SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Arizona 1 at Seattle 8
Goals: McCann (2), Eberle, Soucy, Borgen, Bjorkstrand, Geekie, Donato
Goalie: Grubauer (21/22)
PP: 2/8 PK: 3/3 Shots: Arizona 22 – Seattle 32
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 219)
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 76 games – no timeline for return
Andre Burakovsky (lower body) – 26 games – week-to-week
John Hayden (lower body) – 7 games – week-to-week
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
N/A
UPCOMING GAMES
Thursday, April 6: Arizona at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Saturday, April 8: Chicago at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Monday, April 10: Seattle at Arizona, 7 p.m. PT
Tuesday, April 11: Seattle at Vegas, 7 p.m. PT
Thursday, April 13: Vegas at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight’s matchup is the final time Seattle will play against Vancouver this season. A win tonight would give the Kraken consecutive wins against the Canucks for the first time in franchise history.
• Yesterday’s game against the Coyotes and tonight’s game against the Canucks is the seventh of eight back-to-back sets the team will play this season and the third of which where the set is a home and road split.
• Seattle has an 12-9-2 record against Pacific Division opponents this season and have beaten each of their division rivals at least once.
• The Kraken have scored a power-play goal in each of their last three games. If there were to do so again tonight, it would give them power-play goals in four consecutive games for the first time since they opened the 2022-23 season with a power-play goal their first four games.
• Seattle has seven players on its roster that have appeared in all 76 of the team’s games: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Will Borgen, Vince Dunn, Jordan Eberle, Yanni Gourde, Adam Larsson and Brandon Tanev. Only three other teams (Calgary [8], Dallas [8], NY Rangers [7]) have had as many or more players appear in each of their games this season.
• Vince Dunn, who has already set a career high with 63 points (13 goals, 50 assists) this season, enters tonight’s game as the Kraken’s leading scorer. He is ranked in the top 15 among all NHL defensemen in goals (tied 10th), assists (tied ninth), points (10th), even-strength goals (13, tied second) and even-strength points (48, second).
• Jared McCann has recorded 31 points (15 goals, 16 assists) in 30 games dating back to Jan. 25. His 31 points during that span are leading all Kraken skaters.
• With the Kraken’s four-goal outing in their game on March 3 against Columbus, they surpassed their goal total from all of last season in 20 fewer games. Seattle has scored 267 goals in 76 games this season compared to 213 goals in 2021-22. The team’s 267 goals this season are ranked fifth in the NHL entering.
• Jordan Eberle’s goal in the Kraken’s game on March 3 at Columbus was his 50th point of the season. It is the sixth time in his career and first time since 2017-18 that Eberle has recorded 50 or more points in a season.
LAST TIME OUT
• The Kraken defeated the Arizona Coyotes 8-1 in their first matchup of the season. The 8-1 win marks the largest margin of victory in franchise history, with the next highest being a five-point margin reached on three occasions.
• With the win, the Kraken surpassed the Oakland Seals for the highest wins differential by an NHL franchise from its inaugural season to its second campaign according to NHL Stats.
• Yesterday was Seattle’s fifth eight-plus goal game, which leads the league. The only other teams to do so are Buffalo, Los Angeles and Washington (all twice).
• Monday’s contest marked Jared McCann’s 500th NHL game, becoming the 10th skater from his draft class (2014) to reach the milestone. With two goals, McCann became the 40th skater in NHL history to post a multi-goal effort in his 500th NHL game according to NHL Stats.
• With his first-period goal, Jordan Eberle earned his 100th point as a Kraken, joining McCann as the second player in franchise history to reach 100 points. This is his 16th goal and 56th point of the season.
o According to NHL Stats, this is Eberle’s eighth game-opening goal with the Kraken, behind McCann with 11.
• Vince Dunn notched two assists to bring his career total to 200 points. He is the 22nd skater and fifth defenseman from the 2015 NHL draft class to record 200 NHL points.
• Justin Schultz (six goals, 25 assists) reached his 30-point milestone tonight for the fourth time in his career with two assists in yesterday’s game. 13 Kraken skaters have now hit the milestone this season (last year only six skaters reached the mark).
• Will Borgen (three) and Morgan Geekie (eight) both set career highs in goals when they scored in yesterday’s game.
SEATTLE SHOWDOWN
• Tonight’s game is the fourth of seven times this season that the Kraken will be playing the same day as the Mariners. Since the start of last season, the Kraken have played on the same day as the Mariners 13 times, owning a 4-8-0 record in those games.
• The Kraken and Mariners have won on the same day twice. The Kraken defeated the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on April 20, 2022, the same day the Mariners topped the Texas Rangers 4-2. The Kraken then won their game on March 30, a 4-1 victory over the Ducks, overlapping with the Mariners’ 3-0 opening-day win over the Cleveland Guardians.
