8:37 pm
January 12

Kraken @ Stars

Who will WIN this matchup?

Seattle Kraken (10-20-4)

@ Dallas Stars (17-13-2)

 

Starting Goalies:

Philipp Grubauer (SEA): Confirmed

Jake Oettinger (DAL): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Seattle Kraken: (+170)

Dallas Stars: (-200)

 

• Rick Bowness couldn’t hide his frustration. Because of that, the NHL Foundation has received a healthy $25,000 donation from the Dallas Stars’ coach. Bowness was fined by the league for twice slamming a stick against the boards behind the bench seconds after Sunday’s 2-1 loss at St. Louis, which snapped the Stars’ four-game winning streak.

• The Stars played three games in four days following a 17-day break because of COVID-19 concerns. Saturday, they defeated Pittsburgh 3-2 to snap the Penguins’ 10-game winning streak. They led 1-0 at St. Louis on Jason Robertson’s second-period goal when Jani Hakanpaa was whistled for hooking with 1:52 left in regulation. With the Stars still up, Dallas defenseman Miro Heiskanen felt he got tripped by Pavel Buchnevich in the final minute. When he didn’t get a call, he retaliated by slashing another St. Louis player. The Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly tied it during the delayed penalty call with 47 seconds left and Jordan Kyrou got the winner 18 seconds later on the next power play when his centering pass to Robert Thomas caromed off Hakanpaa’s right leg.

• The Kraken have lost six in a row (0-5-1) after blowing a two-goal lead in a 4-3 defeat Monday at Colorado. Seattle was playing for the first time since Jan. 1 and had seven games postponed since Dec. 18, but took a 3-1 lead in the second period on goals by Marcus Johansson, Jared McCann and Colin Blackwell.

• Goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 31 saves in his return to Colorado, where he played the previous three seasons. Grubauer was a Vezina Trophy finalist last season when he went 30-9-1 with a 1.95 goals-against average and seven shutouts, which tied the league high. Grubauer, who signed with Seattle as a free agent in the offseason, got a warm welcome from Avalanche fans with chants of “Gruuuu.”

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