Ottawa Senators (32-27-4) vs. Seattle Kraken (37-21-6)
The 2022-23 NHL season goes on with an 11-game Thursday card and brings this interconference clash between the Ottawa Senators and the Seattle Kraken at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington at 10:00 p.m. ET.
This is the second meeting of the season between these teams. The Kraken blew out the Senators the first time these teams met, winning 8-4 on January 7. Seattle was the underdog at +109 with the total set at 6.0 for that contest. The Kraken enter as the favorite at -135 with the total set at 6.5.
The Ottawa Senators lost to the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday, 5-0. It was the first contest of a five-game road trip for the team, snapping their five-game winning streak. Ottawa had been 3-2-0 in their last five games on the road and are 13-15-2 overall on the road this season. Ottawa is in fourth place in the Eastern Conference wildcard standings, five points behind Pittsburgh.
The Senators had no answers for Alex Stalock, who made 35 saves in the game. The Senators had scored five goals in each of the first two games this month and had scored at least five in each of the five games during their winning streak, scoring 27 total goals during that span. Claude Giroux has nine points over his last five games, including six assists. Ottawa is 16th in goals per game (3.13), but is averaging 3.80 per game over their last 10.
Final stats ?? from tonight's game in Chicago pic.twitter.com/nv3D152m6y
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) March 7, 2023
Mads Sogaard gave up five goals on 21 shots in the loss. With both Cam Talbot and Anton Forsberg out, it will be Sogaard (4-1-1, 2.77, .902) carrying the load outside of that performance against Chicago. He had allowed five total goals over his previous three games. The Senators are allowing 3.14 goals per game and are fifth in penalty-killing at 83.1%.
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