Having ended a three-game losing skid with a home victory against the New York Islanders, the Seattle Kraken (4th in Pacific Division) will head out on a seven-date trip, starting with a visit to Edmonton, where the local Oilers (5th in Pacific) were just beaten by the Winnipeg Jets.
A three-game losing skid (0-2-1) came to an end for the Seattle Kraken (19-12-4), who banked a 4-1 victory against the New York Islanders at Climate Pledge Arena on Sunday. Eeli Tolvanen (3 goals, 5 points this year), who Seattle claimed off waivers from the Nashville Predators on Dec. 12, buried the eventual winner with a one-timer during power play at the start of the second period after the visitors tied the game at 1-1 in the previous frame. Adam Larsson (4 goals, 15 points), Oliver Bjorkstrand (5 goals, 17 points) and Brandon Tanev (7 goals, 18 points) also scored for the Kraken, who picked up just their fourth win in the past 12 outings (4-7-1).
Goalie Martin Jones made 18 saves on Sunday and has now gone 15-5-3 for the ongoing season with a 2.96 GAA and a .888 save percentage. He has recorded a 9-6-2 career tally versus Edmo nton with a 2.88 GAA and a .883 save percentage, while Philipp Grubauer (3-7-1 on the year with a 3.53 GAA and a .881 save percentage) is 3-2-0 against the Oilers in previous encounters with a 4.06 GAA and a .841 save percentage. The Kraken are netting the 6th highest number of goals per game in 2022-23 (3.46), while allowing the 15th highest amount defensively (3.26). They are 19th in power play (21.0%) and 2nd from the bottom in penalty kill (68.5%).