Seattle Kraken (16-31-4, eighth in the Pacific) vs. Vancouver Canucks (23-22-6, sixth in the Pacific)
Vancouver, British Columbia; Monday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Seattle is looking to break its three-game slide with a victory against Vancouver.
The Canucks are 6-4-5 against the rest of their division. Vancouver averages 8.9 penalty minutes per game, the seventh-most in the Western Conference. Tyler Myers leads the team serving 48 total minutes.
The Kraken are 4-11-0 against the rest of their division. Seattle averages 8.8 penalty minutes per game, the eighth-most in the Western Conference. Jeremy Lauzon leads the team serving 56 total minutes.
Vancouver defeated Seattle 5-2 in the last meeting between these teams on Jan. 1.
TOP PERFORMERS: Quinn Hughes leads the Canucks with 34 assists and has 38 points this season. J.T. Miller has six assists over the last 10 games for Vancouver.
Jared McCann leads the Kraken with 20 goals and has 32 points. Calle Jarnkrok has three goals and three assists over the last 10 games for Seattle.
LAST 10 GAMES: Canucks: 5-3-2, averaging 3.2 goals, five assists, 4.1 penalties and 9.9 penalty minutes while giving up three goals per game with a .910 save percentage.
Kraken: 3-7-0, averaging 2.3 goals, 3.9 assists, three penalties and 6.9 penalty minutes while allowing 2.9 goals per game with an .889 save percentage.
INJURIES: Canucks: Phillip Di Giuseppe: out (covid-19).
Kraken: Brandon Tanev: out for season (lower body), Jaden Schwartz: out (upper body).
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