The Blues hold the second Wild Card spot in the Western Conference with 87 points. Seattle currently have 68 points and nine games to go. That puts the Kraken mathematically out of contention.

That makes it all the more surprising that they poached each other's free agents over the offseason, with Viktor Arvidsson heading to Edmonton from L.A. and Warren Foegele going the other way.

Seattle has been unofficially counted out since the league’s break for Christmas. The Kraken were facing elimination on Thursday night, but fought off elimination for 36 hours with a 6-1 victory ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adrian Kempe and Warren Foegele scored twice, Andrei Kuzmeko had a goal and two assists, and the Los Angeles Kings set a team record for home victories in a season ...

Seattle struck first at 1:27 of the first period with an Eeli Tolvanen goal that was caused by turnover near the blue line and James McCann found Tolvanen crashing the side of the net. The Kraken ...