EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
EDMONTON OILERS AT SEATTLE KRAKEN
8:00 p.m. MT at Climate Pledge Arena
BROADCAST INFO: 630 CHED Radio, Sportsnet
19-15-2 – 40 PTS RECORD 18-11-4 – 40 PTS
Div. – 5th Conference – 9th RANK Div. – 4th Conference – 7th
1st –32.3% (42/130) POWER PLAY 20th – 21.0% (21/100)
26th – 72.5% (95/131) PENALTY KILL 31st – 69.2% (68/100)
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. SEATTLE GP RECORD HOME (1) AWAY (2) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. SEATTLE 3 3-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 13 9
OILERS vs. SEATTLE – 2022-23 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0
QUICK FACTS
• Friday’s game will mark Edmonton’s first of four games against the Kraken this season and the first of two games in Seattle.
• The last time these teams met was on December 18th in Seattle, with the Oilers winning 5-3.
• Leon Draisaitl leads the Oilers with nine career points against Seattle and has a team high three goals in three games against the Kraken.
POINT STREAKING
-Connor McDavid is currently on 16-game point streak posting 32 points (15G, 17A), with the longest streak of his career at 17 games.
-Connor McDavid became the first player in 2022-23 to reach 30 goals and joined elite company in the past 25 years by reaching the mark in 35 or fewer games.
CAREER GAMES vs. SEATTLE
Record: 2-1-0
GF: 13 GA: 9
2021-22 12/18/21@ SEA 5-3 L
2021-22 12/3/21 @ SEA 4-3 L
2021-22 11/1/21 @ EDM 5-2 W
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 15 F Brad Malone placed on waivers
Dec. 16 F Brad Malone cleared waivers and loaned to Bakersfield (AHL), D Markus Niemelainen recalled from Bakersfield
OILERS IN DECEMBER
Overall – 541 GP, 237-225-42-36 – 0.510
2022-23 – 13 GP, 6-5-2 – 12 PTS
2021-22 –12 GP, 3-8-1 – 7 PTS
SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Calgary 3 at Seattle 2
Goals: Donato, Oleksiak
Goalie: Grubauer (41/44)
PP: 0/1 PK: 3/4 Shots: Calgary 44 – Seattle 31
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 89)
Chris Driedger (ACL; IR) – 33 games – month-to-month
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 33 games – day-to-day
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
N/A
UPCOMING GAMES
Sunday, Jan. 1: NY Islanders at Seattle, 5 p.m. PT
Tuesday, Jan. 3: Seattle at Edmonton, 6 p.m. PT
Thursday, Jan. 5: Seattle at Toronto, 4 p.m. PT
Saturday, Jan. 7: Seattle at Ottawa, 4 p.m. PT
Monday, Jan. 9: Seattle at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight is Seattle’s first of four games against Edmonton this season. The Kraken will play the Oilers twice over the next three games.
• The Kraken have a 7-3-2 record against Pacific Division opponents this season, which is good for 16 points and a 0.666 points percentage. Last season, the team only won six total games against their division rivals, defeating the San Jose Sharks three times and beating the Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings once each.
• Adam Larsson has notched an assist in each of the Kraken’s last four games dating back to Dec. 18 vs. the Jets. If he were to record an assist again tonight, it would extend his assist streak to five games, setting a career high.
• Entering play Thursday, Jared McCann led the league with 2.28 goals-per-60 at five-on-five among players that have played in at least six games this season. Daniel Sprong ranked third with 1.91.
• Will Borgen has already set a career high with 40 blocked shots this season and is just four hits shy of tying his career best of 89 that he set last year.
• The Kraken have had 16 different players score at least three goals this season. Entering play Thursday, no team had had more players on its roster score three or more goals.
• Additionally, the Kraken were one of six teams (Arizona, Calgary, Dallas, Florida, NY Islanders) this season to have four different defensemen score at least three goals entering play Thursday. Jamie Oleksiak (five), Vince Dunn (four), Adam Larsson three) and Justin Schultz (three) have all scored at least three times for the Kraken this year. Despite only playing in 26 games this season, Oleksiak enters tomorrow’s game just one goal shy of matching his career high of six that he set in 2020-21 while playing for the Dallas Stars.
