Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Seattle Kraken 02/19/2024

The Detroit Red Wings continue their road trip coming off a win on Saturday afternoon over the Flames 5-0, while the Kraken are coming off a win to the Bruins on Thursday night 4-1.

Detroit Red Wings (28-20-6, 62 Points) vs. Seattle Kraken (23-21-10, 56 Points)

When: Monday, February 19
Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Where: Climate Pledge Arena (Seattle, WA)
TV: ESPN

Scoring Leaders

Detroit Red Wings

Points: Dylan Larkin – 48
Goals: Dylan Larkin – 24
Assists: Lucas Raymond – 29

Seattle Kraken

Points: Oliver Bjorkstrand – 41
Goals: Jared McCann – 22
Assists: Vince Dunn – 31

Expected Line Combinations

Detroit Red Wings

Michael Rasmussen – Dylan Larkin – Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat – J.T. Compher – Lucas Raymond
Joe Veleno – Andrew Copp – David Perron
Robby Fabbri – Christian Fischer – Daniel Sprong
Jake Walman – Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot – Jeff Petry
Shayne Gostisbehere – Olli Maatta

Seattle Kraken

Jared McCann – Matty Beniers – Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz – Alex Wennberg – Andre Burakovsky
Eeli Tolvanen – Yanni Gourde – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Tomas Tatar – Kailer Yamamoto – Brandon Tanev
Vince Dunn – Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak – Will Borgen
Brian Dumoulin – Justin Schultz

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By The Numbers:

League Ranking

Detroit Red Wings

PP%: 23.3 (11)
PK%: 82.4 (7)
GF P/G: 3.48 (6)
GA P/G: 3.26 (23)
Faceoff %: 49.2 (20)

Seattle Kraken

PP%: 20.9 (16)
PK%: 78.8 (21)
GF P/G: 2.72 (28)
GA P/G: 2.80 (8)
Faceoff %: 47.3 (25)

Red Wings Player to Watch: Joe Veleno

Veleno has played in 52 games this season and has 23 points coming on ten goals and 13 assists. On the power play, he has five points on three goals and two assists. In his last five games, he has four points on one goal and three assists.

Veleno’s Line Assignments

Veleno will be on the third line playing with Andrew Copp and David Perron. He will also play on the second power-play unit with Daniel Sprong, Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat, and Moritz Seider.

Veleno’s career vs. Seattle

Veleno in his career has played in four games against the Kraken and he has two points both coming on goals. In their last matchup earlier this season he had a goal in the Red Wings overtime loss.

Between The Pipes

Detroit: Alex Lyon (14-8-2, 2.82 GAA)

Lyon last played on Thursday against the Canucks, and he gave up four goals on 21 shots. He has never faced Calgary in his career.

Seattle: Joey Daccord (16-11-9, 2.33 GAA) / Philipp Grubauer (6-9-1, 3.10 GAA)

Daccord last played on Thursday against the Bruins in which he picked up the win stopping 36 of the 37 shots he faced. In his career against Detroit, he is 1-0-0, that win came on October 24^th when he stopped 23 of the 27 shots he faced.

Grubauer last played on Tuesday against the Islanders, and he picked up a shootout win by stopping 26 of the 27 shots he faced. In his career against Detroit, including Saturday he is 4-0-1 in five games.

Wrap Up

The Detroit Red Wings snapped their two-game skid on Saturday with their win over Calgary, but the Devils also picked up a win and are still just two points back of Detroit. The Red Wings are also three points back of the Tampa Bay Lightning for the top Wild Card spot and the Red Wings have played two fewer games than the Lightning. Coming away with two points tonight will be a huge win for Detroit as they’ll wrap up their four-game road trip with four points before returning home to take on a tough Colorado team.

In their history against Seattle, Detroit is 1-2-2 and has been outscored 21-16 in those games. Detroit lost to the Kraken 5-4 in overtime on October 24^th.