A pair of power-play goals propelled the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-1 pre-season victory over the visiting Seattle Kraken on Tuesday.
scored with the man advantage for the Canucks, who were playing their first of six games before the NHL's regular season begins.responded for a Kraken side that lost its second game of the pre-season after dropping a 6-1 decision to theThe Canucks were 2-for-6 with the man advantage Tuesday while the Kraken failed to score on two power plays.
Silovs had to be sharp early after Lekkerimaki turned the puck over deep in Canucks territory less than four minutes into the game.Alriksson and Hayden dropped the gloves in the neutral zone and the two exchanged jabs for several moments before being separated by officials., who quickly flipped it to Hoglander at the top of the crease. The Swedish winger snapped a shot in to give the Canucks a 1-0 lead 16:35 into the game.
The home side boosted its lead to two goals before the end of the second thanks to another power play.Seattle bit into the deficit 10 seconds into the third when Vancouver couldn't control the puck off the opening faceoff. 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.Silovs kept the Canucks up with just three minutes left on the game clock, diving to the side of the net to stop
The Kraken pulled Stezka with about two minutes left and Sutter fended off a pair of defenders to send a long shot into the empty net.Before the game, the Canucks held a 13-second moment of silence to honour Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, who were killed at the end of August by a suspected drunk driver. … Vancouver also had members of a local First Nations participate in a ceremonial puck drop to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.Seattle: Hosts the Canucks in a rematch on Friday.
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