Early look · NHL 2026-27

Carolina Hurricanes at Seattle Kraken: game preview

CarolinaHurricanes2026-27: 2-1-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 53-22-7 · 113 pts · 2ndat

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

Puck drop12 Nov · 12:00 PM ET

VenueVeikkaus Arena

All-time meetings10 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Thirty-four points apart last season

Carolina finished last season 2nd in the league on 113 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 11

Across 10 completed games, Carolina lead the head-to-head 6-4-0.

All-time record6-4-0Carolina's record in the series

Meetings played10This is number 11

2025-26 series—

Last 53-2Carolina

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

2 Mar 2026CAR 1 – SEA 2——SEA

10 Jan 2026SEA 2 – CAR 3——CAR

3 Dec 2024SEA 4 – CAR 2——SEA

26 Oct 2024CAR 4 – SEA 1——CAR

26 Oct 2023SEA 2 – CAR 3 OT——CAR

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateCarolinaSeattle

10 Jan 202628-14-3 · 59 pts4th20-15-8 · 48 pts19th

2 Mar 202632-15-5 · 69 pts3rd23-19-9 · 55 pts23rd

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 10 Jan 2026, Carolina were 4th in the league and Seattle 19th. By 2 Mar 2026 it was 3rd and 23rd.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Carolina out-attempted Seattle 148 to 72

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

Carolina Hurricanes

148 att · 72 on goal · 4 G · 5.6%

Crease9 att · 1 G

Slot46 att · 3 G

Wing58 att · 0 G

Point31 att · 0 G

Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

Seattle Kraken

72 att · 27 on goal · 4 G · 14.8%

Crease5 att · 1 G

Slot26 att · 3 G

Wing28 att · 0 G

Point11 att · 0 G

Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Carolina 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.

CarolinaSeattle

3.74xG for per game2.60

2.21xG against per game3.14

62.9%xG share45.3%

−4.0FinishingGoals minus expected goals+4.6

−3.2GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+1.6

This season: 4 games for Carolina, 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

Carolina

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2719.0%

Power play · 2025-2624.9% · 4th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2789.5%

Penalty kill · 2025-2680.5% · 11th

Faceoffs · 2026-2752.1% · 125/240

Drawn · 2026-2721 (5.25/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2719 (4.75/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.

Forwards to watch

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PlayerGPGAPP/GP

20Sebastian Aho44371.75

37Andrei Svechnikov41341.00

53Jackson Blake40330.75

19Jared McCann41451.25

7Jordan Eberle42241.00

9Chandler Stephenson41341.00

Points leaders

Defencemen to watch

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PlayerGPGAPP/GP

4Shayne Gostisbehere41120.50

74Jaccob Slavin40220.50

5Jalen Chatfield40110.25

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 →

Carolina

Expected starter after their game on 7 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Seattle

Expected starter after their game on 7 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Carolina crease

CAR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 9 Nov

Brandon Bussi.8513 GP · 1-1-1 · GSAx −3.7

Pyotr Kochetkov.8891 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +0.5

No appearances against Seattle in the last meetings.

Seattle crease

SEA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 9 Nov

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

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

No appearances against Carolina in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.2 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

2 Mar 20263 · CAR 1–2 SEA

10 Jan 20265 · SEA 2–3 CAR

3 Dec 20246 · SEA 4–2 CAR

26 Oct 20245 · CAR 4–1 SEA

26 Oct 20235 · SEA 2–3 CAR

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

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

Carolina2.753.003.612.93

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 suggest6.2Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings4.8Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

5 on the injury lists

Carolina · injuries

Alexander NikishinContract DisputeOutReturn10 Oct

Seth JarvisShoulderIRReturn24 Oct

Seattle · injuries

Jacob MelansonUpper BodyIRReturn17 Oct

Jake O'BrienLower BodyIRReturn24 Oct

Ryan LindgrenUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn9 Oct

Latest moves

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30 Sep · CAR

Placed G Cayden Primeau on waivers.

27 Sep · CAR

Placed C Seth Jarvis on the injured non-roster list. Placed LD Juuso Valimaki on waivers.

27 Sep · CAR

Placed C Seth Jarvis on the injured non-roster list. Placed D Juuso Valimaki 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

Carolina · 2026 draft

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#51William HakanssonRound 2 · LuleaD

#61Wiggo SorenssonRound 2 · Boro/vetlandaC

#68Zachary LansardRound 3 · ReginaRW

#105Michael BerchildRound 4 · Usa U-18LW

Full draft

Seattle · 2026 draft

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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

Full draft

Thursday 12 November · the full slate

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