‹FRI MAR 19›
3 games
Early look The full preview opens on Tuesday 16 March, three days before puck drop, with the expected goalies, the latest team news and game-day prices. Until then this page shows the matchup as it stands.
Early look · NHL 2026-27

Colorado Avalanche at Seattle Kraken: game preview

Puck drop19 Mar · 10:00 PM ET
VenueClimate Pledge Arena
All-time meetings22 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Forty-two points apart last season

Colorado finished last season 1st in the league on 121 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 23

Across 22 completed games, Colorado lead the head-to-head 14-6-2.

All-time record14-6-2Colorado's record in the series
Meetings played22This is number 23
2025-26 series—
Last 55-0Colorado
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
16 Apr 2026SEA 0 – COL 2——COL
12 Mar 2026COL 5 – SEA 1——COL
16 Dec 2025COL 5 – SEA 3——COL
22 Dec 2024SEA 2 – COL 5——COL
5 Nov 2024SEA 3 – COL 6——COL
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateColoradoSeattle
16 Dec 202524-2-7 · 55 pts1st12-13-6 · 30 pts29th
12 Mar 202644-11-9 · 97 pts1st29-26-9 · 67 pts22nd
16 Apr 202655-16-11 · 121 pts1st34-37-11 · 79 pts27th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 16 Dec 2025, Colorado were 1st in the league and Seattle 29th. By 16 Apr 2026 it was 1st and 27th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Colorado out-attempted Seattle 217 to 179

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

Colorado Avalanche

217 att · 100 on goal · 12 G · 12.0%
Crease14 att · 0 G
Slot94 att · 8 G
Wing61 att · 3 G
Point41 att · 1 G
Neutral zone7 att · 0 G

Seattle Kraken

179 att · 89 on goal · 4 G · 4.5%
Crease20 att · 2 G
Slot50 att · 1 G
Wing67 att · 1 G
Point34 att · 0 G
Neutral zone8 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Colorado 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.

ColoradoSeattle
3.16xG for per game2.60
2.55xG against per game3.14
55.4%xG share45.3%
+7.7FinishingGoals minus expected goals+4.6
+0.1GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+1.6

This season: 2 games for Colorado, 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

Colorado

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2744.4%
Power play · 2025-2617.1% · 27th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-27100.0%
Penalty kill · 2025-2684.6% · 1st
Faceoffs · 2026-2746.8% · 58/124
Drawn · 2026-279 (4.50/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-276 (3.00/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.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
88Martin Necas22242.00
19Jared McCann41451.25
7Jordan Eberle42241.00
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
42Josh Manson21231.50
8Cale Makar21231.50
7Devon Toews20221.00
29Vince Dunn41341.00
62Brandon Montour40220.50
41Ryker Evans40220.50
Defencemen stats

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 →

Expected starter after their game on 17 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 17 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Colorado crease

COL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 16 Mar

Mackenzie Blackwood.9122 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx +0.1

No appearances against Seattle in the last meetings.

Seattle crease

SEA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 16 Mar

Joey Daccord.9113 GP · 2-1-0 · GSAx +1.0
Philipp Grubauer.9062 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx +1.1

No appearances against Colorado in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.3 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

16 Apr 20262 · SEA 0–2 COL
12 Mar 20266 · COL 5–1 SEA
16 Dec 20258 · COL 5–3 SEA
22 Dec 20247 · SEA 2–5 COL
5 Nov 20249 · SEA 3–6 COL

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Colorado7.002.503.682.48
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 suggest6.3Goals 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

7 on the injury lists

Colorado · injuries

Georgii MerkulovUndisclosedIRReturn16 Oct
Logan O'ConnorLower BodyIRReturn7 Oct
Trent MinerUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct
Zachary L'HeureuxLower BodyIRReturn7 Oct

Seattle · injuries

Jacob MelansonUpper BodyIRReturn17 Oct
Jake O'BrienLower BodyIRReturn24 Oct
Ryan LindgrenUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn9 Oct
27 Sep · COL

Placed LD Keaton Middleton, LD Wyatt Aamodt, RW/LW Fabian Lysell, C Vinnie Hinostroza, LW Adam Beckman and LW Tristen Nielsen on waivers.

27 Sep · COL

Placed D Keaton Middleton, D Wyatt Aamodt, LW Fabian Lysell, C Vinnie Hinostroza, LW Adam Beckman and G Mads Sogaard Nielsen on waivers.

25 Sep · COL

Reassigned Ds Domenick Fensore, Saige Weinstein and Christian Wolanin to Colorado (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
#43Egor ShilovRound 2 · VictoriavilleC
#74Beckett HamiltonRound 3 · Red DeerC
#126Tobias TvrznikRound 4 · WenatcheeG
#128Axel ElofssonRound 4 · Orebro Jr.D
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#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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