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The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
Among questions facing the Kraken heading into Wednesday night’s showdown against arguably the NHL’s best team was whether they would sustain the effort from a slump-snapping victory a few nights before. The answer came a few minutes into the second period of this 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes when Jared McCann scored his team-leading fifth power-play goal. That slap shot marker from the top of the left faceoff circle enabled McCann’s team, for the second straight game, to overcome the dispiriting setback of having fallen behind despite largely outplaying their opponent. Marcus Johansso…