Wild ML (-148) over Kraken
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- The Kraken have lost four straight games coming into their regular season finale.
- Seattle is eight games below the .500 mark on the road for the season.
The Seattle Kraken will face off against the Minnesota Wild on April 18, 2024, at 7:00 pm ET. DraftKings Sportsbook opens with the Kraken as +124 underdogs and the Wild as -148 favorites. Despite being the underdogs, Seattle is attracting 14% of the moneyline bets, while Minnesota is favored by 86%. The over/under of 6.0 has split bets evenly at 50% for both the under and over. It will be an exciting matchup as both teams battle for supremacy on the ice in their season finales.
Both Minnesota and Seattle will not be taking part in the postseason this year, so this game will be the final game of the season for them. As a result, we could see varying levels of intensity in this matchup, depending on how seriously each side takes the game. But based on recent results, it looks like the Wild will be playing harder than the Kraken, making Minnesota a bet worth making going into this Kraken vs Wild contest.
Minnesota has won two games in a row coming down the stretch, while the Kraken enter this game on a four-game losing streak. Though they have been eliminated from the postseason, the Wild have shown more professionalism down the stretch than the Kraken. As a result, we will take Minnesota to win this season-ending matchup.
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NHL
Seattle Kraken
Minnesota Wild
Team Records
| SEA | Team Records | MIN |
|---|---|---|
| 35-41-6 | Overall | 45-30-7 |
| 2-3 | Shootout | 3-3 |
| 5-3 | Overtime | 9-4 |
| 18-18-5 | Home | 22-17-2 |
| 17-23-1 | Road | 23-13-5 |
| 15-15-2 | EAS | 20-9-3 |
| 20-26-4 | WES | 25-21-4 |
| 6-8-2 | ATL | 11-5-0 |
| 9-7-0 | MET | 9-4-3 |
| 8-14-2 | CEN | 13-11-2 |
| 12-12-2 | PAC | 12-10-2 |
| 11-11-6 | ≤1 | 19-5-7 |
| 16-18-0 | ≥3 | 12-18-0 |
| 5-5-1 | Oct | 6-1-2 |
| 6-8-0 | Nov | 10-3-2 |
| 6-6-1 | Dec | 7-7-0 |
| 6-8-1 | Jan | 8-6-0 |
| 2-4-1 | Feb | 3-5-0 |
| 6-7-2 | Mar | 7-6-2 |
| 4-3-0 | Apr | 4-2-1 |
Team Stats
| SEA | Team Stats | MIN |
|---|---|---|
| 245 | Goals For | 225 |
| 262 | Goals Agst | 236 |
| 2.77 | PP For GM | 2.51 |
| .52 | PP Goals GM | .52 |
| 18.94 | PP% | 20.87 |
| 2.35 | PP Agst GM | 2.48 |
| .54 | PP Agst Goals GM | .68 |
| 77.20 | PK% | 72.41 |
| 7.1 | PIM GM | 7.6 |
| 7.9 | oPIM GM | 7.5 |
Goalies
| J. Daccord | M. Fleury | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | GP | 39 |
| 8 | GS | 38 |
| 4-3-1 | W-L-T/O | 21-13-3 |
| 22 | Goals Allowed | 103 |
| 2.76 | GAA | 2.76 |
| 259 | Shots Against | 1132 |
| .915 | SV% | .909 |
| 0 | SO | 2 |
| 5 | Quality Starts | 23 |
| .625 | QS% | .605 |
| 0 | Bad Starts | 8 |
| 83 | Goals All.% | 96 |
| 4.39 | Goals Sv Above Avg | 4.32 |
Recent Starts
| Date | Opp | W/L | GA | SA | SV | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/26/22 VAN |
Martin ML N/A |
L2-5 TOTAL N/A |
5 |
27 |
22 |
.815 |
| 1/21/22 STL |
Husso ML N/A |
L0-5 TOTAL N/A |
5 |
31 |
26 |
.839 |
| 12/6/21 PIT |
DeSmith ML N/A |
L1-6 TOTAL N/A |
3 |
4 |
1 |
.250 |
| 11/1/21 EDM |
Koskinen ML N/A |
L2-5 TOTAL N/A |
5 |
23 |
18 |
.783 |
| 10/19/21 NJ |
Bernier ML N/A |
L2-4 TOTAL N/A |
3 |
32 |
29 |
.906 |
| Date | Opp | W/L | GA | SA | SV | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/4/22 STL |
Husso ML N/A |
W6-2 TOTAL N/A |
2 |
34 |
32 |
.941 |
| 5/2/22 STL |
Husso ML N/A |
L0-4 TOTAL N/A |
4 |
31 |
27 |
.871 |
| 4/29/22 COL |
Francouz ML N/A |
W4-1 TOTAL N/A |
1 |
28 |
27 |
.964 |
| 4/26/22 ARI |
Vejmelka ML N/A |
L3-5 TOTAL N/A |
4 |
25 |
21 |
.840 |
| 4/24/22 NAS |
Rittich ML N/A |
W5-4 TOTAL N/A |
4 |
25 |
21 |
.840 |
Betting Trends
| SEA | Betting Trends | MIN |
|---|---|---|
| OVERALL | OVERALL | |
| 0-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
| 1-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
| 1.67 | Avg Score | 3.67 |
| 3.67 | Avg Opp Score | 3.33 |
| AWAY | HOME | |
| 0-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 1-2-0 |
| 1-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 0-3-0 |
| 1.67 | Avg Score | 2.33 |
| 3.67 | Avg Opp Score | 3.67 |
| SEA | Betting Trends | MIN |
|---|---|---|
| OVERALL | OVERALL | |
| 1-4-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
| 2-3-0 | ATS W/L/P | 3-2-0 |
| 2.2 | Avg Score | 3.4 |
| 2.8 | Avg Opp Score | 3 |
| AWAY | HOME | |
| 1-4-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-3-0 |
| 2-3-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-3-0 |
| 2 | Avg Score | 2.2 |
| 3.4 | Avg Opp Score | 2.8 |
| SEA | Betting Trends | MIN |
|---|---|---|
| OVERALL | OVERALL | |
| 4-6-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 5-5-0 |
| 5-5-0 | ATS W/L/P | 5-5-0 |
| 2.4 | Avg Score | 2.8 |
| 2.7 | Avg Opp Score | 2.9 |
| AWAY | HOME | |
| 4-6-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 6-4-0 |
| 6-4-0 | ATS W/L/P | 4-6-0 |
| 2.4 | Avg Score | 2.9 |
| 2.9 | Avg Opp Score | 2.6 |
