Matty Beniers had a goal and an assist and goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 23 saves for his first victory since Dec. 30 as the Seattle Kraken defeated the host Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 Saturday afternoon.

PHILADELPHIA -- Matty Beniers had a goal and an assist, and Philipp Grubauer made 23 saves for the Seattle Kraken in a 4-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday. Tye Kartye, Chandler Stephenson and Brandon Montour scored for the Kraken (27-33-4), who won for the second time in six games (2-4-0).

After Friday’s flurry of Flyers trades, a letdown of sorts against the Seattle Kraken was hardly unexpected on Saturday afternoon. But few would have guessed the Philadelphia squad

“Yesterday was tough,” said Travis Sanheim of Friday’s trade deadline. “In saying that, we’ve kind of been struggling the last couple games. Much of the same today, I guess. It’s just frustrating right now. Obviously we’ve got to work through this, and we will work through it.”

At the buzzer, Olle Lycksell was called for a holding penalty on Burakovsky. The Kraken took a full two minute power play into the second period. First period shots on goal favored the Flyers, 11-7. Samuel Ersson stopped all seven pucks that came his way.

It’s likely to be all downhill from here for the Seattle Kraken and Philadelphia Flyers the rest of the 2024-25 season. Both teams were sellers at yesterday’s

Philipp Grubauer returned to the net for the Seattle Kraken on Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia, making his first appearance since his conditioning loan with the Coachella Valley Firebirds. Grubauer posted a solid 5-2 record in seven games with the Firebirds.