NHL Game Preview: Seattle Kraken at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 12/21/2024

NHL Game Preview: Seattle Kraken at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 12/21/2024

Seattle Kraken (15-17-2, 32 points) at Vegas Golden Knights (21-8-3, 45 points)

Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Saturday, December 21
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/KONG/SCRIPPS
Radio:
Seattle – Sportsnet 96.0
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Seattle: +1.5 ML +160
Vegas: -1.5 ML -192
O/U 6

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Seattle Kraken News & Notes: 

The Kraken dropped their third straight game on Thursday night and their fourth in their last five, they’ve been outscored 14-8 in that stretch. They are 4-4-1 in December after they started the month going 3-1-0.

Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

Vegas won their second straight and their sixth out of their last seven. They’ve outscored they’re averaging 2.9 in that recent stretch while allowing an average of two goals per game. The offense over the last seven games has been led by Shea Theodore and Victor Olofsson; Theodore has nine points on three goals and six assists while Olofsson has six points on four goals and two assists.

Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:

McCann-Beniers-Kakko
Schwartz-Stephenson-Burakovsky
Tolvanen-Wright-Bjorkstrand
Sprong-Gourde-Tanev
Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Montour
Evans-Mahura

Daccord
Grubauer

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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

Dorofeyev-Eichel-Stone
Olofsson-Karlsson-Holtz
Howden-Hertl-Laczynski
Pearson-Schwindt-Kolesar
Hanifin-Pietrangelo
McNabb-Theodore
Hague-Whitecloud

Hill
Samsonov

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Players To Watch:

Seattle Kraken

Brandon Tanev this season has 14 points on seven goals and seven assists. In his career against Vegas he’s played in 19 games recording six points on four goals and two assists; in the previous matchup this season he scored two goals.

Vegas Golden Knights

Jack Eichel this season has 42 points on nine goals and 33 assists. In his career against Seattle he’s played in ten games recording 13 points on five goals and eight assists; earlier this season when the two teams met Eichel had three assists in the loss.

Injury Report:

Seattle Kraken

F Jordan Eberle – IR

Vegas Golden Knights

D Ben Hutton – IR
F Ivan Barbashev – DTD
F Nicholas Roy – DTD

Next Game:

Seattle Kraken – December 22 @ Colorado Avalanche
Vegas Golden Knights – December 23 vs. Anaheim Ducks

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