Carolina Hurricanes (4-2-0, 8 pts) at Seattle Kraken (4-3-1, 9 pts)
Venue: Climate Pledge Arena
Date: Saturday, October 26
Time: 10:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm PT
TV: ESPN+ / FDS / KHN / KONG
Radio:
Carolina – The Fan 99.9 FM
Seattle – Sports Radio KJR 93.3 FM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Carolina -1.5 ML -185
Seattle +1.5 ML +155
O/U 5.5
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Carolina Hurricanes Notes:
Carolina has won 4 of their last 5, and are 3-1 on their current road trip with the only blemish coming on October 19 in a 4-3 loss to St. Louis. Carolina has been stout defensively only surrendering 2.50 goals per game.
Seattle Kraken Notes:
Seattle has lost 2 in a row after a 3 game winning streak. The Kraken looks to get back on track against a relentless Hurricanes team that outshoots their opponents by over 7 shots per game (34.3 to 26.8).
Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lineup: (subject to change)
Svechnikov-Aho-Jarvis
Roslovic-Kotkaniemi-Necas
Martinook-Staal-Carrier
Blake-Drury-Robinson
Slavin-Burns
Orlov-Chatfield
Gostisbehere-Walker
Kochetkov
Andersen
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Seattle Kraken Projected Lineup: (subject to change)
McCann-Wright-Eberle
Schwartz-Stephenson-Bjorkstrand
Tolvanen-Beniers-Burakovsky
Kartye-Gourde-Tanev
Mahura-Larsson
Oleksiak-Montour
Evans-Borgen
Daccord
Grubauer
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Players To Watch:
Carolina Hurricanes – Martin Necas leads the Hurricanes in points with 8 (3g, 5a) and has points in 4 of his last 5 games. In the one game that Necas was held off the score sheet Carolina lost, so if Necas records a point Carolina has an excellent chance of winning.
Seattle Kraken – Jared McCann has had a great start for the Kraken with 11 points (4g, 7a) in 8 games. McCann has blossomed in Seattle averaging 32 goals and over 28 assists in 3+ seasons in the Pacific Northwest. McCann had a career year in the 2022-23 season with 40 goals and 70 points.
Injury Report:
Carolina Hurricanes –
RW Jesper Fast – LTIR
D Joakim Ryan – IR
D Riley Stillman – IR (Non-Roster)
Seattle Kraken –
D Vince Dunn – LTIR – Est. return November 12
Next game
Carolina Hurricanes – October 28 at Vancouver
Seattle Kraken – October 29 at Montreal
