Joey Daccord Fast Facts
Number: 35 Position: Goalie
DOB: 8/19/96 Hometown: Boston, Mass. Height: 6-2 Weight: 201
How Acquired By Kraken: 2021 Expansion Draft
NHL Seasons as of 2025: 9
Previous NHL Teams: Ottawa, 2018-19 (1 game), 2020-21 (8 games)
Career Bests: Wins-27 (2024-25), GAA-2.46 (2023-24), Save %-.916 (2023-24)
Notable: Like another Boston athlete, Tom Brady, Daccord has shined despite being selected 199th in his draft year.
Odd as it sounds, the face of the Seattle Kraken wears a mask.
Joey Daccord forced his way onto the Kraken with a sterling postseason run in 2022 for their farm team in Coachella Valley. Before long, Kraken fans fell in love with the charismatic, athletic, talented netminder just the way Firebirds fans had.
Confidence in the 29-year-old Boston native is certainly warranted. Two years ago, Daccord ranked 6th in the NHL (minimum 25 games) in both save percentage – .916 – and goals-against average – 2.46. That was with a Seattle squad which tied for 8th in team defense. Using a more up-tempo style last season, the Kraken fell to 24th in goals-allowed per game. Yet Daccord still managed an above-average GAA (2.75) and save % (.906).
Some speculated that late in the season, Daccord’s play faltered under a withering workload, partially necessitated by Philipp Grubauer battling the flu. It’s true that over his final 16 starts, Joey had a save percentage north of .900 in just six games.
However, these types of numbers lack context – a depleted Kraken roster was minus the traded Yanni Gourde, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Brandon Tanev. Further, in a five-game stretch between Mar. 27-Apr. 7, Daccord backstopped wins over the Oilers, Canucks, Sharks and Kings, stopping 114 of 117 shots.
Among 45 netminders who played 30 or more games last season, Daccord ranked 10th in “Goals saved above expected per 60 minutes” (+.348). How about “Save percentage above expected?” Daccord, 11th. “Medium danger SV% above expected?” Daccord, 11th. “High danger SV% above expected?” Daccord, 17th.
Even his misfires bring a smile to Kraken fans. Take his rink-length dash in October, 2024, to join the dog-pile after Jordan Eberle’s game-winning goal against Calgary in overtime. Joey leaps, bounces off the pile, and falls to the ice (no worse for wear). As the moment went viral, he laughed along with us.
Because netminders are hyper-focused, it’s extra impressive that Daccord can also retain perspective about his chosen profession. That admirable quality was on full display after the final horn of the final game of the Kraken season, April 15 against Los Angeles. Seattle had gamely rallied from a 6-2 deficit to close within a goal, but got no closer. Their 47th and final loss brought a merciful conclusion to a season in which the playoff race had disappeared over the horizon months earlier.
No one would have faulted Daccord, a workhorse of 57 games who had surrendered six goals (not all his fault, of course), for hustling as fast as he could skate to the tunnel – to begin putting a disappointing season behind him. Only, he didn’t do that.
Instead, he took time to circle the ice, putting his hands together to applaud the patrons at Climate Pledge Arena. The gesture spoke volumes about his ability to see beyond the results of any one game, beyond saves and scores, to the bigger picture – acknowledging the customers who make it possible for him and his mates and opponents to play the sport they love.
Speaking of the sport he loves, Joey pines to score an NHL goal someday. And if he can’t do it into an empty net as a goalie…
“I still wish I could also play forward,” Daccord said with a broad grin and a laugh on the What Chaos podcast. “Scoring goals is like so fun. Every time I’m not playing, I take one-timers at the end of warmups. I’ve got a pretty good one-timer in my goalie gear. If I could still play forward on the games I wasn’t playing goalie, I would totally do that.”
Of course, he totally can’t do that. It’s in the NHL rule book, rule 27.7. “If a goalkeeper participates in the play in any manner (intentionally plays the puck or checks an opponent) when he is beyond the center red line, a minor penalty shall be imposed upon him.”
Joey has clearly given this topic some thought. “They need to change the red line rule so that on delayed penalties, I’m not going to the bench (to be replaced by an extra forward), I’m going to the other team’s net front. With my goalie stick, think about the tips I could do. I bet you I could score five goals a year.”
Be careful what you wish for, Joey. The other goalies might stop returning your texts, or inviting you to their parties, or letting you borrow their new goalie equipment catalogs.