VANCOUVER, B.C. — Going down two men in an early second period penalty-kill situation while already trailing by a goal didn’t immediately seem like a Kraken tonic to turn Tuesday night’s contest around.
But the ensuing two-man advantage for the hometown Canucks proved anything but advantageous, with the Kraken getting a breakaway chance once the first penalized player returned, then a tying goal seconds later by Brandon Tanev off an odd-man rush. Jordan Eberle scored a go-ahead goal five minutes after that and the Kraken never looked back in a 5-2 victory that brings them ever closer to clinching their first playoff chance.
Jaden Schwartz gave the Kraken a two-goal advantage before the period ended, redirecting a Daniel Sprong shot that touched two sticks before heading in for a power-play marker. It was the fourth straight game in which the Kraken have scored on the power play, the first time they’ve done that since the season’s opening month.
