SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Tampa Bay 4 at Seattle 1
Goals: Dunn
Goalie: Grubauer (27/31)
PP: 0/2 PK: 3/3 Shots: Tampa Bay 31 – Seattle 21
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 111)
Chris Driedger (ACL; IR) – 43 games – month-to-month
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 43 games – day-to-day
Jaden Schwartz (undisclosed) – 2 gams – day-to-day
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
Jan. 15, 2022: Recalled F John Hayden from Coachella Valley
UPCOMING GAMES
Thursday, Jan. 19: New Jersey at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Saturday, Jan. 21: Colorado at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Wednesday, Jan. 25: Vancouver at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Friday, Jan. 27: Calgary at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Saturday, Jan. 28: Columbus at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight’s game is the third of four games the Kraken will play against the Oilers this season and the final one to be played in Edmonton. The teams will next meet on March 18 in Seattle.
• The Kraken enter tonight’s game just one win shy of matching their total (27) from the 2021-22 season.
• Yesterday’s game against the Lightning and tonight’s game against the Oilers is the Kraken’s third back-to-back set this season. The team will play in eight total back-to-back sets this year, two of which the first game is played at home and the second on the road. The Kraken have a 2-0-0 record in the second game of a back-to-back set this season.
• A win tonight would make the Oilers the sixth team that the Kraken have defeated in consecutive road games, having previously beaten the Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins in at least two straight road games.
• Since the start of the New Year, the Kraken are leading the league in wins (eight), points (16), goals (42) and goals per game (4.67). They are one of only five teams (Boston, Edmonton, New Jersey, Winnipeg) to be averaging four or more goals per game in 2023.
• Vince Dunn and Matty Beniers are tied for third and sixth, respectively, in scoring among all NHL skaters since Jan. 1 as of 7:20 p.m. PT on Jan. 16. Dunn has 13 points (four goals, nine assists) and Beniers has 11 points (six goals, five assists) during that span. Dunn’s nine assists also lead the league during that span.
• Since Jan. 1, the Kraken have three players playing at a point-per-game pace: Vince Dunn (1.44), Matty Beniers (1.22) and Yanni Gourde (1.11).
• Yanni Gourde has totaled 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in his last nine games.
EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
EDMONTON OILERS VS. SEATTLE KRAKEN
7:00 p.m. MT at Rogers Place
BROADCAST INFO: 630 CHED Radio, Sportsnet
24-18-3 – 51 PTS RECORD 26-12-4 – 56 PTS
Div. – 5th Conference – 8th RANK Div. – 2nd Conference – 4th
1st –31.3% (51/163) POWER PLAY 18th – 21.1% (26/123)
24th – 74.2% (121/163) PENALTY KILL 31st – 68.7% (90/131)
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. SEATTLE GP RECORD HOME (2) AWAY (3) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. SEATTLE 5 3-2-0-0 1-1-0-0 2-1-0-0 22 16
OILERS vs. SEATTLE – 2022-23 2 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 9 7
QUICK FACTS
• Tuesday’s game will mark Edmonton’s third of four games against the Kraken this season and the second of two games in Edmonton.
• The last time these teams met was on January 3rd in Edmonton, with the Seattle winning 5-2.
• Connor McDavid leads the Oilers with 11 career points and four goals against Seattle and three Oilers (McDavid, Draisaitl and Nugent-Hopkins) have a team leading seven assists against the Kraken.
CAREER GAMES vs. SEATTLE
Record: 3-2-0
GF: 22 GA: 16
2022-23 1/3/23 @ EDM 5-2 L
2022-23 12/30/22@ SEA 7-2 W
2021-22 12/18/21@ SEA 5-3 W
2021-22 12/3/21 @ SEA 4-3 L
2021-22 11/1/21 @ EDM 5-2 W
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 7 F James Hamblin loaned to Bakersfield (AHL)
Jan. 9 D Vincent Desharnais recalled from Bakersfield (AHL)
Jan. 17 D Markus Niemelainen loaned to Bakersfield (AHL)
OILERS IN JANUARY
Overall – 542 GP, 255-209-52-26 – 586 PTS
2021-22 –7 GP, 4-2-1 – 9 PTS
