SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Seattle 5 at Dallas 4 (OT)
Goals: Tanev (2), Sprong, McCann, Larsson
Goalie: Daccord (25/29)
PP: 0/2 PK: 3/4 Shots: Seattle 27 – Dallas 29
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 200)
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 70 games – no timeline for return
Andre Burakovsky (lower body) – 20 games – week-to-week
John Hayden (lower body) – 1 game – week-to-week
Philipp Grubauer (illness) – 1 game – day-to-day
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
March 15, 2023: Recalled F John Hayden from Coachella Valley (AHL)
March 20, 2023: Recalled G Joey Daccord on an emergency basis from Coachella Valley (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, March 25: Seattle at Nashville, 11 a.m. PT
Monday, March 27: Seattle at Minnesota, 5 p.m. PT
Thursday, March 30: Anaheim at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Saturday, April 1: Los Angeles at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Monday, April 3: Arizona at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight’s matchup is second of three games the Kraken will play against the Predators this season and the first time the two teams are playing in Nashville this year.
• Tonight’s game is also the first of two consecutive games the Kraken will play against the Predators in Nashville. It marks the third time in franchise history that the Kraken are facing the same team in back-to-back games in the same location. They played the Kings in two-straight games in Los Angeles last season on March 26 and 28, 2022 and played the Stars in back-to-back games in Seattle on March 11 and 13.
• Tonight’s game is the second of a four-game road trip in which all four games will be played against Central Division teams. It is the 18th of 25 games the Kraken will play against Central Division teams this season, with Seattle holding an 9-3-5 record against the Central Division this year.
• A win tonight would give the Kraken four consecutive victories against the Predators. Seattle holds a 3-1-0 all-time record against Nashville.
• Vince Dunn, who has already set a career high with 57 points (13 goals, 44 assists) this season, enters tonight’s game as the Kraken’s leading scorer. He was ranked in the top 15 among all NHL defensemen in goals (tied eighth), assists (11th), points (11th), even-strength goals (13, tied second) and even-strength points (42, third) entering play Wednesday. Since Jan. 1, Dunn is leading all NHL defensemen in scoring with 38 points (nine goals, 29 assists) in 36 games played.
• Entering play Wednesday, Jared McCann (1.90) was leading the NHL in goals-per-60 at five-on-five this season among players that have played in at least 12 games this year.
• With the Kraken’s four-goal outing in their game on March 3 against Columbus, they surpassed their goal total from all of last season in 20 fewer games. Seattle has scored 245 goals in 70 games this season compared to 213 goals in 2021-22. The team’s 245 goals this season were tied for the sixth-most in the NHL entering play Wednesday.
• Jordan Eberle’s goal in the Kraken’s game on March 3 at Columbus was his 50th point of the season. It is the sixth time in his career and first time since 2017-18 that Eberle has recorded 50 or more points in a season.
LAST TIME OUT
• The Kraken defeated the Stars 5-4 in overtime in their last game on March 21 in Dallas, extending their road winning streak to six games and improving their 2022-23 record to 39-24-7.
• Five players recorded multi-point efforts: Jared McCann (one goal, one assist), Adam Larsson (one goal, one assist), Carson Soucy (two assists), Daniel Sprong (one goal, one assist) and Brandon Tanev (two goals, one assist). It marked the seventh time this season that the Kraken had five or more players record at least two points in the same game, the others being Nov. 23 vs. San Jose (five), Nov. 29 at Los Angeles (seven), Jan. 7 at Ottawa (six), Jan. 14 at Chicago (six), Jan. 25 vs. Vancouver (six) and March 2 at Detroit (five).
• Adam Larsson scored the game-winning goal 1:52 into overtime. The goal was the third overtime winner of his career and his second as a member of the Kraken.
• Brandon Tanev tied his single-game career high with three points in the contest, scoring two goals and adding an assist. His two goals were his 14th and 15th of the season, which set a career high, and his three points brought his season total to 32, which also set a career high.
• Morgan Geekie tied his career high in both assists (15) and points (22) with an assist on Tanev’s second goal.
• With 25 saves, Joey Daccord won his second game as a member of the Kraken after being recalled the previous day from Coachella Valley (AHL) on an emergency basis.
ROAD WARRIORS
• The Kraken have posted an 23-9-3 record while playing on the road this season. The team’s 23 road wins have more than doubled their total from last season (11) despite the team still having six road games left to play this season.
• Entering play Wednesday, the Kraken ranked in the top five in the NHL in road wins (23, third), points (49, tied fourth) and road regulation wins (18, fourth). The team’s 133 goals scored on the road and 3.80 goals-per-game-played on the road were both ranked fourth in the NHL entering play Wednesday.
• The Kraken’s 14 road wins and 29 road points since Jan. 1 were second to only the Boston Bruins (16 wins, 33 points) for the most in 2023 entering play Wednesday.
• A win tonight over the Predators would give the Kraken their second seven-game road winning streak. The team previously recorded a seven-game streak from Jan. 1 to 14. Seattle’s six-game road streak is the longest active road winning streak in the NHL.
• Jared McCann (21 goals, nine assists) is the Kraken’s leading scorer when playing on the road this season with 30 points. His 21 goals scored on the road were tied for the fifth-most in the NHL entering play Wednesday.
• Vince Dunn has totaled 21 points (five goals, 16 assists) in his last 19 games played on the road. Dunn’s eight goals scored
on the road this season were tied for the fourth-most in the NHL among all defensemen entering play Wednesday.
• Brandon Tanev has six points (five goals, one assist) in his last six road games dating back to Feb. 28 at St. Louis.
• Alex Wennberg has five points (two goals, three assists) in his last five road games.
