NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 3/27/2025

NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 3/27/2025

Edmonton Oilers (41-25-5, 87 Pts) at Seattle Kraken (30-36-6, 66 pts)

Venue: Climate Pledge Arena
Date: Thursday, March 27
Time: 9:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/SN1/KHN/KONG
Radio: 
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED
Seattle – Sportsnet 96.0

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Edmonton: -1.5 ML -108
Seattle: +1.5 ML -112
O/U 6.5

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Edmonton Oilers News & Notes:

The Oilers are coming off a 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars last night. They dropped to 7-4-1 in March, averaging 3.3 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game. Zach Hyman is currently on a four-game point streak in which he has four goals and two assists in that span.

Seattle Kraken News & Notes: 

The Kraken dropped their third straight on Tuesday in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Calgary Flames. They dropped to 4-5-2 in March, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 3.7 goals per game. Jaden Schwartz has goals in back-to-back games for the Kraken.

Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines

Podkolzin-Nugent-Hopkins-Arvidsson
Perry-Henrique-Hyman
Skinner-Janmark-Brown
Jones-Ryan-Kapanen

Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Walman
Kulak-Stetcher

Skinner
Pickard

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Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:

Schwartz-Wright-Eberle
McCann-Beniers-Kakko
Tolvanen-McCann-Burakovsky
Eyssimont-Hayden-Kartye

Dunn-Larsson
Evans-Montour
Oleksiak-Fleury

Daccord
Grubauer

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Players To Watch:

Edmonton Oilers

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins this season has 48 points on 20 goals and 28 assists. He’s faced the Kraken 13 times in his career, recording 18 points on five goals and 13 assists. He has a point in all three meetings this season, he has five total points against Seattle on four goals and an assist.

Seattle Kraken

Matty Beniers this season has 35 points on 15 goals and 20 assists. He’s faced the Oilers nine times in his career, recording four points on a goal and three assists; he recorded an assist in one of the two meetings this season.

Injury Report:

Edmonton

C Leon Draisaitl – DTD
C Connor McDavid – DTD
F Evander Kane – IR
D Alec Regula – IR
C Trent Frederic – IR  

Seattle

F Chandler Stephenson – DTD

Next game:

Edmonton – March 29 vs. Calgary Flames
Seattle – March 29 vs. Dallas Stars

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