• Martin Jones’ 14 wins were tied for the eighth-most in the NHL this season entering play Thursday.
• According to Natural Stat Trick, the Kraken ranked sixth in the NHL with a 52.3 percent Corsi rating entering play Thursday. The Kraken are outshooting their opponents 809-704 at five-on-five this season. Their 53.5 percent shot share was good for seventh in the NHL entering play Thursday according to Natural Stat Trick.
YEAR IN REVIEW
• Tonight’s matchup with the Oilers is the Kraken’s final game of the 2022 calendar year. The team has posted a 35-42-6 record in 83 games this year.
• The team had a 19-19-3 record when playing at Climate Pledge Arena this year, which was good for 41 points and a .500 points percentage. They have sold out each game they have played at home in 2022.
• The Kraken have played the Kings more than any other team in 2022, facing off against Los Angeles Kings seven times:
• Seattle’s four wins and 28 goals against Los Angeles this year are both their most against a single opponent.
• November was the team’s best month in 2022, posting a 10-1-1 record, which was good for 21 points and a 0.875 points percentage. The team set a franchise record for wins, points, points percentage, goals for (51), fewest goals allowed (34; tied) and power-play percentage (25.0; tied) in a single month in which the team has played at least two games.
• The Kraken have had 42 players play in at least one game for the Kraken during 2022 – 25 forwards, 13 defensemen and four goalies. Adam Larsson is the only player to appear in all 83 games for Seattle in 2022.
• Jared McCann is the team’s leading scorer in 2022, totaling 53 points (30 goals, 23 assists) in 77 games played. His 33 goals also top Seattle’s roster, and he was one of 67 NHL players to score at least 30 goals in 2022 entering play Thursday. Vince Dunn’s 33 assists were the most among Kraken skaters in 2022.
OIL LEAK
• Andre Burakovsky has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in 11 career games against the Oilers.
• Yanni Gourde has seven points (four goals, three assists) in seven career games against Edmonton.
• Jared McCann has a point (two goals, one assist) in each of his last three games against the Oilers dating back to Dec. 20, 2019. He has tallied a point in both of the games he has played against Edmonton as a member of the Kraken.
• Jaden Schwartz has 29 points (13 goals, 16 assists) in 24 career games against Edmonton. His 1.29 points per game against the Oilers are the fifth-most among active players that have played the Oilers at least 10 times. Schwartz’s 29 points are also the most he has recorded in his career against a single opponent. Schwartz scored his 100th NHL goal on Nov. 21, 2017 against Edmonton.
• Carson Soucy has six points (three goals, three assists) in his last six games against the Oilers. Soucy made his NHL debut on April 2, 2018 against Edmonton and later recorded his first NHL point (an assist) on Oct. 20, 2019 against the Oilers.
HOME COOKING
• Despite only playing in 18 home games this season, the Kraken are just seven wins shy of matching their total of 16 home wins from last season.
• Andre Burakovsky is the team’s leading scorer when playing at Climate Pledge Arena this season. He has totaled 17 points (three goals, 14 assists) in 18 home games.
• Ryan Donato has scored in each of the Kraken’s last three home games: Dec. 18 vs. Winnipeg, Dec. 20 vs. St. Louis and Dec. 28 vs. Calgary. If he were to score tonight it would extend his career-best home scoring streak to four games and would also make him the 10th player this season to score in at least five consecutive home games according to NHL Stats. His four-game home scoring streak is tied for the longest such streak in franchise history and is the third-longest active home scoring streak in the NHL, trailing Edmonton’s Connor McDavid (nine games) and Tampa Bay’s Brayden Point (six games).
• Adam Larsson has recorded an assist in the Kraken’s last three home games. A goal or an assist tonight would give him points in four straight home game for the first time since he also had points in four straight home games from Jan. 3 to 28, 2015 while playing for the New Jersey Devils. He totaled four points (one goal, three assists) during that four-game stretch.