• Daniel Sprong has five points (one goal, four assists) in his last three road games.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS NOTES:
OVERALL (4 GP) 1-3-0
HOME (1 GP) 0-1-0
ROAD (3 GP) 1-2-0
LAST MEETING Nov. 8, 2022 at SEA (L, 5-1)
PLAYOFFS Never Met
ALL-TIME vs. SEATTLE
− The Predators are 1-3-0 all-time against the Kraken, including a 0-1-0 record at Bridgestone Arena.
− This is the second of three matchups between Nashville and Seattle in 2022-23; it is the first of two at home (March 25).
− Nashville is 0-1-0 against Seattle this season, dropping a 5-1 decision at Climate Pledge Arena on Nov. 8.
− Bridgestone Arena hosted Seattle in the franchise’s first-ever NHL game on Oct. 14, 2021, a 4-3 loss for the Predators.
− Seattle is the fifth franchise to join the NHL after Nashville’s inaugural season (1998-99), along with Atlanta/Winnipeg, Minnesota, Columbus and Vegas.
− Nashville went 28-47-7 (63 points) in its inaugural NHL season, the seventh-best point percentage (.384) of any expansion team that entered the League after 1968. The 1998-99 Predators won more games (28) than all but six expansion teams in NHL history.
NOTABLES vs. SEATTLE
− Filip Forsberg (1g-3a) and Roman Josi (1g-3a) shared the Predators lead in points against the Kraken last season with four.
− Matt Duchene scored three goals in three games vs. Seattle in 2021-22.
− Seattle forward Eeli Tolvanen played 135 games for Nashville from 2018-22, tallying 51 points (25g-26a). He was selected by Nashville in the first round (30th overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft. Tolvanen scored Nashville’s first-ever goal against Seattle on Oct. 14, 2021.
− Seattle’s Head Equipment Manager, Jeff Camelio, spent 15 seasons as Nashville’s Assistant Equipment Manager; 2019-20 was Camelio’s final campaign with the Predators.
LAST TIME OUT
− Nashville Predators 7, Buffalo Sabres 3 – March 21 (KeyBank Center)
− NSH goals: Tomasino (4), Duchene (20), Novak (14), Evangelista – GWG (4), Evangelista (5), McDonagh (2), Duchene – ENG (21)
− BUF goals: Cozens (27), Thompson – PP (43), Skinner (30)
− Goaltenders: NSH – Saros (W, 28/31); BUF – Anderson (W, 35:52, 14/20), Luukkonen (23:23, 6/6)
− Power plays: NSH 0-3; BUF 1-4
− Notes: Nashville improved to 18-14-4 on the road in 2022-23… The Predators closed out their two-game, regular-season series against the Buffalo with a 1-1-0 record… It was the first time franchise history the Predators scored seven goals one game after allowing seven… Five Nashville skaters recorded multiple points: Luke Evangelista (2g-2a), Matt Duchene (2g1a), Ryan McDonagh (1g-1a), Tommy Novak (1g-1a) and Philip Tomasino (1g-1a)… All four of Evangelista’s points came in the second period; he also led all skaters with seven shots and was a career-high +4… His two goals came 40 seconds apart… See below for more info on Evangelista’s performance… McDonagh returned to the lineup after missing four games with an upper-body injury… Kiefer Sherwood recorded a fighting major and was +4… Juuse Saros recorded his fifth career NHL assist and first since 2017-18 on Evangelista’s first goal.
INJURY REPORT
Player Designation Dates Missed Games Missed
Mark Borowiecki Upper body – IR Oct. 27-March 21 62
Filip Forsberg Upper body – day-to-day Feb. 13-March 21 19
Ryan Johansen Right leg surgery Feb. 23-March 21 14
Juuso Parssinen Upper body – day-to-day Feb. 26-March 21 13
Alexandre Carrier Upper body – 4-6 weeks March 4-21 10
Roman Josi Upper body – day-to-day March 19-21 2
Total man-games lost: 191
Individual man-games lost: Borowiecki – 63; Carrier – 24; McCarron – 20; Forsberg – 19; Johansen – 14; Parssinen – 13; McDonagh – 11; Smith – 6; Trenin – 5; Glass – 3; Jankowski – 3; Lauzon – 3; Josi – 2; Asplund – 1; Duchene – 1; Evangelista – 1; Lankinen – 1; Tomasino – 1
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
− March 21: Reassigned forward Michael McCarron and defenseman Kevin Gravel to Milwaukee (AHL).
− March 19: Recalled defenseman Jordan Gross from Milwaukee (AHL).
− March 18: Recalled forward Egor Afanasyev from Milwaukee (AHL).
− March 17: Assigned forward Joakim Kemell to Milwaukee (AHL).
QUICK HITS
− The Predators are 9-4-2 in their last 13 games dating back to Feb. 21. Their 20 points in that span are tied for the sixth-most in the NHL.
− Nashville owns a .625 point percentage (23-13-4) since Dec. 19, the sixth-best mark in the Western Conference in that time span.
− Nashville is operating at 25.6 percent on the power play since Feb. 18, tied for the seventh-best percentage in the NHL.
− The Predators have scored the first goal of the game on 40 occasions this season, tied for the fifth-most times in the NHL.
− Per Moneypuck.com, Nashville leads the NHL in percentage of goals scored from rebounds at 20.6 percent (40 goals in all situations).
− Nashville is also third in the NHL in hits given (1,949) and 10th in high-danger shots for (257) in all situations.
− Colton Sissons leads the NHL in shorthanded faceoffs won (129).
− Jeremy Lauzon’s 145 hits since Dec. 27 are the second-most among NHL blueliners, bolstered by his nine on Feb. 11 at Philadelphia and Jan. 14 vs. Buffalo, the most in a game by a Predators player this season and tied for the third-most in a game in franchise history.
