Deadspin | Eeli Tolvanen (2 goals), Kraken double up Canucks

Eeli Tolvanen scored twice and Brandon Montour had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Vancouver Canucks 6-3 on Saturday night to boost their flagging playoff hopes.

Andre Burakovsky, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Matty Beniers also scored and Shane Wright and Vince Dunn added two assists apiece for the Kraken, who snapped a two-game skid and pulled within nine points of Vancouver in the chase for the Western Conference’s second and final wild-card berth. Goaltender Joey Daccord made 28 saves.

Pius Suter, Filip Chytil and Dakota Joshua scored for the Canucks, who lost their second straight. Kevin Lankinen stopped 18 of 23 shots.

Trailing 2-1, the Kraken dominated the second period, scoring three times — all on tip-ins.

Bjorkstrand tied it at 4:11, redirecting Montour’s shot from the blue line past Lankinen.

The Canucks regained the lead on a short-handed goal by Joshua at 8:05 on a two-on-one rush with Drew O’Connor.

Beniers scored at 12:08, winning a faceoff and then tipping Vince Dunn’s shot from the left point past Lankinen.

Tolvanen redirected Ryker Evans’ shot from the left point into the net at 13:08 to give Seattle a 4-3 lead heading into the third period.

Montour scored on a slap shot from top of the right faceoff circle at 5:38 of the third, just after a power play expired, to make it 5-3.

Tolvanen put the game away with an empty-netter at 18:29.

The Kraken tallied first on a three-on-two rush at 5:47 of the first period. Wright carried the puck down the left wing and sent a backhanded pass across the slot to Burakovsky for a one-timer just inside the near post.

The Canucks tied it at 11:35 as Dunn’s errant clearing attempt from the corner went straight to Suter for a wrist shot from the left faceoff dot.

Vancouver took a 2-1 lead as Tyler Myers’ shot from the right point was blocked but the puck fell to Chytil and he lifted a shot over a sprawling Daccord at 16:27.

–Field Level Media