The Seattle Kraken and the Nashville Predators meet in NHL action from the Bridgestone Arena on Thursday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Seattle is listed as a -130 road favorite while Nashville is a +110 home underdog. The total for this game is set at 6 goals.
Injuries
For Seattle, Philipp Grubauer is questionable for this game with an illness while John Hayden is out indefinitely with a lower body injury. For Nashville, Roman Josi is questionable for this game with an upper body injury.
Matchup History
Seattle’s 5-1 win back on November 8th, 2022, made it three wins for the Kraken in four all-time meetings between these two teams.
Trends
Seattle is 6-0 in their last 6 road games and 0-4 in their last 4 games played on 1 days rest while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 games overall. Nashville is 4-1 in their last 5 games against the Pacific division and 1-5 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games against the Western Conference.
Pick
I’m backing Seattle here. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Seattle has been one of the NHL’s top road teams this season and have looked like they’ve taken a massive step forward this year after struggling through their debut season. Nashville continues to be up and down and while the Predators do need to keep winning as they’re not completely out of the wild card race, Seattle’s trying to lock up a spot themselves and I think they take a huge step towards that goal with a road win here. Give me the Kraken in this one.