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The Seattle Kraken (18-14-9, 45 points, 5th Pacific) are on the road Saturday when visiting the Columbus Blue Jackets (13-20-9, 35 points, 8th Metro) in an inter-conference showdown. Seattle is on a roll as the Kraken have won eight straight after defeating the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Thursday night. Columbus was defeated by the Winnipeg Jets 5-0 on Tuesday and the Blue Jackets have lost each of the last two and four of the last five. Seattle will play without G Philipp Grubauer and LW Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. Columbus will play without C Sean Kuraly, D Nick Blankenburg, D Zach Werenski, RW Patrik Laine and C Boone Jenner.
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Seattle is averaging just 2.78 goals per game which is 27th in hockey. The Kraken are averaging 29.4 shots per game which is 25th and are winning 48.4% of their face-offs, which is 24th. The Columbus power play scores 20.9% of the time the Blue Jackets have the man advantage which is 16th best. Jared McCann has scored 14 goals to lead Columbus and second is Oliver Bjorkstrand with 11. Vince Dunn is the leader in assists with 26 and is also the leader in points with 34. Second in assists is Bjorkstrand with 20 and he is second in points with 31.
Seattle has a goals against average of 2.78, which is 10th best in the NHL. The Kraken are allowing an average of 29.8 shots per game which is 13th and the penalty kill unit for Seattle is successful 80.7% of the time that the Kraken are short-handed is 13th in the league. S eattle goalie Joey Daccord is 12-5-8 with a 2.23 goals against average and .925 save percentage. Daccord’s GAA is fifth best and his SV% is fourth best.
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