VANCOUVER — A pair of power-play goals propelled the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-1 pre-season victory over the visiting Seattle Kraken on Tuesday.
Nils Hoglander and Filip Hronek scored with the man advantage for the Canucks, who were playing their first of six games before the NHL's regular season begins.
Vancouver goalie Arturs Silovs stopped 18 of the 19 shots he faced and Joey Daccord made 17 saves for Seattle before he was replaced by Ales Stezka in the final frame. Stezka stopped all six shots that came his way. Silovs had to be sharp early after Lekkerimaki turned the puck over deep in Canucks territory less than four minutes into the game. Yanni Gourde picked it up and launched a shot that glanced off Silovs' pads.
The Canucks then put their power play to work after Kraken defenceman Ty Nelson was called for cross-checking Pius Sutter. Daccord was called for delay of game after he played the puck outside of the trapezoid and Jaden Schwartz headed to the box to serve the infraction. Schwartz came up with it and dashed down the ice, sending it across the slot to Meyers, who popped it in under Silovs, cutting the Canucks lead to 2-1.
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