Seattle Kraken (6-8-4, fifth in the Pacific Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (12-4-1, second in the Pacific Division)
Vancouver, British Columbia; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Kraken visit the Vancouver Canucks after the Kraken took down the New York Islanders 4-3 in a shootout.
Vancouver has gone 12-4-1 overall with a 4-1-0 record in Pacific Division play. The Canucks have scored 72 total goals (4.2 per game) to rank first in the league.
Seattle has a 0-3-1 record in Pacific Division play and a 6-8-4 record overall. The Kraken have a 2-3-2 record in games they serve more penalty minutes than their opponents.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.
TOP PERFORMERS: Quinn Hughes has scored six goals with 21 assists for the Canucks. Filip Hronek has one goal and 11 assists over the past 10 games.
Oliver Bjorkstrand has six goals and eight assists for the Kraken. Jared McCann has four goals and two assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Canucks: 7-2-1, averaging 4.4 goals, 8.2 assists, 3.5 penalties and 8.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.5 goals per game.
Kraken: 4-4-2, averaging 2.8 goals, 5.5 assists, 4.4 penalties and 10.4 penalty minutes while giving up 3.4 goals per game.
INJURIES: Canucks: Andrei Kuzmenko: day to day (undisclosed), Pius Suter: day to day (undisclosed), Guillaume Brisebois: out (upper-body), Carson Soucy: out (foot), Tucker Poolman: out (head).
Kraken: Andre Burakovsky: out (upper body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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