NHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 12/17/2024

NHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 12/17/2024

Ottawa Senators (15-13-2, 32 pts) at Seattle Kraken (15-15-2, 32 pts)

Venue: Climate Pledge Arena
Date: Tuesday, December 17
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/KONG/TSN
Radio: 
Ottawa Senators – TSN1200
Seattle Kraken – Sportsnet 96.0

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Ottawa Senators -1.5 ML -118
Seattle Kraken +1.5 ML -102
O/U 5.5

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Ottawa Senators News & Notes: 

The Senators have won three straight and five of their last six as they currently hold the final playoff spot but they are tied with the Philadelphia Flyers entering play tonight. The Senators have outscored their opponents 18-9 in their last six games.

Seattle Kraken News & Notes: 

Seattle is coming off a loss on Saturday to the Tampa Bay Lighting 5-1 as defenseman Brandon Montour contributed the lone Kraken goal. The Kraken rank 19th in goals per game this season and 14th in goals allowed entering tonight’s game.

Ottawa Senators Projected Lines: 

Tkachuk-Norris-Batherson
Giroux-Stutzle-Gaudette
Cousins-Pinto-Amadio
Gregor-Ostapchuk-Greig
Chabot-Jensen
Sanderson-Hamonic
Kleven-Bernard-Docker

Ullmark
Merilainen

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Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:

Schwartz-Beniers-Tanev
McCann-Stephenson-Burakovsky
Tolvanen-Wright-Bjorkstrand
Kartye-Stephens-Winterton
Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Montour
Evans-Borgen

Daccord
Grubauer

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Players To Watch:

Ottawa Senators

Tim Stutzle this season has 36 points on ten goals and 26 assists. He hasn’t scored since the calendar flipped to December but he does have seven points on the month. In the previous meeting between these two Stutzle had two points on a goal and an assist. In his career against Seattle, he has ten points in seven games on four goals and six assists.

Seattle Kraken

Shane Wright this season has 14 points on seven goals and seven assists. He has recorded a point in each of the last two games and in his last five games, he has six points on two goals and four assists. He was helped without a point in the previous matchup which was also his first career game against the Senators.

Injury Report:

Ottawa Senators

D Artem Zub – Out
F David Perron – DTD
G Anton Forsberg – DTD

Seattle Kraken

F Jordan Eberle – IR
F Yanni Gourde – Out

Next game:

Ottawa Senators – December 19 at Calgary Flames
Seattle Kraken – December 19 @ Chicago Blackhawks

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