Edmonton Oilers (16-5) vs. Seattle Kraken (8-13-2)
December 3, 2021 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: Seattle Kraken +105 / Edmonton Oilers -125; Over/Under: +6
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The Edmonton Oilers and the Seattle Kraken meet in NHL action from Climate Pledge Arena on Friday night.
The Edmonton Oilers will be looking to build on a 5-2 win over Pittsburgh in their last game. Leon Draisaitl leads the Oilers in scoring with 41 points including a team-high 20 goals and 21 assists while Connor McDavid has 40 points with a team-high 25 assists along with 15 goals. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has 20 points with 18 assists while Jesse Puljujarvi has 17 points and Zach Hyman has 11 goals. Draisaitl also has a team-best +14 plus/minus rating as well this season. Mikko Kiskinen’s seen the majority of Edmonton’s action in goal, going 12-2 with a 2.82 GAA and a .914 save percentage this season.
The Seattle Kraken will look to rebound from a 4-3 shootout loss at the hands of Detroit last time out. Jaden Schwartz leads the Kraken in scoring with 17 points including a team-high 12 assists while Jordan Eberle is right behind with 16 points including a team-high 11 goals. Jared Mccann also has 14 points with 10 goals as well on the year. Yanni Gourde’s also chipped in 15 points with 5 goals and 10 assists of his own this season. Philipp Grubauer’s seen the majority of Seattle’s action in goal going 6-9-2 with a 3.03 GAA and an .890 save percentage this season.
Edmonton is 16-5 in their last 21 games overall and 7-0 in their last 7 division games while the over is 13-3 in their last 16 games played on one day’s rest. Seattle is 2-6 in their last 8 games played on one day’s rest and 0-5 in their last 5 games against the Pacific division while the over is 9-1-1 in their last 11 games against the Western Conference.
I get the case that could be made both ways, but I think the strongest play in this one is the over. These are two teams that have had no issues lighting up the scoreboard as of late and on the surface when I first looked at this matchup, all I saw was 5-4 or something along those lines. Either way I think we have a high-scoring affair brewing here, so give me the over.
