VANCOUVER, British Columbia — There’s still hope this Pacific Northwest showdown between the Kraken and Vancouver Canucks will eventually blossom into one of the league’s bigger rivalries.
But before that can happen, the Kraken will actually need to beat their cross-border opponent, something that won’t happen this season after a 5-2 loss to the Canucks on Tuesday night at Rogers Arena. This fourth installment of what’s been a one-sided beatdown thus far saw the Canucks score on two of their first four shots to take control before the game was four minutes old.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson then rifled home a slap shot through traffic on the power play to make it a 3-0 game, with the Canucks holding a 12-1 shots advantage by that point.
