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Preds enter history books giving Kraken first franchise victory

The Nashville Predators fell 4-3 to the Seattle Kraken, giving the NHL’s newest franchise their first-ever win. Eeli Tolvanen opened the scoring, Roman Josi added one on the power play and Mikael Granlund notched one in the closing seconds for the Predators. Defensive lapses and penalty problems plagued Nashville as they allowed Seattle two score two power-play goals of their own. Hear from Roman Josi, Eeli Tolvanen, Mikael Granlund and head coach John Hynes following the loss.

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