The Edmonton Oilers (19-15-2), the NHL’s top power play offense, travel to face the Seattle Kraken (18-11-4) and their weak penalty killing defense at Climate Pledge Arena on Friday. Edmonton is coming off a 2-1 win over the Flames on Tuesday.
The Oilers committed only one penalty in the game, holding Calgary without a power play goal. Connor McDavid and Tyson Barrie each scored once for the Oilers. Stuart Skinner had a great performance with 46 saves (.978%) in the win.Seattle fell 3-2 to the Flames on Wednesday.
Ryan Donato and Jamie Oleksiak both scored once for the Kraken. Jordan Eberle had two assists to lead the team in scoring. Philipp Grubauer had a great performance with 41 saves (.931%) in the loss.
HEAD TO HEAD
The Oilers won two of the three games between the teams last season, including a 5-3 victory in their final meeting in December. Leon Draisaitl led Edmonton with three points (0G 3A). Eberle led Seattle with two points (0G 2A). Skinner got the win despite allowing three goals on 17 shots (.823%).
FACING OFF
Edmonton is averaging 3.56 goals per game for the season, fourth in the NHL, and they are taking on a Kraken team that is allowing 3.21 goals a game (18th). Meanwhile, Seattle has found the net 3.48 times a game on average, sixth in the league, and the Oilers are allowing opponents to score 3.39 goals per game (21st).
The Oilers will be looking to build on their No. 1-ranked power play percentage of 33.08% against the Kraken, who are the league’s second-weakest penalty killing team (69.16%).
Seattle, meanwhile, has scored on 21.00% of their power play opportunities (19th), which the home team will be aiming to improve on against Edmonton’s 26th-ranked 73.28% penalty killing rate.
TOP PERFORMERS:
With 67 points this season, most in the NHL, McDavid is the top skater for the Oilers. He leads the league in both goals (31) and assists (36). In the net, Skinner (11-9-1) is Edmonton’s top goaltender by goals against average.
He has a 2.82 GAA and a .916% save percentage. Andre Burakovsky and Eberle lead the Kraken in scoring with 28 and 27 points, respectively. Burakovsky has 10 goals and 18 assists, while Eberle has eight goals and 19 assists. Martin Jones (14-5-3) has the best goals against average for Seattle at 2.99. He has a save percentage of .888%.
HOME AND AWAY
Edmonton is 10-6-1 away from home this season. Seattle is 9-7-2 at home this season.
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