10:07 pm
November 6

Kraken @ Coyotes

Who will WIN this matchup?

Seattle Kraken (4-6-1)

@ Arizona Coyotes (0-10-1)

 

Starting Goalies:

Philipp Grubauer (SEA): Confirmed

Karel Vejmelka (ARI): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Seattle Kraken: (-210)

Arizona Coyotes: (+175)

 

• The Arizona Coyotes are on the verge of a franchise record they want no part of. The Coyotes tied the longest winless streak to start a season in their history at 11 games Friday night with a 3-1 road defeat against the Anaheim Ducks. They will return home to face the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night in Glendale, Ariz.

• The Coyotes are the league’s last winless team at 0-10-1, the same record they had beginning the 2017-18 season. It’s tied for the second-longest, season-opening winless streak in NHL history. The New York Rangers went 15 games without a victory (0-14-1) in 1943-44. Rookie goaltender Karel Vejmelka stopped 28 shots for the Coyotes. Their lone goal came from defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere with eight seconds left in the third period.

• The Kraken snapped a two-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory Thursday against the visiting Buffalo Sabres as Jordan Eberle notched the first hat trick in franchise history. It was a natural hat trick, with Eberle scoring the tying goal late in the second period and the go-ahead goal and an insurance goal in the third.

• Goaltender Chris Driedger might make his first start for the Kraken. Driedger has appeared in only one game this season, in relief of Philipp Grubauer on Oct. 18 at Philadelphia. Driedger got hurt during his 32-minute outing, but he allowed only one goal in a 6-1 defeat. Driedger was asked after practice this week about whether the coaching staff had talked with him about making his first start of the season. The goalie said he wasn’t involved in those conversations.

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