SEATTLE (AP) — Alex Weinberg scored against his former team midway through the second period to help the Seattle Kraken beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Saturday night.
Drafted by the Blue Jackets in the first round in 2013, Weinberg scored his 10th goal of the season in his 600th career game.
Morgan Geeke and Eli Tolvanen scored for Seattle, while former Blue Jacket Oliver Bjorkstrand had an assist and Filip Grubarur made 24 saves.
Kent Johnson scored for Columbus and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 28 shots.
After Weinberg gave the Kraken a 2-0 lead, Johnson put Columbus on the board in the bottom of the second. Tolvanen scored 5:39 into the third.
Norris: The Blue Jackets have placed LW Gustav Nyquist (upper body) on injured reserve, and Vancouver center Len Pederson is cleared. … Columbus recalled defenseman Jake Christiansen from the Cleveland Monsters of the AHL. … Seattle’s Matty Benier missed his second straight game after taking a hard hit from Vancouver’s Tyler Myers on Wednesday.
Next
Blue Jackets: Set up Washington on Tuesday night.
Kraken: Tuesday, Feb. 7 at New York Islanders.
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