Your eyes aren’t deceiving you.
An NHL game ended with 17 goals. The Seattle Kraken took down the Los Angeles Kings … 9-8! IN OVERTIME!
That’s as nutty as you’d think. There were all kinds of ties and lead changes and goalies getting peppered and so much more.
It certainly wasn’t the first time that many total goals were scored. Per ESPN, “It was the sixth game in the expansion era (since 1967-68) to feature at least 17 goals and be decided by one goal and just the second since 1984-85.”
Still, there were so many jokes, facts and tweets about it that we had to round them up:
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).
This game has featured ties at:
1-1
2-2
3-3
4-4
5-5 pic.twitter.com/A5qUKqPNL1— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 30, 2022
Kraken and Kings goalies trying to make a save tonight
pic.twitter.com/z4nUJjYurD— Nathan “Grav" (@NathanGraviteh) November 30, 2022
Summary of last night's Kings vs. Kraken game: pic.twitter.com/K11CoUKRpw
— Colin Nicholson (@cnicholson19) November 30, 2022
both goalies in Kraken – Kings tonight: pic.twitter.com/GPrTuxtJG8
— FanDuel (@FanDuel) November 30, 2022
East coasters waking up to see the score of Kraken/Kings pic.twitter.com/KMsmrVO6T7
— Caylee (@2kaRask) November 30, 2022
The @SeattleKraken beat the LA Kings 9-8:
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
— ᴀʀᴅᴀ Öᴄᴀʟ (@Arda) November 30, 2022
There were 65 total shots in the Kraken vs Kings game.
58% of those shots came from the slot.
League average is around 38 % so, that's one way to end up with 17 goals in one game. 🤯— Mike Kelly (@MikeKellyNHL) November 30, 2022
Kraken/Kings tonight pic.twitter.com/ZmIW1J7Kp0
— DraftKings Sportsbook (@DKSportsbook) November 30, 2022
no defense and goaltending, just vibes between the kings and kraken
— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) November 30, 2022
just saw a goalie make a few saves in the kraken kings game felt important enough to share before twitter dies
— Liam McHugh (@liam_mchugh) November 30, 2022
Kraken vs Kings tonight pic.twitter.com/fxZpuAadZx
— markus (@mariners_markus) November 30, 2022
The goalies from the Kraken Kings game last night #NHL pic.twitter.com/wb2tjrwiwO
— Tristan Homan (@tristan_homan) November 30, 2022
