Seattle Kraken (37-23-7) vs. San Jose Sharks (19-36-13)
The 2022-23 NHL season goes on with an 11-game Thursday card and brings this Western Conference clash between the Seattle Kraken and the San Jose Sharks from the SAP Center at San Jose, California at 10:30 p.m. ET.
This is the third meeting between these teams this season. They have split the first two meetings with the Sharks defeating Seattle the last time these met, winning 4-0 at home on February 20. San Jose was the underdog at +139 with the total set at 6.5. For this contest, the Kraken are the favorite (-165) with the total set at 6.5.v
The Seattle Kraken lost to the Dallas Stars on Monday at home, 5-2. It was the second straight loss to the Stars and saw the club drop to 1-2-1 on their four-game homestand. Seattle had opened the month with four straight victories but has gone winless in their last three. They are the top wildcard team in the Western Conference, two points ahead of Winnipeg. Seattle is 21-9-3 on the road, including winning their last four road contests.
Dallas scored two goals in each of the first two periods to come away with the three-goal victory. Martin Jones started for Seattle and gave up five goals on 32 shots. The Kraken will likely return to Philipp Grubauer for this contest, who is 12-12-4 with a 3.04 goals-against average and a .892 save percentage. Grubauer gave up four goals on 25 shots to Dallas on March 11 and has allowed nine total goals over his last two starts. Seattle is allowing 3.18 goals per game, 16th in the NHL, and is 28th in penalty killing (74.2%). However, they are at 85.2% when shorthanded over their last 10 games.
our PRIDE for this city & team still run deep ?? pic.twitter.com/GhifzfpDQ9
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) March 14, 2023
Yanni Gourde and Eeli Tolvanen scored the two goals for the Kraken. Vince Dunn had two assists, and now has eight points over his last five games. Seattle is fifth in goals per game (3.49) and 21st on the power-play (20.0%). They have averaged 3.70 goals per game over their last 10.
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