Matty Beniers had a goal and an assist and goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 23 saves for his first victory since Dec. 30 as the Seattle Kraken defeated the host Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 Saturday afternoon.

“Yesterday was tough,” said Travis Sanheim of Friday’s trade deadline. “In saying that, we’ve kind of been struggling the last couple games. Much of the same today, I guess. It’s just frustrating right now. Obviously we’ve got to work through this, and we will work through it.”

At the buzzer, Olle Lycksell was called for a holding penalty on Burakovsky. The Kraken took a full two minute power play into the second period. First period shots on goal favored the Flyers, 11-7. Samuel Ersson stopped all seven pucks that came his way.

After Friday’s flurry of Flyers trades, a letdown of sorts against the Seattle Kraken was hardly unexpected on Saturday afternoon. But few would have guessed the Philadelphia squad

A look at the game “by the numbers.” - The Kraken controlled play through all three periods, earning 65.1-percent of all 5-on-5 shot volume and 58.2-percent of all shot quality. Impressively, instead of sitting back on a lead,

Philipp Grubauer returned to the net for the Seattle Kraken on Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia, making his first appearance since his conditioning loan with the Coachella Valley Firebirds. Grubauer posted a solid 5-2 record in seven games with the Firebirds.