SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
CURRENT INJURIES – (MAN GAMES LOST: 40)
Andre Burakovsky (upper body; IR) – 18 games – week-to-week
Brandon Tanev (undisclosed) – 2 games – day-to-day
Jaden Schwartz (upper body; IR) – 1 game – week-to-week
TRANSASCTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
Dec. 1, 2023: Recalled forward Max McCormick from Coachella Valley (AHL); Reassigned forward Andrew Poturalski to Coachella Valley (AHL)
GAME NOTES
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight’s game is the second of three consecutive games the Kraken will play against Canadian opponents and also the second of three straight games in which they will face Atlantic Division teams. They will next take on Montreal on Dec. 7. • If the Kraken earn at least a point tonight, it would give them points all three games they have played against the Senators in Ottawa. Seattle has a 1-0-1 record when playing at Canadian Tire Centre. • If he plays, tonight will mark Joey Daccord’s first-ever game against Ottawa. He was originally selected by the Senators in the seventh round (199th overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft and was a member of the Senators organization until he was selected by the Kraken in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft. o Daccord, who played three seasons of collegiate hockey at Arizona State University, became the first player in program history to sign an NHL entry-level contract when he did so on April 1, 2019 with the Senators. • Entering play Friday, Vince Dunn was ranked in the top 10 among all NHL defensemen in assists (16; tied sixth), points (19, tied eighth) and power-play points (eight, tied 10th). • Jamie Oleksiak is leading the Kraken and was ranked fourth in the NHL with 63 blocked shots entering play Friday.
UNSEATING THE SENATORS
• Matty Beniers has three points (two goals, one assist) in three career games against Ottawa. The Senators are one of nine teams that Beniers has played at a point-per-game pace against in his career thus far, with the others being Anaheim (2.24), Detroit (2.0), Arizona (1.5), Buffalo (1.5), Chicago (1.25), Los Angeles (1.2), Boston (1.0), Montreal (1.0) and Philadelphia (1.0). • Vince Dunn has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in nine career games against Ottawa. He has notched at least a point in every game he has played against the Senators as a member of the Kraken, including recording multi-point games in each of the teams’ last three meetings. o His 1.11 points per game against the Senators are tied for ninth among all NHL defensemen since the start of the 2017-18 season and are also his most against a single opponent. • Jordan Eberle has four points (one goal, three assists) in four games against the Senators as a member of the Kraken. • Yanni Gourde has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his last eight games against Ottawa. • Philipp Grubauer has a 4-1-0 record against the Senators since the start of the 2017-18 season, posting a .924 save percentage, 2.21 goals-against average and one shutout during that span. • Jared McCann has six points (five goals, one assist) in his last six games against the Senators and enters tonight’s game riding a four-game goal streak against Ottawa. McCann has scored at least one goal in every game he has played against the Senators as a member of the Kraken, which includes scoring twice in the two teams’ last meeting on March 9, 2023. o His four-game goal streak is already his longest against a single opponent in his career. • Adam Larsson has three assists in his last three games against the Senators.
OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
INJURY REPORT: Forwards
Ridly Greig and Mark Kastelic are on IR. Neither player is expected to oppose the Kraken this evening.
Total man-games lost: 46.
OTTAWA vs. SEATTLE – History:
2023-24 (0-0-0): Dec. 2 @ Ottawa, Jan. 4 @ Seattle
2022-23 (1-1-0): 1/7/23 @ Ottawa (8-4 loss), 3/9/23 @ Seattle (5-4 win)
Series record: Overall: 2-2-0-0; Home: 1-1-0-0; Away: 1-1-0-0 Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 3/10/22 (4-3 OT); @ Seattle: 3/9/23 (5-4)
Last Seattle win: @ Ottawa: 1/7/23 (8-4); @ Seattle: 4/18/22 (4-2)
Last OT result: 3/10/22 (4-3 OT win) @ Ottawa
Last shootout: None
Most goals, game: Scored: 5, (3/9/23, 5-4 win); Allowed: 8, (1/7/23, 8-4 loss); Both teams: 12, (1/7/23, 8-4 loss)
Last Game: 3/9/23, 5-4 win @ Seattle; OTT Goals: Pinto, Chychrun, Brown, Giroux, DeBrincat; SEA Goals: McCann (2x), Schwartz, Dunn; OTT Scratches: Brannstrom, Gauthier, Kelly; OTT Injuries: Forsberg, Norris, Talbot; OTT Goalie: Sogaard; SEA Goalie: Grubauer; OTT PP: 0-4; SEA PP: 0-1; Shots: 31-33.
Career vs. Seattle: Kubalik and Tarasenko are tied for the lead in career games played (five); Tkachuk and Stützle are tied for the lead in goals (three); Stützle and Tarasenko are tied for the lead in assists (four); Stützle leads in points (seven); Kelly leads in penalty minutes (six) against Seattle.
HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa has posted a record of 6-7-0 at home this season … Brady Tkachuk paces the club with eight goals at home … Tim Stützle maintains the assist lead with 11 when the Senators have served as the home team … Stützle (three goals, 11 assists) also owns the team’s home scoring lead with 14 points when the team has last change this season … The Senators earned a record of 24-14- 3 at home in 2022-23.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: The Senators will play back-to-back games on 14 occasions in 2023-24. The third set concludes this evening when the team hosts Seattle for the only time this season … The Senators played 12 back-to-back sets last season and earned a record of 7-5-0 in the first half of contests on consecutive nights (2-1-0 this season) while posting an 6-5-1 record (1-1-0 this season) in the second half of games on consecutive days.
ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are 15 for 79 (19.0%) on the power play in 2023-24 … Brady Tkachuk maintains the team lead with four power-play goals this season … Jakob Chychrun and Tim Stützle share the club lead with five power-play assists … Tkachuk (four goals, three assists) is the team’s leader with seven points on the power play this season … Ottawa has tallied multiple power-play goals in an individual contest on one occasion this season after having done so on 18 occasions in 2022-23 … The Senators were 72-for-306 (23.5%) on the power play in 2022-23.
ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has allowed 17 power-play goals this season while having overcome 44 of 61 shorthanded situations to maintain an efficiency rating of 72.1% … Parker Kelly’s first shorthanded goal of his career, scored in the Oct. 11 season-opener at Carolina, is the team’s lone shorthanded tally of 2023-24 after it notched nine such markers in each of the past two seasons.
