Motte had goal, assist; Lammikko, Pettersson, Miller two assists each, for Vancouver, which has won three of last four games

VANCOUVER — Tyler Motte had a goal and an assist for the Vancouver Canucks in a 5-2 win against the Seattle Kraken at Rogers Arena on Monday.

Juho Lammikko, Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller each had two assists, and Thatcher Demko made 25 saves for the Canucks (24-22-6), who bounced back from a 7-4 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday.

Chris Driedger made a season-high 41 saves for the Kraken (16-32-4), who have lost four in a row.

Motte scored 11 seconds into the game to put Vancouver ahead 1-0. After the puck hopped over Driedger’s stick behind the net, Matthew Highmore passed down the boards to Lammikko, who fed Motte for a quick shot at the left edge of the crease.

Jared McCann tied it 1-1 at 3:12, converting a pass from Marcus Johansson on a 2-on-1.

Mark Giordano gave Seattle a 2-1 lead at 14:26 when he received a lob pass from Joonas Donskoi and scored on a breakaway. It was his 11th career shorthanded goal, the most among active NHL defensemen.

Travis Hamonic tied it 2-2 at 3:45 of the second period with a one-timer off another pass from Lammikko from below the goal line. It was Hamonic’s first goal this season and 200th NHL point (41 goals, 159 assists).

Vasily Podkolzin scored his first goal in 17 games to put Vancouver back in front 3-2 at 16:41, capitalizing on a rebound at the top of the crease.

Bo Horvat scored 35 seconds into the third period with a one-timer from the left hash marks during a power play to make it 4-2. Tanner Pearson then shot into an empty net with 1:32 left for the 5-2 final.

According to Alison Lukan @AlisonL / nhl.com/kraken, “Vancouver was an offensive juggernaut in this game.

They had the advantage in both shot volume (57.61%, 5-on-5 play, per naturalstattrick.com), and shot quality (71.88%, 5-on-5 play). The only period in which they did not have the edge was in the third, when Seattle shot the puck more, but the Canucks still maintained an edge on quality across those 20 minutes.

In total, Vancouver sent 66 pucks toward the net. That’s the sixth most allowed by Seattle.”

Source: nhl.com