The Seattle Kraken have come out swinging to start the 2026-27 National Hockey League (NHL) season. They are currently on a five-game road trip and about to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning for their second-to-last game before heading back to Climate Pledge Arena.
On Friday, Oct. 9, the Seattle Kraken faced off against the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena for their first matchup in the 2026-27 National Hockey League (NHL) season.
After Seattle’s 6-2 loss to the Golden Knights on Tuesday, I was ridiculed by Vegas fans for my Walk and Talk, in which I stated that (A.) I thought the gameplay was a bit more even than a 6-2 score would indicate and (B.) Ben Meyers’ hit that injured Victor Olofsson was not malicious.
How many of the 22 players in NHL history with at least 600 career goals can you name in five minutes?
The Kraken should petition the NHL to play the Flames every game. At such an early stage in the season, it’s a little hard to say if Calgary is that bad or Seattle is that good, but for the second time in two chances against that same opponent, the Kraken rolled to an easy 6-1 win in their home opener Sunday.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
Last season, the Seattle Kraken had their best start, winning their first home opener in five seasons since they joined the league. The Kraken were primed to take a playoff spot by American Thanksgiving a decent indicator of who will make the postseason.
Rookie Berkly Catton sparked a rally from a two-goal deficit in the third period and scored the winner in the fifth round of a shootout as the Seattle Kraken kept their slim postseason hopes alive with a 4-3 victory against the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday.
The Kraken welcomed back a pair of forwards to their lineup tonight against Dallas. The team announced (Twitter link) that forwards Berkly Catton and Ben Meyers have been activated off injured reserve.
The Seattle Kraken have swapped around the rookies on their active roster. Winger Berkly Catton has been placed on injured reserve with an injury sustained in Seattle’s win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 29th.
The toughest month of the season is now over for the Seattle Kraken. The team played 17 games in 31 days in January, including their third East Coast road trip of the campaign.
On Saturday, Jan. 31, the Seattle Kraken announced rookie forward Berkly Catton will miss the next three games heading into the Olympic break. Catton was injured during the Kraken’s last home game on Thursday, Jan.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Seattle Kraken forward Berkly Catton exited Thursday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs and did not return after colliding hard with Oliver Ekman-Larsson midway through the first period.
We’re fully past the halfway point in the 2026 NHL Draft season, so it’s time to have some fun. We haven’t done a mock draft yet this season, given the small sample size means things change on a nightly basis.
Berkly Catton will celebrate his 20th birthday Wednesday in Newark, N.J. But the Seattle Kraken rookie has already gotten some early gifts. Catton scored what proved to be the winning goal Monday night in a 4-2 victory against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
Berkly Catton scored the tiebreaking goal during a scramble in the crease with 7:58 remaining in the third period Monday night as the visiting Seattle Kraken rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers.
It's said that a player's first NHL goal is the toughest one to score. That was definitely the case for Seattle's Berkly Catton. Catton, the eighth overall pick in the 2024 draft, was goalless in his first 27 games for the Kraken before beating Boston's Jeremy Swayman early in the second period Tuesday night.
On Tuesday, Jan. 6, the Seattle Kraken hosted the Boston Bruins. For the most part, the first two periods began relatively even, with both teams recording two goals within the first half of the game.
Ahead of their Tuesday, Dec. 23 game against the Los Angeles Kings, the Seattle Kraken announced they have activated forward Berkly Catton off of injured reserve (IR).
The Seattle Kraken won’t be loaning forward Berkly Catton to Team Canada for the 2026 World Junior Championships, according to hockey insider Frank Seravalli.
The Seattle Kraken announced Monday that forward Berkly Catton has an upper-body injury and will be out week to week. It’s not definitely known when Catton suffered the injury, but he was in discomfort on the bench after blocking a shot with his right hand during Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.
It appears Berkly Catton will be spending more time in Seattle this season, at least for now. Catton, the Kraken's first-round pick -- eighth overall -- in the 2024 NHL draft, played in his 10th game of the season Sunday in Dallas.
It didn't take Berkly Catton long to make an impact in his NHL debut. Seattle's first-round draft pick in 2024 got the secondary assist on Jordan Eberle's goal at 7:16 of the first period Monday, but the Kraken took their first regulation defeat of the season, 5-2 to the host Philadelphia Flyers.
The Seattle Kraken may have finally just suffered their first regulation loss of the regular season at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers, but Kraken prospect Berkly Catton still got to see an exciting league debut.
Budding young forward Berkly Catton is slated to take the ever-coveted rookie lap and make his NHL debut for the Seattle Kraken. Catton was Seattle's 2024 first round pick (No 8 overall) and will be making his regular season debut following seeing play this preseason.
On Aug. 26, the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) announced the list of rookies they invited to partake in the 2025 NHLPA Rookie Showcase.
The Seattle Kraken missed the postseason for the second straight year and the third time in four seasons since the organization debuted. Playing in a difficult Pacific Division, the same division that’s determined the Western Conference champion for three straight years, the Kraken face a difficult test trying to ascend.
Vancouver Canucks prospects Sawyer Mynio and Anthony Romani both scored during Tuesday’s scrimmage between Teams Red and White at the Hockey Canada summer camp in preparation for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship.
The Kraken have signed center Berkly Catton to his three-year, entry-level contract, a team announcement states.
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