The Seattle Kraken host the New York Rangers on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET after Seattle beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 in overtime.
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The Seattle Kraken will play the New York Rangers at home on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET, marking the first meeting between the teams this season. Seattle enters the matchup with a 9-5-1 record overall and a 5-2-0 mark in home games, while New York has a 9-7-1 record overall and a 1-5-1 record in road games.
Seattle comes in following an overtime 2-1 win over the Calgary Flames, and its results this season include a 1-2-0 record in games where opponents commit fewer penalties. The Rangers have a 5-3-0 record in games where they score one or more power-play goals.
Frederick Gaudreau leads the Kraken with seven goals and three assists, while Berkly Catton has three goals and five assists over the past 10 games. For New York, Alexis Lafreniere has nine goals and seven assists, and Pavel Dorofeyev has recorded four goals with three assists over the last 10 games.
In recent form, the Kraken are 6-3-1 over their last 10 games while averaging 3.1 goals, five assists, three penalties and 6.8 penalty minutes, and allowing 3.8 goals per game. The Rangers have gone 4-5-1 over their last 10 games, averaging 2.8 goals, 5.1 assists, 3.8 penalties and nine penalty minutes, and allowing 3.2 goals per game.
The Kraken list Ryan Lindgren (upper body), Jared McCann (lower body), Jake O'Brien (lower body), Curtis Douglas (upper body) and Jacob Melanson (chest) as out. New York has Sean Durzi (undisclosed), Joseph Veleno (lower body), Igor Shesterkin (lower body, out for season), Joonas Korpisalo (lower body), Aidan Thompson (undisclosed) and Adam Sykora (lower body) among the players ruled out.
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