Seattle Kraken (30-35-5, 65 pts)at Edmonton Oilers (40-24-5, 85 pts)
Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Thursday, March 20
Time: 9:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/KHN/KONG/CBC
Radio:
Seattle – Sportsnet 96.0
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Seattle: +1.5 ML +163
Edmonton: -1.5 ML -200
O/U 5.5
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Seattle Kraken News & Notes:
The Kraken suffered a 4-0 loss on Wednesday to the Minnesota Wild. They are now 5-4-1 in March and are averaging 3.5 goals per game while allowing 3.2 goals per game. They are just barely hanging on in the wild-card race in the Western Conference.
Edmonton Oilers News & Notes:
The Oilers had their three-game winning streak snapped on Thursday in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets. They dropped to 6-4-0 in March and are averaging 3.2 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game. Zach Hyman has four points in his last two games on three goals and an assist. Connor McDavid also extended his point streak to 13 games. In that span, McDavid has 19 points on four goals and 15 assists.
Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:
Schwartz-Beniers-Kakko
Tolvanen-Stephenson-Eberle
Nyman-McCann-Burakovsky
Hayden-Wright-Eyssimont
Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Montour
Fleury-Evans
Daccord
Grubauer
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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines
Skinner-Nugent-Hopkins-Hyman
Podkolzin-Henrique-Arvidsson
Jones- -Kapanen
Perry-Janmark-Brown
Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Walman
Kulak-Stetcher
Skinner
Pickard
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Players To Watch:
Seattle Kraken
Vince Dunn this season has 32 points on 11 goals and 21 assists. He’s faced the Oilers 21 times in his career, recording 11 points on two goals and nine assists; in one meeting this season he scored a goal and in the other, he recorded an assist.
Edmonton Oilers
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins this season has 45 points on 17 goals and 28 assists. He’s faced the Kraken 12 times in his career recording 15 points on two goals and 13 assists; in the two meetings this season he’s got a goal and an assist.
Injury Report:
Seattle Kraken
None
Edmonton Oilers
C Trent Frederic – IR
LW Evander Kane – IR
C Connor McDavid – DTD
D Alec Regula – IR
C Leon Draisaitl – DTD
Next game:
Seattle – March 25 at Calgary Flames
Edmonton – March 26 vs. Dallas Stars
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