Canucks beat Seattle Kraken, will miss playoffs 2nd straight year

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Quinn Hughes had a objective and two assists to set a franchise document for factors by a Vancouver defenseman, and the Canucks beat the Seattle Kraken 5-2 on Tuesday night time, however had been eradicated from playoff competition.

Canucks 5, Seattle Kraken 2: Field Rating

Dallas ensured Vancouver would miss the playoffs for a second 12 months in a row with a 3-2 shootout win over the Vegas Golden Knights.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson had a objective and an help for Vancouver, whereas Sheldon Dries, J.T. Miller and Luke Schenn all scored and Conor Garland contributed three assists. The Canucks had been taking part in with out all-star goalie Thatcher Demko, whom coach Bruce Boudreau stated had a “little little bit of an ouch.” Spencer Martin stopped 31 pictures for his second NHL win.

Jordan Eberle and Connor Geekie scored for the Kraken in a penalty-filled second interval. Joey Daccord made 22 saves for Seattle, who misplaced their third straight.

Hughes capped his milestone night time with a objective with 4 minutes left within the third. Garland sliced a go throughout the slot to Hughes who tapped it in for his eighth objective of the season and his 66th level.

Hughes has 64 factors, passing a mark set by Doug Lidster in 1986-87. Hughes on Saturday set a franchise document for assists by a defenseman with 56.

A fortunate bounce helped the Canucks put away their fourth objective of the night time.

Daccord stopped a shot in tight from Matthew Highmore, however noticed the puck bounce off his stick and up over his head, touchdown within the crease behind him. Schenn knocked it in over the objective line 13:08 into the third to make it 4-2.

Vancouver took a 3-0 lead into the primary intermission however struggled to guard the lead. The house aspect was outshot 26-14 throughout the second and third durations.

Penalties dismantled the Canucks’ sport within the second. Vancouver was known as for 5 separate infractions and needed to climate three minutes and 42 seconds of five-on-three play.

The Kraken lower the deficit to a single objective 9:12 into the second. Riley Sheahan dished a puck to Geekie from alongside the top boards and the ahead despatched a shot up and over Martin’s glove to make it 3-2.

Seattle received on the board with a power-play tally 4:59 into the interval after Brad Richardson was known as for tripping.

Eberle despatched a shot into the highest nook from in tight for his twentieth objective in a Kraken jersey.

Vancouver was 1 for 3 with the person benefit Tuesday and Seattle went 1 for 8.

Ekman-Larsson gave the Canucks a 3-0 benefit with a power-play objective halfway by way of the primary after Carson Soucy was known as for cross-checking.

NOTES

Seattle defenseman Vince Dunn missed the sport and is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body harm. … Kraken right-winger Daniel Sprong performed his 2 hundredth NHL regular-season sport. … The Canucks, taking part in their first sport in Vancouver because the dying of Man Lafleur on Friday, performed a video tribute for the hockey legend.

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