RainyCityHockey
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After suffering back-to-back losses in the desert and sin city, the Kraken are headed back home to the emerald city to start a six game home stand.
The first one of those six will be against a division rival in the Anaheim Ducks, who have been one of the surprises so far this season.
The Kraken, on the other hand, have not been able to string together a real winning streak and are need to turn things around if they don't want to slip further in the standings and out of any possibility to fight for a playoff spot.
The good news is that Jared McCann is back and should help the team offensively, especially if Yanni Gourde will miss time.
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Where are they playing?
Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA
When does the game start?
7:00 p.m. PT/10:00 p.m ET/3:00 a.m. CET
How to watch?
Root Sports NW/ ESPN + / NHL Game Center
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3 Keys to the game
1) Defense/Goaltending
For most of the game the Kraken have been able to outshot and outwork their opponents but still lost because of defensive mistakes or goalies not making a save when needed.
Unless this gets better the team will have a hard time winning most nights and therefore needs both of this to keep the puck out of the own net.
2) Keep working on the power play
It was nice finally seeing them score on a power play again, as they did in Vegas, but the team still needs a lot of work on it and needs to stop just passing it from the blueline to the side and back, in order to get more out of all the penalties they're drawing.
3) A good start to the game
During the games in Arizona and Vegas the team was able to score first and start well in games.
Even if that didn't result in victories it was still better then playing those games from behind, which is what the team had to do way too often as they're one of the bottom teams in allowing goals early in games.
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Team Facts
Top Scorers:
Jordan Eberle: 7(G) - 2(A) --> 9 points
Alex Wennberg: 1(G) - 7(A) --> 8 points
Brandon Tanev: 6(G) - 2(A) ---> 8 points
Work Load:
Adam Larsson: 21:11 TOI/Game
Mark Giordano: 20:49 TOI/Game
Yanni Gourde: 19:54 TOI/Game
Netminders:
Philipp Grubauer: 4-5-1 / .886(SV%) / 2.97 GAA
Chris Driedger: 0-1-0 / .833(SV%) / 3.43 GAA
Joey D'Accord: 0-2-0 / .855(SV%) / 4.06 GAA
Top Scorers:
Troy Terry: 9(G) - 7(A) ---> 16 points
Kevin Shattenkirk: 3(G) - 9(A) ---> 12 points
Ryan Getzlaf: 1(G) - 11(A) ---> 12 points
Work Load:
Cam Fowler: 23:09 TOI/Game
Hampus Lindholm: 22:13 TOI/Game
Jamie Drysdale: 21:03 TOI/Game
Netminders:
John Gibson: 6-2-2 / .927(SV'%) / 2.35 GAA
Anthony Stolarz: 1-2-1 / .912(SV%) / 2.98 GAA
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The stats clearly show, to no surprise, that John Gibson is one of the better goalies in this league and even Stolarz has some solid numbers to show for.
So there's another possibility to run into "a hot goalie" for us which hasn't ended all that well this season.
Therefore we need our netminder to have a good game, with timely saves, or this will be another tough one we might finish empty handed.
Anyways, let's hope the guys are up for it and are able to end the losing in this one.
And of course.....
The first one of those six will be against a division rival in the Anaheim Ducks, who have been one of the surprises so far this season.
The Kraken, on the other hand, have not been able to string together a real winning streak and are need to turn things around if they don't want to slip further in the standings and out of any possibility to fight for a playoff spot.
The good news is that Jared McCann is back and should help the team offensively, especially if Yanni Gourde will miss time.
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Where are they playing?
Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA
When does the game start?
7:00 p.m. PT/10:00 p.m ET/3:00 a.m. CET
How to watch?
Root Sports NW/ ESPN + / NHL Game Center
-------------------------------------------------------------
3 Keys to the game
1) Defense/Goaltending
For most of the game the Kraken have been able to outshot and outwork their opponents but still lost because of defensive mistakes or goalies not making a save when needed.
Unless this gets better the team will have a hard time winning most nights and therefore needs both of this to keep the puck out of the own net.
2) Keep working on the power play
It was nice finally seeing them score on a power play again, as they did in Vegas, but the team still needs a lot of work on it and needs to stop just passing it from the blueline to the side and back, in order to get more out of all the penalties they're drawing.
3) A good start to the game
During the games in Arizona and Vegas the team was able to score first and start well in games.
Even if that didn't result in victories it was still better then playing those games from behind, which is what the team had to do way too often as they're one of the bottom teams in allowing goals early in games.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Team Facts
Top Scorers:
Jordan Eberle: 7(G) - 2(A) --> 9 points
Alex Wennberg: 1(G) - 7(A) --> 8 points
Brandon Tanev: 6(G) - 2(A) ---> 8 points
Work Load:
Adam Larsson: 21:11 TOI/Game
Mark Giordano: 20:49 TOI/Game
Yanni Gourde: 19:54 TOI/Game
Netminders:
Philipp Grubauer: 4-5-1 / .886(SV%) / 2.97 GAA
Chris Driedger: 0-1-0 / .833(SV%) / 3.43 GAA
Joey D'Accord: 0-2-0 / .855(SV%) / 4.06 GAA
Top Scorers:
Troy Terry: 9(G) - 7(A) ---> 16 points
Kevin Shattenkirk: 3(G) - 9(A) ---> 12 points
Ryan Getzlaf: 1(G) - 11(A) ---> 12 points
Work Load:
Cam Fowler: 23:09 TOI/Game
Hampus Lindholm: 22:13 TOI/Game
Jamie Drysdale: 21:03 TOI/Game
Netminders:
John Gibson: 6-2-2 / .927(SV'%) / 2.35 GAA
Anthony Stolarz: 1-2-1 / .912(SV%) / 2.98 GAA
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The stats clearly show, to no surprise, that John Gibson is one of the better goalies in this league and even Stolarz has some solid numbers to show for.
So there's another possibility to run into "a hot goalie" for us which hasn't ended all that well this season.
Therefore we need our netminder to have a good game, with timely saves, or this will be another tough one we might finish empty handed.
Anyways, let's hope the guys are up for it and are able to end the losing in this one.
And of course.....
