Washington Capitals vs Seattle Kraken 3/5/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Seattle Kraken and Washington Capitals meet Saturday in NHL action at the Capital One Arena. The Seattle Kraken need a win after losing seven of their last eight games. The Washington Capitals look for a win after splitting their last eight games.

The Seattle Kraken are averaging 2.5 goals per game and are scoring on 15.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Jared McCann leads Seattle with 21 goals, Alex Wennberg has 19 assists and Jordan Eberle has 118 shots on goal. Defensively, the Seattle Kraken are allowing 3.5 goals per game and are killing 77.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Philipp Grubauer has given up 120 goals on 1,068 shots faced, and Chris Driedger has allowed 45 goals on 414 shots.

The Washington Capitals are averaging 3.2 goals per game and are scoring on 17 percent of their power play opportunities. Alex Ovechkin leads Washington with 33 goals, Evgeny Kuznetsov has 35 assists and John Carlson has 129 shots on goal. Defensively, the Washington Capitals are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 80.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Vitek Vanecek has given up 53 goals on 663 shots faced, and IIya Samsonov has allowed 83 goals on 841 shots.

The Kraken are 7-19 in their last 26 road games and 16-38 in their last 54 overall. The Capitals are 1-6 in their last 7 home games and 5-2 in their last 7 Saturday games. The over is 7-3 in Kraken last 10 overall. The under is 5-2 in Capitals last 7 overall.

The Seattle Kraken just don’t win enough to take chances in the underdog role, and their defense is so bad it’s even tougher to back them on the road. The Washington Capitals have been hit or miss a lot this season, but there’s still enough here for them to win the games they’re supposed to win most nights, especially at home. I’ll trust the Caps here and side with the PL to get max betting value.