• After tonight, the Kraken and Mariners will play on the same day three more times during the regular season this year: On April 8, 10 and 11.
• The Kraken have yet to play opponents from the same city on the same day.
ROAD WARRIORS
• The Kraken have posted an 24-10-4 record while playing on the road this season. The team’s 24 road wins have more than doubled their total from last season (11) despite the team still having three road games left to play this season.
• The Kraken rank in the top five in the NHL in road wins (24, tied fourth), points (52, fifth), road regulation wins (19, tied fourth), road goals (142, fourth) and road goals per game (3.74, tied third).
• The Kraken’s 15 road wins and 32 road points since Jan. 1 were second to only the Boston Bruins (19 wins, 39 points) for the most in 2023.
• Jared McCann (22 goals, 11 assists) is the Kraken’s leading scorer when playing on the road this season with 33 points. His 22 goals scored on the road are tied for the fifth-most in the NHL.
• Vince Dunn has totaled 25 points (five goals, 20 assists) in his last 22 games played on the road. Dunn’s eight goals scored on the road this season are tied for the sixth-most in the NHL among all defensemen.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
TV: Sportsnet Pacific, TVA Sports, Root Sports Northwest
Radio: Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the fourth and final meeting between the Canucks and Kraken this season: Oct. 27 (5-4 W @ SEA), Dec. 22 (6- 5 SOW @ VAN), Jan. 25 (6-1 L @ SEA), and Apr. 4 (home).
• Vancouver is 6-1-0 all-time against Seattle, including a 3-0-0 record at home.
• The Canucks are 4-1-0 in their last five games against the Kraken.
• Conor Garland (4-5-9 in 7 GP) and Elias Pettersson (3-6-9 in 7 GP) co-lead all active Canucks skaters in career points against Seattle with nine.
• J.T. Miller has eight points (1-7-8) in seven career games against the Kraken.
• Quinn Hughes has seven points (1-6-7) in six career games against the Kraken.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has five points (2-3-5) in three career games against the Kraken.
• Four Canucks co-lead the team among active players in the most career games played against Seattle at seven (Conor Garland, J.T. Miller, Tyler Myers, and Elias Pettersson).
• Thatcher Demko is 4-0-0 in four career games against the Kraken with a 2.50 GAA and a .921 SV%.
• Collin Delia has yet to face Seattle in his career.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Elias Pettersson has 20 points (8-12-20) in his last 15 games and is four points away from breaking 100 this season.
• J.T. Miller has 20 points (8-12-20) in his last 13 games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 15 points (9-6-15) in his last 15 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 12 points (2-10-12) in his last nine games.
• Brock Boeser has seven points (4-3-7) in his last five games.
• The Canucks are 16-10-4 since Rick Tocchet took over as Head Coach on January 22.
LAST MEETING – JAN. 25/23: VAN 1 at SEA 6
Conor Garland scored the Canucks’ lone goal at 19:52 in the second period extending his point streak to three games…Curtis Lazar registered his second assist of the season with the first helper…Dakota Joshua was credited with the second assist to extend his career-high in points to 11…Spencer Martin faced 35 shots…Tyler Myers led the team in shots (5)…Kyle Burroughs led the team in blocked shots (5)…Bo Horvat won 11 out of 19 faceoffs (57.9%).
2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN SEA
Goals For/Game 3.36 (11th) 3.51 (t-4th)
Goals Against/Game 3.68 (t-28th) 3.12 (17th)
Power Play % 22.6 (10th) 19.8 (21st)
Penalty Kill % 70.7 (32nd) 75.6 (24th)
Penalty Min./Game 8:52 (21st) 8:25 (14th)
*Rankings are accurate as of 8:00am PT on April 4, 2023
LAST GAME PLAYED – APR. 2/23: VAN 1 vs LAK 4
Brock Boeser scored the Canucks’ only goal of the contest at 5:56 in the first period…J.T. Miller registered his 47th assist of the season on the play…Phillip Di Giuseppe recorded his fourth assist of the season and tenth point, reaching double digit points for only the third time in his career…Thatcher Demko faced 24 shots on goal…Kyle Burroughs led the team in blocked shots (5)…Miller and Dakota Joshua co-led the team in hits (6)…Miller also led the team in shots (4).
LAST 5 vs SEATTLE
• Jan. 25/23: VAN 1 at SEA 6
• Dec. 22/22: VAN 6 vs SEA 5 (SO)
• Oct. 27/22: VAN 5 at SEA 4
• Apr. 26/22: VAN 5 vs SEA 2
• Feb. 21/22: VAN 5 vs SEA 2
