Kraken vs Canucks

It was understandable. NEXT GAME. Thursday. Los Angeles Kings vs. Vancouver Canucks. 7 p.m., Rogers Arena. TV: Sportsnet Pacific. Radio: Sportsnet 650.

These games are really important for my confidence and for playing in the playoffs with Abby.” It started on the first of two 5-on-3 advantages and carried over to the second with two more stops. It had to have an effect. I’m doing a better job at controlling shifts and I’m more satisfied with my plus-minus and overall game than the points.” Hughes passed Lidster’s recored in the first period when he threaded a pass to Garland to start the scoring sequence on Miller’s career-high 31st goal. That’s where the new hockey operations department has to make a decision. The winger has 14 points (4-10) in his last 10 games — including three assists Tuesday and being foiled on two breakaways — and they came by doing what he does best to avoid being stapled or dropped by a giant defender. Games to determine playoff seeding — and send others to the golf course — are played at a greater level of physicality. I love working with young guys because they’re way more responsive than older guys, who are more set in their ways, and you have to massage them a bit.” There were games where we weren’t good, but we still won. Article content Article content

Get a recap of the Seattle Kraken vs. Vancouver Canucks hockey game.

Riley Sheahan dished a puck to Geekie from along the end boards and the forward sent a shot up and over Martin’s glove to make it 3-2. Vancouver took a 3-0 lead into the first intermission but struggled to protect the lead. Daccord stopped a shot in tight from Matthew Highmore, but saw the puck bounce off his stick and up over his head, landing in the crease behind him. Hughes capped his milestone night with a goal with four minutes left in the third. Hughes has 64 points, passing a mark set by Doug Lidster in 1986-87. The Canucks were playing without all-star goalie Thatcher Demko, whom coach Bruce Boudreau said had a “little bit of an ouch.” Spencer Martin stopped 31 shots for his second NHL win.

Two games are all that separates the Vancouver Canucks from a playoff berth or a spring on the golf course. And both of them are playing out tonight.

And it’s a game against our rivals, so it’s easy to get up for.” “I said we just our goal is to get up tomorrow morning and still be alive and as far as in the playoffs. That means the crease is potentially Martin’s for the remainder of the season. But that doesn’t mean that he, or his teammates, will be taking the night off. The best course of action for Bruce Boudreau’s depleted squad will be to tune out the noise and focus on the task. Without two points against the Kraken, who the Canucks have dominated in their first season together, the rest doesn’t matter.