Eberle puts up two points, Kraken complete 5-2 comeback win over Canucks

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Elias Pettersson and Anthony Beauvillier scored for the Canucks (34-36-7), who saw their losing skid stretch to four games. 

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Vancouver’s Collin Delia stopped 23-of-28 shots. 

The home side took a 2-0 lead midway through the first period, but managed just nine shots across the second and third. 

A mystifying goal from Pettersson opened the scoring 4:31 into Tuesday’s game. 

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. 

Vancouver took a two-goal cushion 13:09 into the first when Jones slid across his crease to cover Conor Garland as he drove the net. 

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.  

Gourde cut Seattle’s deficit to 2-1 midway through the first. His shot sailed through the legs of Vancouver centre Nils Aman and past Delia stick side at the 16:58 mark.

An ugly second period proved to be Vancouver’s undoing. 

The Canucks had a prime opportunity to add to their tally early in the frame with 55 seconds of five-on-three hockey, but struggled to get a shot off. 

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. 

The Kraken took the lead 10:40 into the period after the Canucks coughed up the puck at the goal line. Eberle picked it up and blasted a quick shot in off the crossbar for his 18th of the season. 

A power-play tally boosted the visitor’s advantage to 4-2 after Pettersson was called for interference. 

Daniel Sprong sent a shot through traffic from the top of the slot and Eberle got a piece of it before Schwartz tipped it in past Delia for his 20th of the campaign 16:14 into the second. 

Seattle went 1-for-4 with the man advantage Tuesday, while Vancouver was 0-for-5.

Beniers sealed the score at 5-2 with one minute left on the game clock, sending a shot into the empty net from deep in Kraken territory. 

SPLIT SEASON

Each side took two wins in the four-game season series between the two squads, with Vancouver collecting a 5-4 victory in Seattle on Oct. 27 and a 6-5 shootout win on home ice on Dec. 22. The Kraken topped the Canucks at Climate Pledge Arena on Jan. 25, marking the franchise’s first ever win over the Canucks.

KUZMENKO’S ELITE COMPANY

With an assist on Pettersson’s goal, Kuzmenko hit 70 points (37 goals, 33 assists) on the season, joining Artemi Panarin and Patrick Kane as just the third player to hit the mark in the first year of his NHL career. 

UP NEXT 

Canucks: Continue a five-game homestand against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. 

Kraken: Host the Coyotes on Thursday. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 4, 2023. 

Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press