Having triumphed in the first two outings of their current four-date road trek, the Seattle Kraken (3rd in Pacific Division) will aim to continue in similar fashion while visiting the Columbus Blue Jackets (8th in Metropolitan), who are riding a three-game point run with two victories.
The Seattle Kraken (34-21-6) went 2-0-0 on their current four-date road trip after following up Tuesday’s 5-3 triumph at the St. Louis Blues with a 5-4 overtime victory against the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena last night. Both Jared McCann (29 goals, 46 points this year) and Oliver Bjorkstrand (13 goals, 32 points) tallied twice for the visitors, with the latter eventually netting the power-play winner at 3:33 of the extra session after the Kraken squandered 1-0, 3-1 and 4-3 leads throughout regulation. Jaden Schwartz (14 goals, 29 points) also scored for Seattle, which had dropped three decisions in a row prior to the current road trip (0-3-0) and is 5-3-1 in its last nine overall fixtures.
Goalie Martin Jones (24-10-3 on the season with a 2.98 GAA and a .890 save percentage) was pulled after allowing three goa ls on 12 shots in 23 minutes of play yesterday, with Philipp Grubauer (9-11-3 with a 3.05 GAA and a .894 save percentage) making 16 saves in relief. Grubauer is 2-3-3 versus Columbus in past encounters with a 2.86 GAA and a .904 save percentage, while Jones has posted a 4-4-0 career tally against the Blue Jackets with a 3.06 GAA and a .895 save percentage. The Kraken are 6th in most goals scored per game in 2022-23 (3.49), 16th in most goals conceded on average (3.16), 21st in power play (19.8%) and 4th from the bottom in penalty kill (73.9%).
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