The Vancouver Canucks put on a show at Rogers Arena on Thursday night with a 4-3\u00a0comeback win and will look to follow that up\u00a0with another\u00a0strong performance\u00a0on Saturday night when the Seattle Kraken\u00a0come\u00a0to town.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve\u00a0seen the Canucks and Kraken play three games so far this season, and two of those have gone to a shootout. These two teams in the Pacific Northwest have\u00a0played\u00a0each other\u00a018 times since the Kraken joined the NHL, and\u00a0it has been an even split, with each team winning nine times. So, get ready for game 19.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s game will be the third\u00a0game of the Canucks\u2019 eight-game homestand. Their 4-3 win on Thursday saw Brock Boeser score his 16th\u00a0goal of the season, and he also notched his second multi-point game in his last four outings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quick Hits on the Competition\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Kraken\u00a0sit\u00a0one point out of the final playoff spot\u00a0in the Western Conference with a 29-26-9 record.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They are currently on a four-game losing streak, during which they have allowed 19 goals against.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kraken captain Jordan Eberle leads the team with 22 goals and 44 points this season. He has scored 18 of his 22 goals at\u00a0even-strength this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eberle has 28 goals and 23 assists for 51 points in 57 career games against the Canucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brandon Montour leads the defence corps by averaging 22:33 of ice time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vince Dunn leads Kraken defenceman in\u00a0scoring with\u00a010 goals and 29 assists for 39\u00a0points and\u00a0is averaging 22:01 of ice time per game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matty Beniers, Shane Wright, and Adam Larsson are the only three Kraken players who have played in all 64 of their games this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Between the pipes, Joey Daccord has made 39 starts compared to Philipp Grubauer\u2019s 21 this season.\u00a0Daccord has started six of their last eight games.<\/p>\n
The Story: Rossi\u2019s Big Game\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marco Rossi came up big for the Canucks on Thursday night.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had his first three-point game in a Canucks jersey, getting in on all three of the Canucks goals.\u00a0It was the sixth game of his career with three or more points in a contest.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI just felt\u00a0really good.\u00a0The bounces were\u00a0maybe more\u00a0on our side today. My linemates,\u00a0Brock and Liam, made it easy for me. So,\u00a0yeah, [it] feels good,\u201d\u00a0said Rossi in the postgame media on Thursday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s clicking, game by game, it\u2019s always getting better. You know, the chemistry is coming. So, it\u2019s important. Everyone is bringing something different to our line, and I think that\u2019s the key.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The trio of Rossi, Boeser, and Liam \u00d6hgren combined for six points on Thursday night. Head Coach Adam Foote said he likes the balance on that line, and he credited Boeser for being a leader on the unit and for getting \u00d6hgren and Rossi up to speed with the Canucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Canucks\u2019 Top Performers over the Last Five Games\u00a0<\/p>\n
Filip Hronek: 2g-4a-6p\u00a0
Marco Rossi: 2g-4a-6p\u00a0
Brock Boeser: 4g-1a-5p\u00a0
Linus Karlsson: 1g-3a-4p\u00a0
Teddy Blueger: 1g-2a-3p\u00a0
Jake DeBrusk: 1g-2a-3p\u00a0<\/p>\n
When and Where to Watch\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s game is at 7:00 p.m. PT, and you can watch the game on\u00a0Hockey Night in Canada\u00a0or listen to Brendan Batchelor\u2019s radio call on Sportsnet 650 and the Sportsnet Radio Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vancouver Canucks put on a show at Rogers Arena on Thursday night with a 4-3\u00a0comeback win and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-534746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}