First Period:
Philipp Grubauer basically stood on his head for this entire period; having some real wild stops. But it would be your Kraken who scored first, as Vince Dunn put a cannon-fire shot right past Thatcher Demko as time was expiring on the period to put the Kraken up 1-0!
It gets LOUD in there, holy smokes.
Time expired shortly thereafter, and we head to the second!
Second Period:
The most annoying part of this period is that the first actual thing to happen was the Canucks losing a player to injury, getting shelled for 10 uninterrupted minutes, and then an ill-advised pass ended up on the stick of Conor Garland, who set Bo Horvat up for a massive high-slot goal to even things up. 1-1 all.
Third Period:
Things started good! As Mark Giordano not five minutes into the period put a beautiful pass from Jared McCann straight past Demko with another rocket. 2-1 Kraken!
And then the only thing they actually had to do was keep the gas on, and they would be able to easily walk out the win-oh god, Carson Soucy took a penalty. Oh god IS THAT BO HORVAT AGAI-
2-2. I want to dunk my head into the Sound and scream.
And it didn’t get any better, as a bobbled receipt of the puck from Dunn turned Garland into a heat-seeking missile, and Grubauer couldn’t grab the honestly quite excellent shot. 3-2 Canucks.
The Squids tried their damnedest to come back, but pulling the goalie as late as they did has it’s ups and downs…but for a team that’s had some puck security troubles, it can have consequences as well…
And that’ll do it as the first game in the new barn ends in heartbreak. 4-2 Loss for the Kraken.
Game Notes:
Game 7 is against the well-worn Habs who just won their first game. That game starts at 7pm PST. We’ll see you there!
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