New York Islanders at Seattle Kraken: game preview
NY IslandersIslanders2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-34-5 · 91 pts · 19that
SeattleKraken2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 34-37-11 · 79 pts · 27thTwelve points apart last season
NY Islanders finished last season 19th in the league on 91 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.
Meeting number 11
Across 10 completed games, Seattle lead the head-to-head 7-2-1.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 23 Nov 2025, NY Islanders were 6th in the league and Seattle 5th. By 21 Jan 2026 it was 11th and 22nd.
NY Islanders out-attempted Seattle 141 to 100
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
New York Islanders
Seattle Kraken
NY Islanders 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.
This season: 3 games for NY Islanders, 4 for Seattle. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for NY Islanders, 10 for Seattle.
2025-26: 82 games for NY Islanders, 82 for Seattle.
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
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Small sampleSeattle
Small sampleSkaters to watch
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 30 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 30 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
NY Islanders crease
NYI · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 30 Dec
No appearances against Seattle in the last meetings.
Seattle crease
SEA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 30 Dec
No appearances against NY Islanders in the last meetings.
Scoring rates point to about 5.9 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
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
NY Islanders3.002.332.842.94
Seattle3.752.752.763.21Goals 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.
5 on the injury lists
NY Islanders · injuries
Seattle · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Agreed to terms with LD Logan Stanley on a 1-Year contract worth $1.5M. Placed G Vitek Vanecek on waivers with the intention of sending to Hamilton (AHL)
Waived Fs Tanner Fritz, Matt Luff and Nathan Chaffee. Waived Fs Dylan Foudy and Hudson Kuefler for the purpose of sending to Hamilton (AHL).
Signed F Alex Jefferies to a one-year contract.
Activated RW/C Mackie Samoskevich from injured reserve. Placed RW Jacob Melanson on injured reserve.
Placed C Jake O'Brien and RW Mackie Samoskevich on injured reserve.
Placed F Jon-Randall Avon, F John Hayden, F Logan Morrison and G Victor Ostman on waivers.
NY Islanders · 2026 draft
See all: NY Islanders · 2026 draft →Seattle · 2026 draft
See all: Seattle · 2026 draft →Saturday 2 January · the full slate
See all: Saturday 2 January · the full slate →
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