The Seattle Kraken look to snap a three-game losing streak when visiting the Colorado Avalanche on Friday. Seattle is 1-2-2 with four points and was defeated by the St. Louis Blues in overtime 4-3 on Wednesday. Will Borgen, Ryan Donato and Adam Larsson each scored one goal for Seattle in the loss. Neither team scored a goal in the third period and the Blues eventually won in the extra period.
Andre Burakovsky and Jaden Schwartz have each scored two goals for Seattle, while Matty Beniers is the leader in assists five. Burakovsky is the points leader with five. Philipp Grubauer is 0-1-1 with a goals-against average of 4.27 and save percentage of .851. Seattle scores an average of 2.80 goals per game and allows an average of 4.00 goals per game. Seattle's power-play scores 31.6% of the time and its penalty-kill unit has been successful 65.0% of the time.
Colorado is 2-1-1 with five points. The Avalanche were defeated in overtime by the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Wednesday night. Mikko Rantanen scored two goals in the loss for Colorado while Valeri Nichushkin scored one goal. Alexandar Georgiev made 24 saves in net for the Avalanche. The defending Stanley Cup champions are off to a slow start alternating between wins and losses in each of the first four games.
Valeri Nichushkin is the leading goal scorer for Colorado with five, while Mikko Rantanen is the leader in assists with six and in points with nine. In goal, Alexandar Georgiev is 2-0-1 with a goals-against average of 3.00 and save percentage of .893. Colorado scores an average of 4.25 goals per game and allows an average of 3.50 goals per game. Colorado's power-play scores 53.8% of the time and it's penalty-killing unit has been successful 50.0% of the time.
Recent Betting Trends
- Seattle is 8-22 in its last 30 on the road
- The OVER has cashed in 4 of the Kraken's last 6
- Colorado is 60-15 in its last 75 at home
- The OVER has cashed in each of the Avalanche's last 4
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Over 6.5