While the Kraken did get a point by going to overtime, this was an inexcusable loss considering the situation facing Columbus, who snapped a four-game losing streak.

The Blue Jackets played an overtime game on Monday night in Edmonton, was starting the same goalie for a second straight day — a rarity these days — and was uncertain who would even be in the lineup until after pregame warmups due to sniffles making its way through the team.

But the Kraken’s offensive woes continued and even a stellar performance in net from Matt Murray wasn’t enough to get two points. Seattle fell to 7-4-5 on the season.

Seattle’s only goal in regulation came off the stick of Ryan Winterton, his second career goal. But the play was started by center Ben Meyers, who aggressively forechecked in the Columbus zone by himself to win control of the puck along the wall. Meyers drove to the net but instead of taking challenging shot, left the puck off to Winterton for the early goal.

Murray was very good in net for Seattle making his second straight start. Murray made 33 saves and while there weren’t a ton of dangerous chances from the Blue Jackets he turned them all away. His best save may have come in overtime when a collision left Adam Fantilli in alone but his backhanded attempt was stopped by Murray.

In the shootout, only Kirill Marchenko and Eeli Tolvanen scored in the first three rounds. Kaapo Kakko missed for Seattle in the fourth round and Charlie Coyle ended it beating Murray glove side.

“I’ve been feeling a little bit better each and every time been out there. That’s three starts now I think I’ve felt I felt better in each and every one,” Murray said. “So trending in the right direction. Just got to make an extra save there tonight and it goes the other way.”

Jet Greaves made 22 saves for Columbus.

The only time Columbus got one past Murray in regulation came late in the second period capitalizing on a 5-on-3 power play. Tolvanen picked up the first penalty on what appeared to be a soft tripping call and Ryan Lindgren was called for cross checking on Fantilli early in the power play.

With more than a minute of time with a two-man advantage, Fantilli got his revenge sneaking a shot past Murray to pull even at 1-1 despite the Kraken goalie making a lunging effort and getting part of his glove on the shot.

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Quotable:“He likes to have the puck on his stick and kind of makes it easy on his wingers. Kind of just get up beside him and he’s going to make a play. So, I thought he was awesome,” Winterton about playing on the same line with Meyers.

Goal of the game: Since it was the only goal that didn’t come in a skills competition, we’ll go with Winterton scoring in his second straight home game.

Player of the game: This might have been one of Meyers’ best games in a Kraken uniform. The fourth-line for the Kraken was responsible for the only goal in regulation and created several excellent scoring chances throughout. Meyers was the spark that got that line going. Honorable mention to Murray, who continues to make a strong statement as the primary backup when Joey Daccord returns.

On tap: The Kraken continue their three-game homestand on Thursday night hosting Winnipeg. The Kraken’s lone shutout of the season thus far came on Oct. 23 in a 3-0 win over the Jets in Winnipeg.

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