Eeli Tolvanen tallies twice as Kraken maul Sharks

Eeli Tolvanen scored twice and added an assist and Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and three helpers as the Seattle Kraken routed the visiting San Jose Sharks 7-1 Wednesday night.

Jared McCann and Yanni Gourde each had a goal and an assist and Brandon Tanev and Adam Larsson also tallied for the Kraken, who extended their point streak to five games (3-0-2). Jamie Oleksiak added two assists and goaltender Joey Daccord made 13 saves.

Mike Hoffman scored for the Sharks, who dropped to 0-9-0 on the road. Kaapo Kahkonen started in goal for San Jose but was pulled after allowing four goals on 17 shots in the first period. Mackenzie Blackwood came on in relief and stopped 10 of 13 shots the rest of the way.

Tanev opened the scoring at 1:28 of the first period. Alex Wennberg banked a pass off the right-wing boards in his own end zone and Tanev tracked down the puck at the offensive blue line, beat a defender by a stride and slipped a shot between Kahkonen's pads.

The Kraken scored twice in a 31-second span to make it 3-0, both on bank shots off the right post.

Bjorkstrand tallied at 10:36 as Gourde's shot on the rush was deflected by Kahkonen before taking a lively kick off the end boards and back in front of the net. Bjorkstrand banked it in before the goalie could recover.

At 11:07, Jordan Eberle's pass for McCann across the top of the crease deflected off a skate and skidded directly to Larsson for a one-timer from the right faceoff dot that went high off the near post and into the net.

The Kraken made it 4-0 at 18:45 of the opening period. Gourde got deep on the right wing and put the puck on net, with it going off the inside of Kahkonen's right leg pad and trickling over the goal line.

Seattle added a power-play tally at 3:36 of the second as McCann beat a screened Blackwood on a wrist shot from the top of the left faceoff circle.

Tolvanen scored on a backhander on another big bounce off the end boards at 2:22 of the third for a 6-0 lead.

Hoffman spoiled Daccord's bid for his first career shutout at 15:32 of the third.

Tolvaven capped the scoring just 14 seconds later.

—Field Level Media