{"id":556271,"date":"2026-03-22T04:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/556271\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T04:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:13:07","slug":"werenski-has-3-assists-in-1st-blue-jackets-top-kraken-to-push-point-streak-to-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/556271\/","title":{"rendered":"Werenski has 3 assists in 1st, Blue Jackets top Kraken to push point streak to 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olivier pushed it to 3-0 at 15:16. He was at the crease with his back to the net when he blindly whipped the puck between the skates of Kraken forward Jani Nyman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first period I thought we were OK; our fourth line can’t get scored on three times so, we need more out of those guys in that situation,\u201d Seattle coach Lane Lambert said. \u201cThey\u2019re a big, veteran, heavy team; you could argue they’re the best team in the League right now based on their record over the last 25 games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vince Dunn<\/a> made it 3-1 at 16:17, taking a cross-seam pass by Kakko in the left circle before putting a slap shot to the upper-right corner.<\/p>\n

Kakko\u2019s power-play goal cut it to 3-2 at 8:31 of the second period, squeezing a shot past Merzlikins at the right post.<\/p>\n

Kent Johnson<\/a> extended it to 4-2 at 9:33. Adam Fantilli<\/a>\u2019s outlet created a 2-on-1 and Conor Garland<\/a>\u00a0sent a backhand pass through the paint to Johnson for his first goal in 13 games.<\/p>\n

It was redemption for Johnson, whose penalty for high-sticking Ryker Evans<\/a>\u00a0led to the second Seattle goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s learning how to play, he understands now that playing without the puck is just as important as playing with the puck, and he’s had his looks\u201d,\u201d Blue Jackets coach Rick Bowness said. \u201cEven though he wasn’t scoring and he was getting the chances, he was still being pretty reliable defensively, and it’s great to see him score.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sillinger scored an empty-net goal at 17:34 of the third period for the 5-2 final.<\/p>\n

NOTES: Werenski extended his point and assist streaks to three games (seven assists) and became the third player in Blue Jackets history to record multiple three-assist periods, joining Artemi Panarin<\/a> (three) and Cam Atkinson<\/a> (two). \u2026 Fantilli has eight points (three goals, five assists) in a six-game point streak. \u2026 Kraken forward Jared McCann<\/a> missed the game with a lower-body injury. Lambert did not have an update. \u2026 Seattle forward Eeli Tolvanen<\/a>\u00a0had an assist in 15:39 of ice time after missing two games with an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olivier pushed it to 3-0 at 15:16. He was at the crease with his back to the net…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-556271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}