{"id":537809,"date":"2026-03-15T10:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T10:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/537809\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T10:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T10:34:07","slug":"mcmann-has-3-points-in-debut-as-kraken-cruise-past-canucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/537809\/","title":{"rendered":"McMann has 3 points in debut as Kraken cruise past Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defenseman Brandon Montour<\/a> also had two assists, and Philipp Grubauer<\/a>\u00a0made 32 saves for the Kraken (30-26-9), who are 3-6-0 since the Olympic break after going 6-2-0 heading into it.<\/p>\n

\u201cDisappointing when you go on skids like that, especially when you’re in a playoff spot,\u201d said forward Jared McCann<\/a>, who also scored. \u201cIt’s hard to get out of I feel like, especially when you have times where you’re playing great and still losing. \u2026 The pressure was building and we had a good talk before the game tonight, just play a little more free and create with the puck, and it was able to show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evander Kane<\/a> and Marco Rossi<\/a> scored and Nikita Tolopilo<\/a>\u00a0made 28 saves for the Canucks (20-38-8), who were trying to win consecutive games at home for the first time this season. Vancouver has two wins in its past 12 games (2-7-3) and four in the past 28 (4-19-5).<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, you have five goals (against), it’s never a recipe for success,\u201d Kane said. \u201cI thought we did some good things in the first period. Second period we had some chances as well. They got a few power plays, gave them some momentum late in the third. But ultimately, we\u2019ve got to find a way to score a few more goals and keep a few out of more out of our net.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCann put Seattle ahead 1-0 at 4:12 of the first period, scoring his first goal in 11 games with a quick shot from the hash marks on a pass from Montour below the goal line after collecting his own rebound on a sharp-angle shot and circling behind the net.<\/p>\n

Kane tied it 1-1 with a breakaway deke and elevated backhand at 11:42, but McMann restored the Seattle lead on the power play at 19:10 of the period with a wrist shot off the left wing that caught Tolopilo transitioning into his post and went in off him. McMann said he was trying to pass to Shane Wright<\/a>\u00a0driving to the net and wasn\u2019t sure how it went in.<\/p>\n

\u201cDidn’t know if that one was going in with the shot that I had,\u201d McMann said. \u201cBut I think it just fooled the goalie because I think he just missed it kind of thing, and trickled in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jamie Oleksiak<\/a> made it 3-1 at 5:06 of the second period on a 4-on-2 rush after the Canucks got caught on a line change, taking a pass from Beniers alone in the high slot with plenty of time to pick a corner over Tolopilo\u2019s glove.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely could have had better changes tonight,\u201d Kane said. \u201cBut again, it’s absorbing the pressure, making plays under pressure, taking hits to make plays, those little details on the breakout. And good support from all five guys on the ice makes a big difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

McMann scored his 21st goal of the season to make it 4-1 with a backdoor tap in off the rush at 4:14 of the third period, going to the back post to finish off Eberle\u2019s cross-crease pass. He is the first player in Kraken history to score multiple goals in their debut with the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe plays with a lot of speed, physicality, makes good plays, kept it somewhat simple,\u201d Beniers said. \u201cAs time goes on, you play more and more with a guy, you start to realize their tendencies, where they go on the ice, what they like to do with the puck. So, you keep learning but pretty good start.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Defenseman Brandon Montour also had two assists, and Philipp Grubauer\u00a0made 32 saves for the Kraken (30-26-9), who are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-537809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537809","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=537809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}