Instant Reaction: Ohgren scores the winner as Canucks beat Kraken 3-2 in shootout<\/p>\n
Welcome back to Instant Reaction, the series here at\u00a0CanucksArmy<\/a>\u00a0where we give you our instant reaction to tonight\u2019s\u00a0Vancouver Canucks<\/a>\u00a0game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below!Starting LineupFirst PeriodAlmost immediately, the Canucks gave up a breakaway against, as Kaapo Kakko snuck in behind the Canucks\u2019 defence after Tyler Myers dove in to retrieve his stick and Zeev Buium didn\u2019t realize his partner wasn\u2019t there anymore. Thankfully, a breakaway is pretty similar to a shootout attempt, so Kevin Lankinen stopped it<\/a>.<\/p>\n Myers was a story early in this one, as he made a bad read on a Seattle zone entry, leading to a Kraken scoring chance, and on the same shift, Myers cross-checked Jacob Melanson to give Seattle the game\u2019s first power play. The Canucks\u2019 PKers killed this one off, but Seattle no doubt had a good amount of pressure on the visitors early in this one. Tom Willander \u2014 with forward Elias Pettersson doing his best Chris Tanev impression behind him \u2014 blocked what looked like a sure goal as Lankinen was caught out of position.<\/p>\n Petterson keeps the puck out of the net on the Power Play!<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5 Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n The Canucks got their first power play of the game shortly after, but Linus Karlsson took a tripping penalty almost right away to make it 4-on-4. Things went from bad to worse when the Canucks were called for too many men on the ice. Now on a 4-on-3 power play, Jared McCann wasted little time in blasting a one-timer past Kevin Lankinen to open the scoring in this one.<\/p>\n The Kraken take the lead right off the faceoff.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5 Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n 1-0 Kraken.<\/p>\n Conor Garland caught McCann with an elbow, and as shown on the broadcast, McCann told Garland that he\u2019d like to fight, and Garland obliged. Both players got some punches in, and Garland no doubt fired up his team. Watch it below, and be sure to vote for the winner over at hockeyfights.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n Kiefer Sherwood was beaming from ear to ear as Garland skated off the ice, and right after the fight, Linus Karlsson scored the Canucks\u2019 first goal of the game.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8Canucks goal\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n The Canucks tie it at one, right after the fight!<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5 Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n 1-1.\u00a0That is four goals in four games for Linus Karlsson, who has been doing plenty of things right over the last month.<\/p>\n After the tying goal, the Canucks cranked up the pressure on the Kraken, and began to stack shifts. Unfortunately, the next goal went against the momentum, as Elias Junior Pettersson was flat-footed on a bad line change and ran into Tyler Myers, which allowed Ryan Winterton to tap home a cross-crease pass rather easily:<\/p>\n The Kraken make it 2-1 in the dying moments of the first period.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5 Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n 2-1.\u00a0Tough way to finish the period.<\/p>\n Some takeaways from the first: Second Period<\/p>\n The Canucks\u2019 top line of Kane-Pettersson-Boeser turned in a strong first period, and they were rewarded for their efforts early into the second. Evander Kane entered the zone, dished off to Pettersson, and he didn\u2019t hesitate before ripping the puck past Daccord for his ninth goal of the season.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8Canucks goal\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n Pettersson rips one past Daccord and ties the game at 2!<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5 Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n 2-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n The second period had a decent pace to it, but there wasn\u2019t much room for players on either side to create much offensively. The Canucks got a late power play chance, and unlike their first, this one lasted more than 10 seconds! Marco Rossi got a great chance on goal after Elias Pettersson set him up with a nice pass, and Zeev Buium created a nice look for himself, but the Canucks couldn\u2019t score, and the game remained tied at two apiece after 40 minutes of play.<\/p>\n Some takeaways from the second: The Kraken kicked off the third period with some great pressure on the Canucks, and Kevin Lankinen was sharp, keeping his team in the game. Elias Pettersson was called for slashing, giving the home side a prime opportunity to take the lead. Seattle got three shots off on Lankinen, but he continued to stand tall, making the saves he needed to.<\/p>\n The two sides traded chances for the duration of the third, and it truly was anyone\u2019s game. Lankinen made some more great saves for good measure. He was sensational in this period.<\/p>\n Two quick saves from Lankinen and the game stays tied at two!<\/p>\n
-The coaches REALLY want to make Brock Boeser work on PK1, hey?
-Nice to see Buium get back out on PP1 as he was taken off of it in favour of Filip Hronek on Saturday night. That switch came after some rough shifts for Buium.
-Looks like the DeBrusk scratch worked as intended as a wake-up call for the other underperforming Canucks veterans. Brock Boeser turned in a strong first period effort, and so did his linemates Elias Pettersson and Evander Kane.<\/p>\n
\n-Harman Dayal and I had the conversation on today\u2019s episode of Canucks Conversation<\/a>\u2026 who comes out tomorrow night, assuming that Jake DeBrusk was just a one-game reset? I assumed it\u2019d be Brock Boeser, and it still might be, but that top line was solid tonight. It would be a bit shocking to see them split up for tomorrow\u2019s game. Just not Nils H\u00f6glander. Let him get his legs under him<\/a>!Third Period<\/p>\n