Kraken vs Oilers

Jaden Schwartz had a goal and two assists as the Seattle Kraken exploded for four consecutive goals in the second period to come away with a 5-2 victory ...

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Jonny Lazarus breaks down Tuesday's NHL game between the Seattle Kraken and Edmonton Oilers.

McDavid was held off the score sheet in their last game and it’s rare to see him go pointless in back-to-back games, so I think he will have a very big impact on this contest. The Oilers didn’t get what they deserved in their last game after outplaying the The Oilers have won three out of their last five games, but they have been missing their second-best player, Leon Draisaitl, who is questionable to play in this game. The man-advantage unit didn’t convert in their last game and it will be difficult to keep them scoreless two games in a row. The content on this page is for informational purposes only. Skinner enters this game with a record of 12-9-1, boasting a .917 save percentage and a 2.78 goals against average. As a team, the Oilers currently sit in fourth, averaging 3.58 goals per game. Philipp Grubauer is the expected starter tonight for Seattle and he hasn’t had the best season in the blue paint. They met on December 30th in Seattle, when the Oilers completely dominated the Kraken for 60 minutes, winning by a score of 7-2. Jones is 15-5-3 this season with a .888 save percentage and 2.96 goals against average. They are also coming off of a very strong offensive performance against the Islanders, scoring four goals on 35 shots, and going 1-foor-2 with a man advantage. Andre Burakovsky, Jordan Eberle and Matty Beniers have been leading the way for the Kraken, not necessarily lighting it up, but they are all having strong seasons.

Yes, these two teams just played. You aren't going insane.

Both of them sit in the wild card spots in the Western Conference, with the Kraken only sitting ahead of the Oilers due to earning their 42 points in only 35 games played — the Oilers have 42 points in 38 games. With a loss, the Oilers would jump ahead of them, putting the Kraken in the second wild card spot. Having played Edmonton less than a week ago also makes for familiarity with the opponent that in theory should help them adjust their strategy and come out stronger. It’s not just good advice for the Kraken when I say that playing a disciplined game against Edmonton is a smart idea. The Oilers historically haven’t been the best team in the league, but when you have Connor McDavid on your squad, you are always going to be a scoring threat. (Same thing goes for having Leon Draisaitl on your team, but he’s been injured since December 27.) The Kraken learned that the hard way by losing 7-2 to the Oilers.

The Kraken score four unanswered in the second period to hand the Oilers their fifth straight defeat at Rogers Place.

"If we're going to come in and beat our heads against the wall and get down ourselves, we're not going to get very far this year and there's lots of hockey to be played. It's doing it every single night and we talk about it, and you've just got to go out there and do it, and you got to do it for the entire game. So I think it's finding consistency throughout our game, and when things aren't looking pretty, falling back on the things that we know we can do -- structure, getting pucks behind their D, making it hard on them, just little things like that. But with that said, we're not in the position at all where we want to be or where we think we're capable of being at this point. The Oilers lamented two defensive-zone breakdowns before the period was done to fall behind by a pair of goals. Jack went in under tough circumstances, made some saves, and I had already called the timeout and I was just trying to slow the game down a little bit and jolt our team. When things aren't pretty, we're still able to play consistently and I think we've got to find that." "We're not picking up sticks, not boxing guys out hard enough, and I speak a lot of for myself... Since December 3, the Kraken's 6.7 percent power-play efficiency has been the lowest in the NHL, but Beniers battled in front on Seattle's first man advantage to bat one past Stuart Skinner out of mid-air to halve the Oilers lead. A Tyson Barrie point shot was redirected into the vicinity of Leon Draisaitl, who quickly kicked it to his stick for a rebound shot that slid through the crease. "I think it was just us letting our foot off the gas a little bit." The forward tried to beat Skinner low glove side, but the 24-year-old read the play and flashed out the left pad to deny the Kraken their equalizer.

THE OILERS couldn't solve the Winnipeg Jets in a New Year's Eve tussle. Klim Kostin scored his fifth of the season, but that was all the Oilers could muster ...

Skinner's been a life vest in net for the Oilers this year as Jack Campbell has struggled to find his game. Can the Oilers fire up the replay machine? THE OILERS couldn't solve the Winnipeg Jets in a New Year's Eve tussle.

Friday night fans gathered for the first scheduled clash of the campaign in Seattle, a game the Oilers won handily 7-2. Jay Woodcroft's Oilers sit as -1.5 ...

The Oilers even hit the post! They remained in the confines of Climate Pledge Arena for Sunday’s date with the New York Islanders. Were it not for heroic examples of goaltending from Islander Ilya Sorokin, the final surely would have been far worse than 4-1 (which included an empty net goal for that matter). At the time they had been on a funky sequence of winning more often away from Rogers Place than in front of their fans. By the time the opening 20 minutes were settled, the visitors held a 4-0 lead, an insurmountable deficit for the home side. The squad hasn’t earned the same result for nine consecutive games.

The Seattle Kraken and the Edmonton Oilers have 42 points apiece heading into their rematch this Tuesday night at Rogers Place in Alberta.

They are having success on the man-advantage 32.12 percent of the time — the only team in the NHL with a success rate in that department better than 29%. On the flip side, the Oilers have the deadliest power-play attack in the league. When they beat the Kraken last week, the Oilers went 2-for-2 on the power play. McDavid had a goal and four assists the last time he skated against the Kraken. The Kraken have one of the worst penalty-killing units in the NHL in the 2022-23 season, thus far. Included in that stretch was Seattle’s loss to the Oilers in which the Kraken had more shots on goal (38-32) and more total even-strength shots (59-50). However, the Oilers had zero goals on the man-advantage. Phillip Grubauer started for Seattle in the last meeting with the Kraken and allowed three goals on just five shots faced. Seattle scoring four goals against the Islanders was also a good sign for the Kraken, who have scored just four goals total in the previous two outings. After their massive victory over Seattle, the Oilers took a stumble last Saturday, as they fell prey to the Winnipeg Jets at home the following day to the tune of a 2-1 score. The Seattle Kraken and the Edmonton Oilers have 42 points apiece heading into their rematch this Tuesday night at Rogers Place in Alberta. But the biggest key in that win for Seattle was the Kraken’s dominance in possession.