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WASHINGTON — Add a scorpion save to the growing legend of Kraken netminder Joey Daccord, whose elite hockey origins already emanate from playing for teams based in the Arizona and California deserts. It was during another first-period onslaught by an opposing team Thursday night that Daccord, sprawled flat on his stomach, kicked up his back leg akin to a scorpion flicking its tail and robbed Connor McMichael of a certain goal. Hockey people do indeed attach a scorpion moniker to such saves and the Washington Capitals felt its sting after the Kraken won, 4-1, to tie a franchise record with eigh…

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