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Getting tickets to a Seattle Kraken match in their first year as the newest team in the National Hockey League (NHL) will be difficult as they sold-out in mere minutes. If you really want some, better rob a bank!

The first step in making a team complete with actual players begins tomorrow with the NHL's expansion draft. Here are 5 other important dates to circle for the inaugural season of the Seattle Kraken:

MONTREAL (AP) — David Desharnais scored 3:25 into overtime to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night. Desharnais completed a tic-tac-toe play with P.K. Subban and Tomas Fleischmann on a rush with a one-timer from the right side...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Brandon Sutter scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:08 remaining, and Jannik Hansen had a career high four points with a goal and three assists, to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Kyle Palmieri scored on the power play with 1:27 left in overtime and the New Jersey Devils endured a rally by the Vancouver Canucks for a 4-3 victory on Sunday night. The Canucks made it 3-3 with consecutive goals by Alexander Edler and Sven Baertschi in the second period, with Baertschi tying it with 5:54 left...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored his second goal of the season and Marc-Andre Fleury made 18 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins held off the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Wednesday night. David Perron and Eric Fehr also scored, and Phil Kessel had two assists as the Penguins won their fifth straight...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Jake Virtanen scored his first NHL goal and Ryan Miller made 27 saves as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Monday night. Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist, and Jannik Hansen and Matt Bartkowksi also scored for Vancouver...

DALLAS (AP) —Jamie Benn scored midway through overtime and the Dallas Stars rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Thursday night. Patrick Sharp twice tied the game with goals for Dallas. The Stars have won two in a row by overcoming multiple-goal deficits...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Alex Ovechkin broke a tie with 4:55 left and the Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory. Jay Beagle pulled Washington even at 5:42 of the third, and Ovechkin won it with his fifth goal of the season — all in the past five games...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lauri Korpikoski scored on a breakaway at 1:46 of overtime to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night. Nail Yakupov scored in regulation and Anders Nilsson stopped 33 shots to help Edmonton win for the second straight night after starting the season 0-4-0...