Seattle Kraken (4-4-2) vs. Calgary Flames (5-2)
November 1, 2022 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Calgary Flames -182 / Seattle Kraken +146; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Seattle Kraken and the Calgary Flames meet in NHL action from the Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday night.
The Seattle Kraken will look to find some consistency, alternating wins and losses in each of their last 6 games after a 3-1 win over Pittsburgh last time out. Jaden Schwartz leads the Kraken in scoring with 10 points split between a team-high 5 goals and 5 assists while Matty Beniers, Andre Burakovsky and Jared McCann each have 8 points with McCann also logging 5 goals while Beniers has 4 goals and 4 assists and Burakovsky has 3 goals with 5 assists. Vince Dunn and Jordan Eberle each have a team-high 6 assists as well this season. Martin Jones has gone 4-3-1 with a 3.09 GAA and an .879 save percentage while Philipp Grubauer is 0-1-1 with a 3.77 GAA and an .860 save percentage in goal for Seattle this season.
The Calgary Flames will try to bounce back from a 3-2 loss to Edmonton in their last game. Nazem Kadri has a team-high 9 points with a team-high 4 goals and 5 assists while Rasmus Andersson has 7 points with a team-high 6 assists. Michael Stone, Jonathan Huberdeau and Tyler Toffoli each have 5 points with Toffoli logging 3 goals while Stone has 3 assists and Huberdeau has 4 assists as well on the year. Jacob Markstrom’s gone 4-1 with a 2.60 GAA and a .903 save percentage while Dan Vladar is 1-1 with a 3.03 GAA and an .896 save percentage between the pipes for Calgary this season.
Seattle is 5-21 in their last 26 games against a team with a winning record and 22-46 in their last 68 games overall while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games following a win. Calgary is 5-2 in their last 7 games overall and 29-13 in their last 42 home games while the under is 4-1-1 in their last 6 games overall.
I get the case to be made either way in this game, but I think the better play here is to take Calgary -1.5. The Flames owned the Kraken in all four meetings last year, with three wins by at least two goals, and this Kraken team still has a lot to prove in my opinion before trusting them in a road spot against a tough Calgary team. Give me the Flames -1.5 here.
