SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Seattle 2 at Carolina 3 (OT)
Goals: Bjorkstrand, Shore
Goalie: Daccord (42/45)
PP: 1/1 PK: 1/1
Shots: Seattle 25 – Carolina 45
CURRENT INJURIES – (MAN GAMES LOST: 9)
Brandon Tanev (lower body) – 7 games – week-to-week
Andre Burakovsky (upper body) – 2 games – week-to-week
GAME NOTES
I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT LEADS
• Tonight’s matchup against the Panthers is the third of four consecutive games the Kraken will play on the road. They will next take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Oct. 30. The team’s current stretch is tied for the second-longest road trip and the first of three, four-game road trips the team will take this season.
• The Kraken are 3-1-0 all-time against the Panthers and are undefeated against the team when playing in Florida. The Panthers are one of four teams that the Kraken have never lost to while playing on the road, with the others being Buffalo, Montreal and Pittsburgh.
• The team’s all-time .750 win percentage against Florida is their second-best mark against any team, trailing only the Buffalo Sabres, whom the Kraken are undefeated against.
• Seattle has scored at least four goals in three of the four games they have played against Florida. Their 3.75 goals-for average against the Panthers is their seventh-best mark against any team.
• Matty Beniers needs one point in his next two games to set the franchise record for most points by a Kraken player through their first 100 games with the teams according to NHL Stats. o He is currently tied with Jared McCann, who had 69 points (40 goals, 29 assists) in his first 100 games with Seattle.
• Entering play Friday, Tye Kartye was tied for second among all NHL rookies with two goals this season, one shy of league leader Boston’s Matthew Poitras.
• The Kraken have recorded 56 takeaways through the team’s first eight games of the season, which tied for fourth in the league entering play Friday.
• Seattle skaters have combined for 126 blocked shots this season, which ranked tied for seventh in the NHL entering play Friday.
WELCOME TO NEW YORK FLORIDA
• Matty Beniers has two points (one goal, one assist) in two career games against the Panthers.
• Oliver Bjorkstrand has five points (two goals, three assists) in the last five road games he has played against Florida.
• Jordan Eberle has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his last seven games against the Panthers, which includes totaling four points (three goals, one assist) in four games against Florida as a member of the Kraken.
• Yanni Gourde has four points (two goals, two assists) in four games against the Panthers as a member of the Kraken. o Gourde scored his first NHL goal against Florida on March 11, 2017.
• Jared McCann has recorded a point (two goals, one assist) in each of the last three games he has played against Florida.
• Jamie Oleksiak has three points (one goal, two assists) in his last three games against Florida. • Alex Wennberg has seven assists in his last seven games against the Panthers dating back to Nov. 15, 2018.
• Kailer Yamamoto has three points (one goal, two assists) in three career games against Florida.
FLORIDA PANTHERS NOTES:
BAPTIST HEALTH INJURY REPORT
– F Sam Bennett | Games Missed: 6
– D Aaron Ekblad | Games Missed: 6
– D Brandon Montour | Games Missed: 6
– F Jonah Gadjovich | Games Missed: 4
Total Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 22 Games
LAST GAME Panthers 3, Sharks 1 – Oct. 24 –
Amerant Bank Arena FLA Goals: Verhaeghe (3), Reinhart (7-PPG), Stenlund (2) SJS Goals: Zetterlund (2-PPG)
FLA Goalie: Stolarz (W) – 27 Saves
SJS Goalie: Blackwood (L) – 32 Saves FLA Shots: 35
SJS Shots: 28
Notes: Sam Reinhart (1-0-1) scored a goal for the fifth consecutive game, the longest goal streak of his career… Florida won their ninth straight game against San Jose dating back to Jan. 21, 2019…Matthew Tkachuk posted two assists…Anton Lundell won six of nine faceoffs (67%) and notched his first point of the season with a secondary assist on Kevin Stenlund’s empty net goal…FLA PP: 1- 4, FLA PK: 2-3
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
– Oct. 24: F Mackie Samoskevich recalled on emergency basis from Charlotte (AHL)
– Oct. 21: F Justin Sourdif loaned to Charlotte (AHL)
PANTHERS vs. KRAKEN ALL-TIME vs. SEA:
1-3-0 ALL-TIME
HOME vs. SEA: 0-2-0 2022-23 vs. SEA: 1-1-0
CATS STATS – Matthew Tkachuk has produced 10 points (6-4-10) over 6 career games against the Kraken. – Anthony Stolarz registered a .962 SV% and a 0.80 GAA in one game against the Kraken.
CATS AND KRAKEN
The Panthers face off against the Kraken for the first time in 2023-24 after splitting the regular season series and picking up their first win against the newest expansion team in 2022-23. Sam Bennett (0-3-3) led Florida with three points over two meetings against the Kraken last season. Captain Aleksander Barkov has scored four goals over eight career games against Kraken goaltender, Phillipp Grubauer. Former Panthers Alexander Wennberg (2020-21) and Jared McCann (2016-17 to 2018-19) are on the Kraken roster.
