Overview
- Seattle went 0-for-6 on the power play in the Nov. 29 loss, while Edmonton scored on both chances and Stuart Skinner made 26 saves as four Oilers stars recorded a goal and an assist each.
- Edmonton returned home and lost 1-0 to Minnesota on Dec. 2, with coach Kris Knoblauch noting a 2-4-1 run over the past seven games.
- Seattle’s forward group remains depleted: leading scorer Jaden Schwartz is out about six weeks, Mason Marchment did not travel, and Brandon Montour is listed as questionable, though Jared McCann and Kaapo Kakko recently returned.
- Coach Lane Lambert pinpointed faster puck movement and second-chance execution as focal points for repairing the Kraken power play after failing on a lengthy 5-on-3 in the last meeting.
- Pre-game analysis favors Edmonton at Rogers Place, citing the Kraken’s bottom-tier possession metrics (30th CF% and 31st xGF% at five-on-five) and poor special-teams results, with rookie Berkly Catton’s potential World Juniors loan still unsettled.