Kraken earn franchise’s first home win over Canadiens

SEATTLE — Brandon Tanev had two goals and Jordan Eberle

added another to give NHL the Seattle Kraken their first home win in franchise history, beating the Montreal Canadiens 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Mike Hoffman scored for a second straight game for Montreal, but it was an ugly start to its West Coast trip. Montreal is last in the Eastern Conference with just two points in six games and being outscored 24-11.

Eberle got Seattle started by scoring 62 seconds into the game with his first of the season.

Then Tanev, who is quickly becoming a fan favorite and is the unlikely goal-scoring leader for Seattle with five in seven games, redirected a pass from Jamie Oleksiak for the 2-1 lead late in the first period.

Yanni Gourde scored his first of the season on a nifty backhanded sweep around Montreal goalie Jake Allen during the second period. Gourde also assisted on Tanev’s second goal, when he beat Allen by catching Montreal in a change midway through the second period for a 4-1 Kraken lead.

Tanev had seven goals in 32 games last season and his career high of 14 goals came in 2018-19 with Winnipeg.

Allen made 21 saves, but he had little help from Montreal’s defense on each of the first four goals.

Ryan Donato scored the fifth for Seattle on a breakaway early in the third period.

Philipp Grubauer made 23 saves in Seattle’s most complete performance of the season after surrendering a third-period lead in its home opener Saturday in a loss to Vancouver. Seattle’s five goals on Tuesday were a season high and came on just 26 shots.

■ Flames 5, Devils 3: At Newark, N.J., Andrew Mangiapane had two of Calgary’s four goals in the first period and extended its winning streak to four games

Backup goalie Dan Vladar made 27 saves.

■ Lightning 5, Penguins 1: At Pittsburgh, Ondrej Palat and Ryan Mcdonagh scored 10 seconds apart in the second period to back Andrei Vasilevskiy, who stopped 28 shots.

■ Predators 3, Sharks 1: At Nashville, Matt Duchene, Filip Forsberg and Mikael Granlund each scored to back Juuse Saros, who made 28 saves.

■ Wild 3, Canucks 2: At Vancouver, British Columbia, Mats Zuccarello scored in the first period to back Cam Talbot, who finished with 22 shots saved.

■ Jets 4, Ducks 3: At Anaheim, Calif., Former Golden Knights center Paul Stastny and Nikolaj Ehlers scored 19 seconds apart in the third period.

Ted S. Warren The Associated Press Seattle’s Ryan Donato, center, celebrates with teammates Jared Mccann (16) and Adam Larsson (6) after Donato scored a goal against Montreal during the third period Tuesday at Climate Pledge Arena. The Kraken won 5-1.