Canucks vs Kraken Game Review 02/04/2025
Forwards:
Debrusk - Suter - Boeser
O’Conner - Blueger - Garland
Lekkermakki - Aman - Karlsson
Joshua - Raty - Sherwood
Defence:
Hughes - Myers
M.Pettersson - Hronek
E.Pettersson - Forbort
Goalies:
Demko
Lankinen
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The Canucks face off against the Seattle Kraken in a must win game if they want to push for a playoff spot which is unlikely but not impossible. They would still be without Elias Pettersson and Nils Hoglander. The game started with Sherwood getting a chance in front off a weak Raty shot that he picked up and put it on goal. Later after he blocked a shot Garland skates down and draws a holding call on Oleksiak and the Canucks would go to the powerplay. the y would set up on the draw they would pass it around and then Lekkerimaki would skate in and miss the net. Later the kraken would come down on a 2 on 1 and Beniers would send it wide on a one tee. He would later clear after a chance for Hughes. Later Seattle would take another penalty and the Canucks would set up with a delayed call and get a chance that would stay out and then go to the powerplay. Debrusk would shoot off the draw then a shot from the point would get tipped and the rebound would get stopped and the puck would get cleared. They would set up again and it would get cleared. Seattle would get another rush and Demko would stop it and the Canucks would come back and Sherwood would get a shot that would be stopped. Garland would get a chance off the draw that would be stopped. Play would back and forth for a bit until Myers would get a shot on that would be stopped with the pad. Shane Wright would get a shot that Demko would stop and then the Canucks would come back with a shot that would go out of play. Myers would get a couple of chances that would all get stopped. Seattle would get a good chance thanks to Stephenson but it would stay out. The Canucks would set up and then get a couple of chances that would stay out and the Kraken would go to the powerplay after a goalie interference call on Blueger. The Kraken would get a couple of shots on but they would stay out and the Canucks would clear. They would set up but then would turn the puck over and the Canucks would come back and Garland would set up O’Conner for a great chance that Daccord would stop. Later Seattle would give the puck up again and Sherwood would almost set up Suter for a good chance that would not be put on goal. The penalty would end and then soon after Eyssimont would steal and skate right in and fire it home for his of the year to take a 1-0 lead. Play would continue to go back and forth with little chances and the period would end in a 1-0 Seattle lead. Decent period for the Canucks they just need to finish cause they are getting chances.
The Second would start with some back and forth play until Forbort would take a penalty and the Kraken would go back to the powerplay. I went to highlights here as I wanted to spend some time with my family. On the powerplay Mccann would get a good chance that would get stopped. At the end of the powerplay they would get a chance that would stay out. Later Sherwood would get a chance that would be stopped. The Kraken would come down and Stephenson would put a nice shot over Demko for his of the year to take a 2-0 lead. Hughes would get a shot on goal that would get stopped by Daccord. Later on a rush Mccann would drop the puck for Wright and he would shoot the same shot as Stepohenson and beat Demko too for his of the year to take a 3-0 lead. Later D Petey would sneak in and Joshua would find him with a pass and his shot would get stopped by Daccord. That’s how the second would end.
The third would start with Eysimmont hitting the post on a long shot. Later Kartye would have a chance but Demko would make a scorpion save to keep it out. Later on a 3 on 2 rush Mccann would find Burakovsky and he would put it home for his of the year to take a 4-0 lead. Tha canucks would get a chance but it would stay out. The Kraken would get an early empty netter as Larsson would put it in for his of the year to seal the game a 5-0 and that’s how it would end as the Canucks would fall 5-0 to the Kraken and their playoff hopes would die down more.