Washington Capitals vs. Seattle Kraken Prediction, Preview, and Odds – 12-1-2022

The Washington Capitals (10-11-3, 23 points, 6th Metro) visit the Pacific Northwest on Thursday to continue their West Coast road trip with a visit to play the Seattle Kraken (14-5-3, 31 points, 2nd Pacific). Washington defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Tuesday night. Alex Ovechkin scored a pair of goals for the Capitals, passing Wayne Gretzky for the most goals scored on the road in the history of the NHL. Seattle won its sixth straight when defeating the Los Angeles Kings 9-8 in overtime on Tuesday night. Nicklas Backstrom, Connor Brown, Carl Hagelin, Tom Wilson and Dmitry Orlov are out for Washington. Joonas Donskoi and Chris Driedger are out for Seattle, while Morgan Geekie is questionable

The Washington Capitals are scoring an average of only 2.79 goals per game which is 28th in the NHL. The Capitals are averaging 30.2 shots per game which is 23rd. Washington's power play is scoring 20.5% of the time the Capitals have the man advantage which is only 20th in the league. Alex Ovechkin is the leading goal scorer for Washington with 13 while John Carlson and Conor Sheary each have scored seven. Dylan Strome and Evgeny Kuznetsov are the leaders in assists with 13 apiece. Ovechkin is the points leader with 23 and Strome is second with 18. Washington has scored 17 power play goals in 24 games.

 

Washington is allowing an average of 3.04 goals per game which is 15th in the NHL. The Capitals are allowing opponents the average 31.0 shots per game. Washington's penalty-kill unit is successful 79.7% of the time the Capitals are short-handed which is 15th. Darcy Kuemper is 8-9-1 with a 2.51 goals-against average and .917 save percentage with two shutouts. .4 has won each of his last three starts allowing an average of 1.00 goals per game.

  
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