Less than a week after a topsy-turvy game between the Seattle Kraken and Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena, the clubs went at it again on Thursday (Jan. 2) at Climate Pledge Arena. Vancouver nearly suffered a similar fate when it fell 5-4 on Dec.
28 but found a way to carve out a 4-3 shootout victory . However, there is a possible Thatcher Demko injury to worry about. SHOOTOUT WIN IN SEATTLE #AllTogetherAllIn pic.
twitter.com/33680JRMh6 Kraken Strike Early But Canucks Limit Damage If the opening minutes of Thursday’s contest were a barometer for how events were to play out, one would have felt good about the hosts. Seattle got the crowd bouncing with a goal less than two minutes after puck drop.
Some visionary passing from Vince Dunn to Andre Burakovsky and from him to Chandler Stephenson sent the latter racing from the left-hand side. His wrister from the top of the faceoff circle wasn’t especially wicked, but it trickled past Canucks netminder Demko anyway. Although not many shots hit their target (they were 5-2 in favor of Seattle with less than 12 minutes to go in the first period), the Kraken were the ones who generated the better scoring opportunities, such as when Oliver Bjorkstrand was sent on a breakaway at around the six-minute mark, only for Demko to stand tall.
Vancouver’s been batted and bruised lately, so having a bit of luck to help them level the terms won’t bother any of their supporters. At 13:17 Max Sasson got his second of the season by tipping home.
