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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Anaheim Ducks at Seattle Kraken: game preview

Puck drop25 Mar · 9:40 PM ET
VenueClimate Pledge Arena
All-time meetings18 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Thirteen points apart last season

Anaheim finished last season 18th in the league on 92 points. Seattle finished 27th on 79, and the 2025-26 season series went ANA 2-2-0.

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

Head-to-head

Meeting number 19

Across 18 completed games, Seattle lead the head-to-head 11-6-1.

All-time record11-6-1Seattle's record in the series
Meetings played18This is number 19
2025-26 seriesANA 2-2-0
Last 53-2Anaheim
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
3 Feb 2026SEA 2 – ANA 4——ANA
23 Jan 2026ANA 4 – SEA 2——ANA
22 Dec 2025SEA 3 – ANA 1——SEA
9 Oct 2025ANA 1 – SEA 3——SEA
28 Jan 2025ANA 6 – SEA 4——ANA
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateAnaheimSeattle
9 Oct 20250-1-0 · 0 pts27th1-0-0 · 2 pts10th
22 Dec 202521-14-2 · 44 pts6th14-14-6 · 34 pts27th
23 Jan 202627-21-3 · 57 pts16th22-19-9 · 53 pts24th
3 Feb 202628-22-3 · 59 pts15th23-19-9 · 55 pts23rd

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 9 Oct 2025, Anaheim were 27th in the league and Seattle 10th. By 3 Feb 2026 it was 15th and 23rd.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Anaheim out-attempted Seattle 299 to 205

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

Anaheim Ducks

299 att · 139 on goal · 10 G · 7.2%
Crease22 att · 2 G
Slot106 att · 4 G
Wing120 att · 2 G
Point42 att · 1 G
Neutral zone9 att · 1 G

Seattle Kraken

205 att · 102 on goal · 10 G · 9.8%
Crease7 att · 1 G
Slot65 att · 5 G
Wing95 att · 3 G
Point31 att · 1 G
Neutral zone7 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Anaheim 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.

AnaheimSeattle
2.19xG for per game2.60
3.49xG against per game3.14
38.6%xG share45.3%
+2.6FinishingGoals minus expected goals+4.6
+2.0GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+1.6

This season: 2 games for Anaheim, 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

Anaheim

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.6% · 23rd
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2785.7%
Penalty kill · 2025-2676.4% · 27th
Faceoffs · 2026-2743.9% · 50/114
Drawn · 2026-276 (3.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-277 (3.50/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
91Leo Carlsson21452.50
61Cutter Gauthier22242.00
64Mikael Granlund21121.00
19Jared McCann41451.25
7Jordan Eberle42241.00
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
67Tristan Luneau20110.50
47Noah Warren20110.50
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 24 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 23 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Anaheim crease

ANA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 22 Mar

Lukas Dostal.9182 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx +2.0

No appearances against Seattle in the last meetings.

Seattle crease

SEA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 22 Mar

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

No appearances against Anaheim in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.4 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

3 Feb 20266 · SEA 2–4 ANA
23 Jan 20266 · ANA 4–2 SEA
22 Dec 20254 · SEA 3–1 ANA
9 Oct 20254 · ANA 1–3 SEA
28 Jan 202510 · ANA 6–4 SEA

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Anaheim3.502.503.333.51
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 suggest6.4Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings6.0Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

6 on the injury lists

Anaheim · injuries

Drew HellesonLower BodyIRReturn7 Oct
Ian MooreLower BodyIRReturn16 Oct
Troy TerryHipIRReturn21 Nov

Seattle · injuries

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

Signed D Tristan Luneau to a six-year contract extension.

30 Sep · ANA

Reassigned C Roger McQueen and C Cruz Lucius to San Diego (AHL). Recalled D Noah Warren, D Ian Mitchell and D Tristan Luneau from San Diego. Placed D Drew Helleson on injured reserve. Moved RW Troy Terry from the non-roster list to long-term injured reserve.

27 Sep · ANA

Placed G Laurent Brossoit and D Travis Mitchell on waivers.

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
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