NHL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 1/2/2025

Vancouver Canucks (17-11-8, 42 pts) at Seattle Kraken (17-19-2, 32 pts)

Venue: Climate Pledge Arena
Date: Tuesday, December 17
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/KHN/KONG
Radio: 
Vancouver – Sportsnet 650 AM
Seattle – Sportsnet 96.0

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Vancouver: +1.5 ML +102
Seattle -1.5 ML -122
O/U 5.5

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Vancouver Canucks News & Notes:

The Canucks dropped their second straight game on Tuesday to the Flames 3-1. They are 1-2-3 in their last six games and have been outscored 22-16 in that stretch.

Seattle Kraken News & Notes: 

The Kraken won their second straight on Monday, the win streak comes after they had lost five straight games. They finished December going 6-6-1.

Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

DeBrusk-Miller-Boeser
Hoglander-Suter-Garland
Heinen-Blueger-Sherwood
Joshua-Sasson-Di Guiuseppe
Forbort-Myers
Soucy-Juulsen
Brannstrom-Desharnais

Demko
Lankinen

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Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:

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

Grubauer
Daccord

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Players To Watch:

Vancouver Canucks

Brock Boeser this season has 25 points on 14 goals and 11 assists. He’s faced Seattle ten times in his career recording five points on three goals and two assists; two of those three goals came earlier this season against the Kraken.

Seattle Kraken

Vince Dunn this season has 15 points on seven goals and eight assists. He’s faced Vancouver 19 times in his career recording 11 points on four goals and seven assists; in the previous matchup this season he had three points on two goals and an assist.

Injury Report:

Vancouver Canucks

D Filip Hronek – IR
F Elias Pettersson – DTD
D Quinn Hughes – DTD

Seattle Kraken

F Jordan Eberle – IR

Next game:

Vancouver – January 3 vs. Nashville Predators
Seattle – January 4 vs. Edmonton Oilers

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