Early look · NHL 2026-27

Nashville Predators at Seattle Kraken: game preview

NashvillePredators2026-27: 1-1-1 · 3 pts · 2025-26: 38-34-10 · 86 pts · 23rdat

SeattleKraken2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 34-37-11 · 79 pts · 27th

Puck drop12 Dec · 10:00 PM ET

VenueClimate Pledge Arena

All-time meetings15 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Seven points apart last season

Nashville finished last season 23rd in the league on 86 points. Seattle finished 27th on 79.

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

Head-to-head

Meeting number 16

Across 15 completed games, Seattle lead the head-to-head 8-6-1.

All-time record8-6-1Seattle's record in the series

Meetings played15This is number 16

2025-26 series—

Last 53-2Nashville

Last 5 meetings

See all: Last 5 meetings →

DateResultShotsPower playWinner

19 Mar 2026SEA 1 – NSH 3——NSH

10 Mar 2026NSH 4 – SEA 2——NSH

1 Jan 2026NSH 1 – SEA 4——SEA

6 Mar 2025SEA 3 – NSH 5——NSH

20 Nov 2024NSH 0 – SEA 3——SEA

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateNashvilleSeattle

1 Jan 202618-18-4 · 40 pts28th17-14-7 · 41 pts23rd

10 Mar 202629-27-8 · 66 pts24th29-25-9 · 67 pts20th

19 Mar 202631-28-9 · 71 pts24th31-28-9 · 71 pts23rd

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 1 Jan 2026, Nashville were 28th in the league and Seattle 23rd. By 19 Mar 2026 it was 24th and 23rd.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Nashville out-attempted Seattle 194 to 180

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

Nashville Predators

194 att · 80 on goal · 8 G · 10.0%

Crease17 att · 2 G

Slot76 att · 2 G

Wing70 att · 1 G

Point23 att · 1 G

Neutral zone8 att · 2 G

Seattle Kraken

180 att · 94 on goal · 7 G · 7.4%

Crease14 att · 1 G

Slot64 att · 3 G

Wing78 att · 2 G

Point17 att · 0 G

Neutral zone7 att · 1 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Nashville have created the better 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.

NashvilleSeattle

2.50xG for per game2.60

3.14xG against per game3.14

44.3%xG share45.3%

−0.5FinishingGoals minus expected goals+4.6

+0.4GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+1.6

This season: 3 games for Nashville, 4 for Seattle. 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

Nashville

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2737.5%

Power play · 2025-2623.1% · 11th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2775.0%

Penalty kill · 2025-2681.7% · 5th

Faceoffs · 2026-2747.6% · 80/168

Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Seattle

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2725.0%

Power play · 2025-2619.5% · 20th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

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 meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2711 (2.75/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Nashville

Expected starter after their game on 10 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Seattle

Expected starter after their game on 10 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Nashville crease

NSH · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 9 Dec

Juuse Saros.9073 GP · 1-1-1 · GSAx +0.4

No appearances against Seattle in the last meetings.

Seattle crease

SEA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 9 Dec

Joey Daccord.9113 GP · 2-1-0 · GSAx +1.0

Philipp Grubauer.9062 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx +1.1

No appearances against Nashville in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.1 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

19 Mar 20264 · SEA 1–3 NSH

10 Mar 20266 · NSH 4–2 SEA

1 Jan 20265 · NSH 1–4 SEA

6 Mar 20258 · SEA 3–5 NSH

20 Nov 20243 · NSH 0–3 SEA

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA

Nashville2.333.003.013.28

Seattle3.752.752.763.21

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 suggest6.1Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings5.2Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

4 on the injury lists

Nashville · injuries

Justus AnnunenUndisclosedIRReturn13 Oct

Seattle · injuries

Jacob MelansonUpper BodyIRReturn17 Oct

Jake O'BrienLower BodyIRReturn24 Oct

Ryan LindgrenUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn9 Oct

Latest moves

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6 Oct · NSH

Recalled G Matt Murray from Milwaukee (AHL). Placed G Justus Annunen on injured reserve.

4 Oct · NSH

Recalled LW Yegor Pinchuk from Milwaukee (AHL). Assigned G Matt Murray to Milwaukee.

3 Oct · NSH

Recalled G Matthew Murray from Milwaukee (AHL).

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.

Injury report

Nashville · 2026 draft

See all: Nashville · 2026 draft →

#10Wyatt CullenRound 1 · Usa U-18LW

#31Thomas BleylRound 1 · MonctonD

#70Dmitri BorichevRound 3 · Loko-76 YaroslavlG

#106Jakub FlorisRound 4 · Lukko Jr.D

Full draft

Seattle · 2026 draft

See all: Seattle · 2026 draft →

#7Chase ReidRound 1 · Sault Ste. MarieD

#38Casey MutrynRound 2 · Usa U-18RW

#99Viktor FedorovRound 4 · Torpedo-gorky NnC

#131Finn KearnsRound 5 · St. Andrews CollegeD

Full draft

Saturday 12 December · the full slate

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Updated after every final

Nashville Predators at Seattle Kraken: game preview

Seven points apart last season

Meeting number 16

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

Nashville out-attempted Seattle 194 to 180

Nashville Predators

Seattle Kraken

Nashville have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Nashville

Seattle

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

Nashville crease

Seattle crease

Scoring rates point to about 6.1 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

4 on the injury lists

Nashville · injuries

Seattle · injuries

Latest moves

Nashville · 2026 draft

Seattle · 2026 draft

Saturday 12 December · the full slate