SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Seattle 5 at Toronto 1
Goals: Tolvanen, Dunn, McCann, Beniers, Wennberg
Goalie: Jones (26/27)
PP: 1/2 PK: 4/5 Shots: Seattle 26 – Toronto 27
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 97)
Chris Driedger (ACL; IR) – 37 games – month-to-month
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 37 games – day-to-day
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
Jan. 6, 2022: Reassigned F Shane Wright to Kingston (OHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Monday, Jan. 9: Seattle at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 10: Seattle at Buffalo, 4 p.m. PT
Thursday, Jan. 12: Seattle at Boston, 4 p.m. PT
Saturday, Jan. 14: Seattle at Chicago, 5 p.m. PT
Monday, Jan. 16: Tampa Bay at Seattle, 1 p.m. PT
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight is Seattle’s third of seven consecutive games that they will play on the road. Their seven-game road trip is their longest
such stretch of the season and will conclude on Jan. 14 at Chicago. The team’s current stretch of seven road games are the most consecutive games they have played on the road in franchise history.
• The Kraken enter tonight’s game against Ottawa looking to extend their point streak against the Senators to three games. The team has not lost to the Senators in regulation, posting a 1-0-1 record in two meetings last season.
• Tonight’s game is the third of four consecutive games the Kraken will play against Canadian teams. The team defeated the Oilers 5-2 in Edmonton on Jan. 3 and the Maple Leafs 5-1 in Toronto on Jan. 5. They will next take on the Canadiens in Montreal on Monday, Jan. 9. This is the second time in the team’s history that it has played four consecutive games against Canadian teams (last: Feb. 14 to 21, 2022) and the first time that all four of those game have been played in Canada.
• A win tonight would give the Kraken wins in at least four consecutive games for the third time this season. The team previously won five straight games from Oct. 29 to Nov. 8 and then won a franchise-best seven straight games from Nov. 17 to Dec. 1.
• Entering play Friday, Jared McCann led the league with 2.35 goals-per-60 at five-on-five among players that have played in at least seven games this season. Daniel Sprong ranked third with 1.83. McCann was the only player in the NHL to be averaging more than two goals per 60 among players that have played in at least seven games entering play Friday.
• Will Borgen has already set career highs in games played (37), goals (two, tied), assists (eight), points (10), hits (100), blocked shots (43), shifts (856) and total time on ice (578:52). Martin Jones’ 17 wins were tied for the fifth-most in the NHL this season entering play Friday. His next win will surpass his total from the 2019-20 season (17). He has already surpassed his win total from 2021-22 (12) and 2020-21 (15) despite only playing in 27 games this year.
• According to Natural Stat Trick, the Kraken ranked seventh in the NHL with a 52.1 percent Corsi rating entering play Friday. The Kraken are outshooting their opponents 907-791 at five-on-five this season. Their 53.4 percent shot share was good for seventh in the NHL entering play Friday according to Natural Stat Trick.
UNSEATING THE SENATORS
• Matty Beniers has scored in the only game he has played against the Senators.
• Andre Burakovsky has six assists in his last five games played against Ottawa.
• Vince Dunn has five points (one goal, four assists) in his last five games against the Senators, including recording a three-assist
night in the two teams’ last meeting on April 18, 2022, a 4-2 Kraken win in Seattle.
• Jordan Eberle has nine points (four goals, five assists) in his last nine games played in Ottawa.
o Eberle scored his 100th NHL goal on Nov. 13, 2014 against the Senators.
• Yanni Gourde has six points (two goals, four assists) in his last six games against the Senators and has nine points (four goals,
five assists) in nine career games played in Ottawa.
• Philipp Grubauer has won his last four games against Ottawa dating back to Feb. 27, 2018. He has a career record of 5-2-0
with a .945 save percentage and a 1.72 goals-against average against the Senators.
• Jared McCann has five points (three goals, two assists) in his last four road games against the Senators.
OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
LAST GAME: Jan. 3, 4-0 win vs. Columbus: Forsberg turned aside each of the 22 shots he faced to earn his second career shutout as Ottawa won their third consecutive game at Canadian Tire Centre, 4-0. Brassard opened the scoring for the home side with his first power-play goal of the season and 61st of his career to move into a tie for 55th among all active skaters. Stützle found the back of the net at 7:00 of the second period (as part of a two-point effort). Batherson added his 10th goal with the extra attacker to move into a tie for fifth among all league skaters while Watson provided his second shorthanded goal on the campaign into an empty net. Giroux generated a multi-assist contest for the second consecutive game and third time in his last four. Korpisalo took the loss for the Blue Jackets with 30 saves. Scratches: None; Injuries: Chartier, Joseph, Motte, Norris, Zaitsev; Shots: OTT – 34, CBJ – 22; PP: OTT – 2-6, CBJ – 1-3.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Seattle will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet ONE and TVAS2 as a part of Hockey Night in Canada. On the radio, the game will be available locally via TSN 1200 (English) and 94,5 Unique-FM (French).
WHAT’S NEXT: Ottawa concludes a four-game homestand against Nashville on Monday at 7:30 p.m. The contest will mark the second of two regular-season meetings and the lone matchup at Canadian Tire Centre.
INJURY REPORT: C Chartier, RW Joseph, LW Motte, C Norris and D Zaitsev are on IR and will not oppose the Kraken this evening.
Total man-games lost: 126.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Re-assigned D Bernard-Docker to Belleville (AHL) on Jan. 2.
OTTAWA vs. SEATTLE – History:
2022-23 (0-0-0): Jan. 7 @ Ottawa, March 9 @ Seattle
2021-22 (1-1-0): 3/10/22 @ Ottawa (4-3 OT win), 4/18/22 @ Seattle (4-2 loss)
Series record: Overall: 1-1-0-0; Home: 1-0-0-0; Away: 0-1-0-0
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 3/10/22 (4-3 OT); @ Seattle: None
Last Seattle win: @ Ottawa: None; @ Seattle: 4/18/22 (4-2)
Last OT result: 3/10/22 (4-3 OT win) @ Ottawa
Last shootout: None
Most goals, game: Scored: 4, (3/10/22, 4-3 OT win); Allowed: 4, (4/18/22, 4-2 loss); Both teams: 7, (3/10/22, 4-3 OT win)
Last Game: 4/18/22, 4-2 loss @ Seattle; OTT Goals: Tkachuk, Holden; SEA Goals: Sprong, Beniers, Rask, McCann; OTT Scratch: Mete; OTT Injuries: Chabot, Ennis, Joseph, Murray, Pinto, Sanderson, White*; OTT Goalie: Forsberg; SEA Goalie: Driedger; OTT PP: 0-2; SEA PP: 1-5; Shots: 14-29.
Career vs. Seattle: DeBrincat leads all players in career games played (three) and in penalty minutes (five); Motte, Norris and Tkachuk are tied for the lead in goals (two); Brassard and Giroux lead in assists (two); Brassard, Giroux, Motte and Tkachuk lead in points (three) against Seattle.
