When Chris Tanev last played in an NHL game in the spring, he was playing through a dislocated shoulder. He's healthy again and it showed on Monday night.
Tanev scored in his pre-season debut and his longtime teammate Jacob Markstrom made 21 stops as Calgary defeated the Seattle Kraken 4-1 in NHL exhibition action.
It didn't take long for Tanev to be noticed. On his second shift, he had a great scoring chance on a slick curl-and-shoot move. Later that same shift, he threaded a cross-ice pass to Milan Lucic for another dangerous opportunity. "It's everything he does, and especially coming back after a long summer," said Markstrom. "Since camp, and a few weeks before camp started, you'd see him, the first guy here and the last guy to leave and he sets a great example for everyone in this organization."
"Matty's competitive level and pace, he's a driver, right? He can drive play, he can transport the puck, and in tight spaces, he's able to find space," said Seattle coach Dave Hakstol. "He works at it every single day. He's gonna be a guy that we see add to his game week in and week out and just keep working at it because at the end of the day, he's a guy that loves the game.
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