The Colorado Avalanche and the Seattle Kraken meet in NHL action from Climate Pledge Arena on Monday night.

Avalanche Blown Out By Blues

The Colorado Avalanche come into this game looking to shake off back-to-back losses after an 8-2 loss to St. Louis in their last game. Mikko Rantanen has a team-high 19 points including 9 goals and 10 assists while Cale Makar has 16 points with 3 goals and a team-high 13 assists. Nathan MacKinnon has 15 points with 6 goals and 9 apples while Artturi Lehkonen has 8 points with 3 goals and 5 assists. Valeri Nichushkin has 8 points with 6 assists and Ryan Johansen also has 6 points with 5 goals.  Alexandar Georgiev has started 8 games for Colorado, going 7-4 with a 3.29 GAA and an .887 save percentage this season while Ivan Prosvetov is 1-1 with a 2.90 GAA and an .899 save percentage this season.

Colorado Avalanche Team Facts

• The Avalanche have won eight of their last nine games following a home loss.
• The Avalanche have covered the puck line in four of their last five night games following a loss.
• The Avalanche have lost the first period in each of their last four games against Pacific Division opponents.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 2’ market has hit in each of the Avalanche’s last eight games as favorites against the Kraken.

Kraken Fall To Oilers

The Seattle Kraken come into this one looking to rebound from a 4-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers in their last game. Jaden Schwartz leads the Kraken with 14 points including a team-high 8 goals and 6 assists while Oliver Bjorkstrand has 12 points split between 6 goals and 6 assists. Vince Dunn has 13 points with a team-high 11 assists and Jared McCann’s added 9 points with 6 goals while Eeli Tolvanen has 9 points with 6 assists as well this season. Joey Daccord has gone 2-1-3 with a 2.59 GAA and a .913 save percentage in goal for Seattle this season while Philipp Grubauer is 3-6 with a 3.37 GAA and an .891 save percentage this season.

Seattle Kraken Team Facts

• The Kraken have lost each of their last six games against opponents on a losing streak.
• The Kraken have covered the puck line in each of their last six games following a loss.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 2’ market has hit in each of the Kraken’s last 16 home games against Central Division opponents.
• The road team has won the second period in five of the last six games between the Avalanche and Kraken.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Seattle Kraken ranks 29th in the league for goals per game this season (2.60).
• The Seattle Kraken ranks 28th in the league in penalty kill percentage this season (72.09%).
• The Colorado Avalanche ranks 7th in the league in penalty kill percentage this season (85.19%).
• The Colorado Avalanche ranks T1st in the league in short handed goals this season (4).

Chris’ Pick

I’m rolling with the over here. Sure, this has been a lower-scoring series head-to-head, but we have two teams that have had leaky defensive units in recent games and two teams that can definitely score goals when called upon as evidenced by the 4-3 score line in favor of the Kraken a few days ago. I think this is just going to end up being a back and forth game and a similar score line to the last matchup wouldn’t shock me in the slightest. Give me the over.