Eeli Tolvanen scored twice and Brandon Montour had a purpose and an help because the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Vancouver Canucks 6-3 on Saturday evening to spice up their flagging playoff hopes.
Andre Burakovsky, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Matty Beniers additionally scored and Shane Wright and Vince Dunn added two assists apiece for the Kraken, who snapped a two-game skid and pulled inside 9 factors of Vancouver within the chase for the Western Convention’s second and remaining wild-card berth. Goaltender Joey Daccord made 28 saves.
Pius Suter, Filip Chytil and Dakota Joshua scored for the Canucks, who misplaced their second straight. Kevin Lankinen stopped 18 of 23 photographs.
Trailing 2-1, the Kraken dominated the second interval, scoring thrice — all on tip-ins.
Bjorkstrand tied it at 4:11, redirecting Montour’s shot from the blue line previous Lankinen.
The Canucks regained the lead on a short-handed purpose by Joshua at 8:05 on a two-on-one rush with Drew O’Connor.
Beniers scored at 12:08, profitable a faceoff after which tipping Vince Dunn’s shot from the left level previous Lankinen.
Tolvanen redirected Ryker Evans’ shot from the left level into the online at 13:08 to provide Seattle a 4-3 lead heading into the third interval.
Montour scored on a slap shot from high of the best faceoff circle at 5:38 of the third, simply after an influence play expired, to make it 5-3.
Tolvanen put the sport away with an empty-netter at 18:29.
The Kraken tallied first on a three-on-two rush at 5:47 of the primary interval. Wright carried the puck down the left wing and despatched a backhanded cross throughout the slot to Burakovsky for a one-timer simply contained in the close to put up.
The Canucks tied it at 11:35 as Dunn’s errant clearing try from the nook went straight to Suter for a wrist shot from the left faceoff dot.
Vancouver took a 2-1 lead as Tyler Myers’ shot from the best level was blocked however the puck fell to Chytil and he lifted a shot over a sprawling Daccord at 16:27.
–Area Stage Media
