Kraken 7, Bruins 4 at Climate Pledge Arena

Berkly Catton’s long-awaited first NHL goal fell Tuesday night, followed shortly by his second in a thorough victory over the Boston Bruins.

The first goal wasn’t terribly stylish, or workmanlike. It was a hopeful lob at the net. The 19-year-old scored on a slap shot from the bottom, far corner of the right faceoff circle. The puck glanced off the blocker of Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman and slipped under his arm.

That goal eluded Catton, the 2024 eighth-overall pick, during his first 27 NHL games. His happy teammates surrounded him, and for the second straight night, linemate Jared McCann looked even more excited about a first goal than the scorer himself.

Catton gave the Kraken a 2-1 lead in a game where they never trailed. The Kraken have at least a point in nine straight games and are 8-0-1 during that stretch.

On the first goal, the Kraken had 1:52 of 5-on-3 power-play time. As soon as the Kraken put their initial shot on Swayman, it was a done deal. It took only 10 seconds for Jordan Eberle to tap in Matty Beniers’ rebound.

David Pastrnak found a gap on Joey Daccord that wouldn’t have existed to the untrained eye, and the Bruins tied the game at 1. Pastrnak tied it again at 2 after Catton’s goal.

Newly named Finnish Olympian Eeli Tolvanen missed the game due to illness. Tye Kartye subbed in for him and Seattle’s buzzing fourth line splintered, but kept producing. Kartye set up Ben Meyers for the next Kraken goal, which made it 3-2 Seattle.

Ryan Winterton, who set up Jacob Melanson’s first NHL goal on Monday night, moved up to Tolvanen’s spot on the second line.

McCann scored a power-play goal as time expired in the second period. The puck entered the net with .5 seconds left. When heathy, which wasn’t often during the season’s first half, McCann has been almost a point-per-game player for the Kraken. He’s shoveled in eight goals to go with six assists in 17 games.

Thanks to him, the Kraken entered the third period up two goals. In the middle of a quiet stretch, Kaapo Kakko accepted a pass from Freddy Gaudreau and scored his third goal of the season. Hard to believe, but that’s Kakko’s first goal of this nine-game Kraken point streak. He last scored Dec. 18 in Calgary, when Seattle last lost in regulation.

You’d think Catton had scored 20 judging by his second goal, which came off a confident solo effort on the power play set up by Gaudreau.

The Bruins scored two more in the final six minutes but the Kraken were up too far for it to make a difference. Kakko put in the empty netter.

Daccord made 32 stops.

Goal of the game: The first of Catton’s career will be the one everyone remembers.

Player of the game: Catton (two goals)

On tap: The Kraken have one more game at home on Thursday against the Minnesota Wild before leaving for a weeklong road trip.

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