third period and at 7:42 to tie it at 3-3. asserted

goals → come → 3

Vejmelka made 18 saves. asserted

Vejmelka → make → saves

Mammoth: Host Tampa Bay on Saturday. asserted

Mammoth → host → Saturday