Carolina Controls the Circle
The faceoff circle might as well have been tilted in the Kraken's direction, because they were very dominant on faceoffs during this one. Carolina won 53 of the 84 (63%) draws during the game. They were led in the circle by centers, Michael Fitted (16 of 25, 64%) and Tom Fiddler (19 of 27, 70%). Even on the rare occasions where their centers were kicked out, the other guys usually pitched in with Jimmy Wagner, Kenny Creller, and Scott Hamilton all winning every draw they faced. Even though they were able to dominate the faceoff circle, the Kraken were not able to come away with the win in this one, as the Falcons won 6-4.