Kraken get victory at Vancouver, beat Canucks 4-3

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Jordan Eberle had a goal and two assists and the Seattle Kraken defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Saturday night.

Jamie Oleksiak, Yanni Gourde and Matty Beniers scored for Seattle (7-8-4), which has won back-to-back games for the second time this season. Philipp Grubauer made 21 saves.

J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes and Nils Hoglander scored for Vancouver (12-5-1), which has lost two in a row.

Thatcher Demko stopped 22 shots.

Miller and Hughes are now tied with teammate Elias Pettersson for the NHL lead in points with 28 apiece.

Eberle set up Beniers at 6:48 of the third period to put Seattle ahead 4-2.

Hoglander scored with just 11 seconds left in the game, tipping in an airborne puck in front.

Gourde restored the Kraken’s lead at 4:19 of the third. Eeli Tolvanen sent a cross-ice pass to Will Borgen, who popped it in front of the net for Gourde to convert on a tap-in.

Canucks forward Andrei Kuzmenko returned to the lineup after leaving Wednesday’s win over the New York Islanders after taking a Miller slapshot to the chin.

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Kraken begin a three-game homestand on Monday against Calgary.

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KRAKEN 4, CANUCKS 3

Second Period—2, Seattle, Oleksiak 1 (Eberle, Beniers), 5:43. 3, Seattle, Eberle 2 (Bjorkstrand, Schultz), 13:04. 4, Vancouver, Hughes 7 (Pettersson, Hronek), 15:48.

Third Period—5, Seattle, Gourde 3 (Tolvanen, Borgen), 4:19. 6, Seattle, Beniers 3 (Eberle), 6:48. 7, Vancouver, Hoglander 5 (Myers), 19:49.

Shots on Goal—Seattle 9-8-9—26. Vancouver 8-8-8—24.

Power-play opportunities—Seattle 0 of 3; Vancouver 0 of 2.

Goalies—Seattle, Grubauer 5-6-0 (24 shots-21 saves). Vancouver, Demko 8-4-0 (26-22).

A—18,857 (18,910). T—2:29.

Referees—Trevor Hanson, Pierre Lambert. Linesmen—Ryan Galloway, Ben O’Quinn.