Calgary Flames (23-17-9) vs. Seattle Kraken (28-14-5)
January 27, 2023 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: Seattle Kraken -110 / Calgary Flames -110; Over/Under: +6
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The Calgary Flames and the Seattle Kraken meet in NHL action from the Climate Pledge Arena on Friday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Both Seattle and Calgary have -110 coin flip odds for this game with a total set at 6 goals.
Injuries
For Calgary, Chris Tanev is questionable with an upper body injury while Brett Ritchie is out until early February with a wrist injury. For Seattle, Matty Beniers is questionable with a lower body injury while Justin Schultz and Jaden Schwartz are both out indefinitely with undisclosed injuries. Chris Driedger is also out until early February with a knee injury.
Matchup History
Calgary’s 3-2 win back on December 28th, 2022, made it 5 wins for the Flames in the 6 all-time meetings between these two teams.
Trends
Calgary is 2-5 in their last 7 games played on no rest and 10-21 in their last 31 road games while the under is their last 4 division games. Seattle is 8-2 in their last 10 games played on one days rest and 10-3 in their last 13 games overall while the over is 2-0-2 in their last 4 division games.
Pick
I’m backing the Kraken here. Seattle’s been the better team up to this point and I just trust them a bit more than I do Calgary on the back-to-back. The Flames have had the head-to-head success in this matchup, but I’ll back the Kraken in this one.
