The San Jose Sharks (7-11-3) travel to face the Seattle Kraken (10-5-3) at Climate Pledge Arena on Wednesday. San Jose is coming off a 5-1 win over the Senators on Monday. The Sharks took advantage of their power play opportunities, scoring once on three shots while holding Ottawa without a power play goal.
Five players found the net for the Sharks. Luke Kunin had three assists to lead the team in scoring. Kaapo Kahkonen saved an impressive 37 of 38 shots (.973%) in the win. Seattle beat the Kings 3-2 (OT) on Saturday. Jordan Eberle, Daniel Sprong, and Jared McCann scored one apiece for the Kraken. Martin Jones was impressive in the win, making 27 saves (.931%).
HEAD TO HEAD
The Kraken won three of the four games between the teams last season, including a 3-0 victory in their final meeting in April. Yanni Gourde, Adam Larsson, and Victor Rask were on the scoresheet for Seattle. Chris Driedger saved 24 shots to earn the shutout win.
FACING OFF
San Jose is averaging 2.90 goals per game for the season, 23rd in the NHL, and they are taking on a Kraken team that is allowing 2.72 goals a game (9th). Meanwhile, Seattle has found the net 3.22 times a game on average, 14th in the league, and the Sharks are allowing opponents to score 3.29 goals per game (19th).
Seattle averages fewer shots a game (29.5) than most teams in the league, ranking 28th, though the team’s 10.9% shooting percentage is eighth. With an average of 29.9 attempts, San Jose ranks 26th.
The Kraken’s 22.58% power play percentage ranks 12th in the league, while the Sharks are 19th with a conversion rate of 20.00%. San Jose has been equally adept at penalty killing, boasting the league’s highest PK% at 92.73%. Seattle ranks 24th at 74.58%.
TOP PERFORMERS:
With 29 points this season, third-most in the NHL, Erik Karlsson is the top skater for the Sharks. He is among the league leaders in both goals and assists, finding the net 11 times (6th) and assisting 18 scores for this teammates (7th). In the net, James Reimer (5-7-2) is San Jose’s top goaltender.
He has a 2.92 GAA and a .906% save percentage. Eberle and Andre Burakovsky lead the Kraken in scoring with 15 points apiece. Eberle has five goals and 10 assists in 18 games, while Burakovsky has four goals and 11 assists in 18 games. Jones (9-4-2) has the best goals against average for Seattle at 2.30. He has a save percentage of .913%.
HOME AND AWAY
San Jose has won three straight away from home this season. Seattle is 5-4-2 at Climate Pledge Arena this season.
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Seattle Kraken (-175)
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