The Seattle Kraken (1-2-1) welcome the St. Louis Blues (1-0-0) at Climate Pledge Arena on Wednesday. St. Louis is playing their first of four games on the road coming off a 5-2 win over the Blue Jackets on Saturday. The Blues committed only two penalties in the game, holding Columbus without a power play goal. Vladimir Tarasenko was the top goalscorer for the Blues with two goals. Jordan Binnington had 23 saves in the win. Seattle fell 5-1 to the Hurricanes on Monday. Andre Burakovsky netted the only goal for the Kraken. Philipp Grubauer only had 29 saves on 34 shots against (.852%) in the loss.
HEAD TO HEAD
The Blues won all three games between the teams last season, including a 4-1 victory in their final meeting in April, their third straight win against Seattle. Brayden Schenn led St. Louis with two points (0G 2A). Ville Husso got the win, saving 28 of 29 shots (.965%).
FACING OFF
St. Louis averaged 3.77 goals per game last season, fourth in the NHL, and they are taking on a Kraken team that allowed 3.46 goals a game (24th). Meanwhile, Seattle found the net only 2.60 times a game on average, 29th in the league, and the Blues allowed opponents to score 2.91 goals per game (11th).The Blues were one of the league’s best power play teams (2nd), converting 26.97% of their opportunities, while Seattle’s 74.89% penalty kill percentage ranked as the third-worst. The Kraken scored on 14.55% of their power play chances, fourth-lowest in the NHL. St. Louis’ PK% of 84.09 ranked No. 5.
TOP PERFORMERS:
Burakovsky leads the Kraken in scoring with five points. He has two goals and three assists in four games. Martin Jones (1-1-0) has the best goals against average for Seattle at 3.60. He has a save percentage of .882%. Grubauer (0-1-1) has played the most games in net for the Kraken this season. He has a 4.26 GAA and a .851% save percentage.
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