Lankinen starts, Myers sits again for Canucks vs. Kraken

The Canucks have dropped 4 straight (0-2-2) since their final victory on January 29 in opposition to the Anaheim Ducks.

What we noticed

The solely change will are available in aim, the place Kevin Lankinen makes his first begin since a 5-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on February 4. Lankinen represented Finland on the Olympics, however didn’t see any recreation motion. So it has been greater than three weeks since he final participated in a recreation at any stage. Lankinen is 7-19-4 on the season with a 3.67 GAA and a .876% save share. His final win got here in opposition to the Washington Capitals on January 21. He has dropped his final 5 begins all in regulation time.

Vancouver has scored precisely two objectives in every of its previous seven video games (1-4-2). The membership is 0-8 on the highway since a 3-2 shootout victory the final time it was in Seattle on December 29. The membership’s final regulation-time highway win was December 19 in opposition to the New York Islanders.

The Canucks are 2-14-4 of their final 20 video games, getting outscored 82-41 within the course of.

Drew O’Connor will seem in his three hundredth NHL recreation tonight. There is one thing about Seattle that appears to carry out the most effective in Conor Garland. The veteran winger leads all Canucks with six objectives and 14 factors in 16 profession video games in opposition to the Kraken.

The Opponent

Tonight is the Kraken’s solely house recreation of February and its first on house ice since a 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 29. Seattle has gained three straight and 4 of 5 within the Emerald City.

Jordan Eberle leads the Kraken with 20 objectives, whereas Jared McCann is second on the workforce with 16 objectives in simply 33 video games performed. Eberle is the workforce’s high level producer with 38 on the season, whereas Matty Beniers has 37 factors and Chandler Stephenson has 36.

The Kraken personal the most effective 5-on-5 save share within the NHL this season at .928%. Overall, Seattle owns the fifth-best save share within the league at .901% behind Colorado, Minnesota, Tampa Bay and the New York Islanders.

Seattle sits thirty first within the NHL on the penalty kill at 71.4%. The solely workforce behind the Kraken? The Canucks at 71.1%.

News and notes

This is the third assembly of the season between these groups. The golf equipment have cut up shootout wins on the highway. The Canucks had been 3-2 winners in Seattle on December 29, whereas the Kraken returned the favor with a 4-3 victory a number of nights in a while January 2. The groups will face off another time on March 14 at Rogers Arena.

The referees for tonight’s recreation are Trevor Hanson and Peter MacDougall.

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