NHL Game Preview: Seattle Kraken at Minnesota Wild 10/12/24

Seattle Kraken (0-1-0, 0 pts) at Minnesota Wild (1-0-0, 2 pts)
Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Saturday, October 12
Time: 5:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm CT

TV: ESPN+ / BSN / BSWI / KHN
Radio:
Seattle – Sports Radio KJR 93.3 FM
Minnesota – KFAN 100.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Seattle +1.5
Minnesota -1.5
O/U 5.5

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Seattle Kraken Notes:

Seattle dropped their home opener 3-2 to the St. Louis Blues at Climate Pledge Arena. Coach Dan Bylsma has reshuffled the lines with Matty Beniers and Shane Wright switching spots on the 1st and 2nd lines. Bylsma would like to see more of a shot mentality than overpassing which plagued the team in the loss to St. Louis.

Minnesota Wild Notes:

Minnesota looks to continue their momentum at home after a 3-2 victory against Colombus in the opener. The Wild are 6-3-0 all-time against the Kraken, 2-2-0 at the Xcel Energy Center. Seattle defeated the Wild 4-3 in the final game of the 2023-24 regular season.

Seattle Kraken Lineup:

Tolvanen-Beniers-Bjorkstrand
McCann-Wright-Eberle
Schwartz-Stephenson-Burakovsky
Kartye-Gourde-Tanev

Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Montour
Evans-Borgen

Daccord
Grubauer

Minnesota Wild Lineup:

Kaprizov-Rossi-Zuccarello
Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Foligno-Hartman-Trenin
Lauko-Khusnutdinov-Gaudreau

Brodin-Faber
Middleton-Spurgeon
Merrill-Bogosian

Fleury
Gustavsson
Wallstedt

Players To Watch:

Seattle – Shane Wright has been brought along slowly by the Kraken but has been given more responsibility this season. The young pivot will be relied upon to generate offense for a Seattle squad that struggled to score goals a year ago.

Minnesota – Karil Kaprisov has been dynamic against the Kraken with four goals and seven assists in 8 career games against the Kraken.

Injuries:

Seattle –
None

Minnesota –
D Declan Chisholm – Day To Day – Est. return October 12

Next game

Seattle – October 13 at Dallas
Minnesota – October 13 at Winnipeg

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