Seattle Kraken overcome 2-0 deficit to beat Vancouver Canucks 5-2
Jordan Eberle scored and notched an assist Tuesday as the Seattle Kraken came all the way back to beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2.
Elias Pettersson and Anthony Beauvillier scored for the Canucks , who saw their losing skid stretch to four games.The home side took a 2-0 lead midway through the first period, but managed just nine shots across the second and third.Andrei Kuzmenko put the puck on Pettersson’s stick in the Kraken crease and the Swedish centre pulled it behind his back before tipping it into the net for his 37th goal of the season.
The Canucks winger appeared poised to launch a slapshot, but instead sliced a no-look pass across the slot to Beauvillier, who fired the puck behind the out-of-position netminder for his 18th of the season. Instead, Tanev whipped a wrist shot past Delia off a short-handed two-on-one 5:07 into the period, levelling the score at 2-2.
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