Canucks' Kevin Lankinen: Will start Monday

Lankinen will start Monday's game at Seattle, Ben Kuzma of Postmedia reports Sunday.

Lankinen will make just his second start in eight games Monday night against the Kraken. The 30-year-old has taken a back seat to Thatcher Demko while the latter has been playing at a high level, but it will be Lankinen who will start the second game out of the holiday break. Lankinen carries a 5-10-3 record, 3.51 GAA and .880 save percentage into the matchup with Seattle, who will be on the second of a back-to-back.