Chasing Mammoth in wild-card race, Kraken out to trim deficit

The six-game trip the Seattle Kraken just completed was supposed to make or break their playoff chances.

It did neither.

Despite going just 1-3-2, the Kraken (32-30-11, 75 points) remain only three points out of the Western Conference's second and final wild-card spot entering a Thursday home game against the Utah Mammoth (38-30-6, 82 points), who lead the West's wild-card chase.

However, the Kraken did drop into sixth place in the tightly bunched race.

"We know where we...