Brandon Montour scores hat trick in Kraken's 8-2 rout of Canadiens

Defenseman Brandon Montour had 3 goals and 1 assist, and nan Seattle Kraken defeated nan Montreal Canadiens 8-2 connected Tuesday night

MONTREAL -- Defenseman Brandon Montour had 3 goals and 1 assist, and nan Seattle Kraken defeated nan Montreal Canadiens 8-2 connected Tuesday night.

Jaden Schwartz scored erstwhile pinch 2 helpers and Chandler Stephenson added 4 assists arsenic Seattle snapped a three-game losing streak.

Oliver Bjorkstrand and Jamie Oleksiak had a extremity and an assistance each, while Ryker Evans and Eeli Tolvanen besides scored. Jared McCann sounded successful 2 assists and Joey Daccord made 28 saves.

The Kraken chased Canadiens netminder Sam Montembeault pinch 5 goals connected 10 shots. Backup Cayden Primeau stopped 10 of 13 nan remainder of nan measurement for Montreal, which had won 2 games successful a row.

Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson scored for nan Canadiens.

The Kraken scored connected their 2 first shots of nan game. Schwartz and Bjorkstrand added 1 each arsenic Seattle took a 4-0 lead 10:33 into nan game.

The Canadiens mislaid by astatine slightest a five-goal separator for nan 2nd clip successful 4 games. They entered nan crippled pinch their typical teams rolling, classed 3rd connected nan punishment termination and seventh connected nan powerfulness play leaguewide. That took a dip arsenic Seattle went 3 for 6 pinch nan man-advantage, while Montreal was 0 for 4.

Despite trailing 4-0, nan Canadiens built momentum pinch Caufield’s extremity and pushed for different precocious successful nan first period. But early successful nan second, Montour scored pinch a soft wrist changeable from scope to put Seattle up 5-1 and ended Montembeault’s night.

25 — That’s really galore seconds it took for Oleksiak to springiness nan Kraken nan lead, 1 they ne'er came adjacent to relinquishing.

The Kraken sojourn nan Toronto Maple Leafs connected Thursday successful nan 2nd extremity of their five-game roadworthy trip. The Canadiens sojourn nan Washington Capitals connected Thursday.

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