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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Seattle Kraken at Philadelphia Flyers: game preview

Puck drop13 Oct · 7:00 PM ET
VenueXfinity Mobile Arena
All-time meetings10 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Nineteen points apart last season

Seattle finished last season 27th in the league on 79 points. Philadelphia finished 11th on 98.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 11

Across 10 completed games, Seattle lead the head-to-head 6-3-1.

All-time record6-3-1Seattle's record in the series
Meetings played10This is number 11
2025-26 series—
Last 53-2Seattle
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
28 Dec 2025PHI 1 – SEA 433–20PHI 0/3 · SEA 0/0SEA
20 Oct 2025SEA 2 – PHI 523–27SEA 1/6 · PHI 2/4PHI
8 Mar 2025SEA 4 – PHI 132–24SEA 0/3 · PHI 0/5SEA
17 Oct 2024PHI 4 – SEA 625–29PHI 1/4 · SEA 1/5SEA
10 Feb 2024SEA 2 – PHI 319–38SEA 0/3 · PHI 1/4PHI
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateSeattlePhiladelphia
20 Oct 20253-1-2 · 8 pts12th3-2-1 · 7 pts15th
28 Dec 202516-14-6 · 38 pts25th19-11-7 · 45 pts10th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 20 Oct 2025, Seattle were 12th in the league and Philadelphia 15th. By 28 Dec 2025 it was 25th and 10th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Philadelphia out-attempted Seattle 301 to 275

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Seattle Kraken

275 att · 123 on goal · 18 G · 14.6%
Crease14 att · 5 G
Slot101 att · 6 G
Wing108 att · 5 G
Point42 att · 2 G
Neutral zone10 att · 0 G

Philadelphia Flyers

301 att · 147 on goal · 14 G · 9.5%
Crease23 att · 3 G
Slot107 att · 4 G
Wing113 att · 6 G
Point51 att · 1 G
Neutral zone7 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Seattle and Philadelphia are level on chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

SeattlePhiladelphia
2.60xG for per game1.95
3.14xG against per game4.51
45.3%xG share30.2%
+4.6FinishingGoals minus expected goals−2.8
+1.6GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+1.0

This season: 4 games for Seattle, 4 for Philadelphia. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →


Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Seattle

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2725.0%
Power play · 2025-2619.5% · 20th
Power play · last 5 meetings2/17 · 11.8%
Penalty kill · 2026-2772.7%
Penalty kill · 2025-2672.2% · 31st
Faceoffs · 2026-2749.6% · 121/244
Drawn · 2026-2712 (3.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings17 (3.40/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2711 (2.75/gm)
PP goals · last meetings2

Philadelphia

Small sample
Power play · 2026-270.0%
Power play · 2025-2615.7% · 32nd
Power play · last 5 meetings4/20 · 20.0%
Penalty kill · 2026-2773.3%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 22nd
Faceoffs · 2026-2753.6% · 133/248
Drawn · 2026-2711 (2.75/gm)
Drawn · last meetings20 (4.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2715 (3.75/gm)
PP goals · last meetings4

Skaters

Chandler Stephenson has 5 points in the last 5 meetings

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
19Jared McCann41451.25
7Jordan Eberle42241.00
14Sean Couturier40220.50
11Travis Konecny40220.50
74Owen Tippett41010.25
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
29Vince Dunn41341.00
62Brandon Montour40220.50
41Ryker Evans40220.50
24Nick Seeler40110.25
Defencemen stats

Chandler Stephenson vs Philadelphia · game by game

See all: Chandler Stephenson vs Philadelphia · game by game →
DateVenueGAPSOGTOI
28 Dec 2025home112117:56
20 Oct 2025away011217:57
8 Mar 2025away101218:37
17 Oct 2024home011020:22
Last 5 meetings5 P2 G, 3 A · 5 SOG
Next best5 PCam York, PHI
2026-27 season4 P4 GP · 1 G
Blank vs PHI0 of 4A point in every meeting
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Goaltending

Dan Vladar has been the difference

Dan Vladar faced 41 shots across 2 appearances against Seattle and conceded 4, a .902 save percentage against a season figure of .863. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 11 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 11 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

SEA · 0-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Oct

SV% · 2026-27.9062 GP · 2.28 GAA · 2025-26 .909
vs Philadelphia.9324 app · 88 SA · 6 GA
GSAx · 2026-27+1.11 start
vs PHIVenueSAGASV%
28 Dec 2025home331.970
20 Oct 2025away601.000
8 Mar 2025away241.958
17 Oct 2024home254.840

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Joey Daccord .911 (3 GP)

Full game log

PHI · 0-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Oct

SV% · 2026-27.8632 GP · 5.12 GAA · 2025-26 .906
vs Seattle.9022 app · 41 SA · 4 GA
GSAx · 2026-27−1.62 starts · most on the roster
vs SEAVenueSAGASV%
28 Dec 2025away182.889
20 Oct 2025home232.913

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Joseph Woll .929 (2 GP)

Full game log

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.0 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

28 Dec 20255 · PHI 1–4 SEA
20 Oct 20257 · SEA 2–5 PHI
8 Mar 20255 · SEA 4–1 PHI
17 Oct 202410 · PHI 4–6 SEA
10 Feb 20245 · SEA 2–3 PHI

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Seattle3.752.752.763.21
Philadelphia1.254.253.052.96

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.0Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings6.4Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

6 on the injury lists

Seattle · injuries

Jacob MelansonUpper BodyIRReturn17 Oct
Jake O'BrienLower BodyIRReturn24 Oct
Ryan LindgrenUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn9 Oct

Philadelphia · injuries

Helge GransLower BodyIRReturn8 Oct
Nikita GrebenkinUpper BodyIRReturn8 Oct
Rasmus RistolainenUndisclosedDay-to-dayReturn8 Oct
3 Oct · SEA

Activated RW/C Mackie Samoskevich from injured reserve. Placed RW Jacob Melanson on injured reserve.

27 Sep · SEA

Placed C Jake O'Brien and RW Mackie Samoskevich on injured reserve.

21 Sep · SEA

Placed F Jon-Randall Avon, F John Hayden, F Logan Morrison and G Victor Ostman on waivers.

5 Oct · PHI

Reinstated C Jett Luchanko Barkey from injured reserve.

27 Sep · PHI

Agreed to terms with LW Garrett Wilson on a 1-Year contract. Loaned G Alexei Kolosov to Lehigh Valley (AHL).

25 Sep · PHI

Loaned Fs Jacob Gaucher, Cole Knuble and Jett Luchanko and D Oliver Bonk to Lehigh Valley (AHL).

Injury report
#7Chase ReidRound 1 · Sault Ste. MarieD
#38Casey MutrynRound 2 · Usa U-18RW
#99Viktor FedorovRound 4 · Torpedo-gorky NnC
#131Finn KearnsRound 5 · St. Andrews CollegeD
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Philadelphia · 2026 draft

See all: Philadelphia · 2026 draft →
#27Maksim SokolovskiiRound 1 · LondonD
#53Brek LiskeRound 2 · EverettD
#62Martin PsohlavecRound 2 · Karlovy Vary Jr.G
#120Marek SklenickaRound 4 · SeattleG
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