Early look · NHL 2026-27

Seattle Kraken at New Jersey Devils: game preview

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

New JerseyDevils2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 42-37-3 · 87 pts · 21st

Puck drop26 Jan · 7:00 PM ET

VenuePrudential Center

All-time meetings10 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Eight points apart last season

Seattle finished last season 27th in the league on 79 points. New Jersey finished 21st on 87.

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, New Jersey lead the head-to-head 7-1-2.

All-time record7-1-2New Jersey's record in the series

Meetings played10This is number 11

2025-26 series—

Last 54-1New Jersey

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

25 Jan 2026NJD 2 – SEA 4——SEA

14 Jan 2026SEA 2 – NJD 3 OT——NJD

6 Jan 2025NJD 3 – SEA 2——NJD

6 Dec 2024SEA 2 – NJD 3——NJD

12 Feb 2024SEA 1 – NJD 3——NJD

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateSeattleNew Jersey

14 Jan 202621-15-9 · 51 pts18th24-21-2 · 50 pts20th

25 Jan 202623-19-9 · 55 pts23rd27-23-2 · 56 pts20th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 14 Jan 2026, Seattle were 18th in the league and New Jersey 20th. By 25 Jan 2026 it was 23rd and 20th.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

New Jersey out-attempted Seattle 130 to 92

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

Seattle Kraken

92 att · 36 on goal · 6 G · 16.7%

Crease6 att · 1 G

Slot35 att · 4 G

Wing33 att · 0 G

Point14 att · 1 G

Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

New Jersey Devils

130 att · 55 on goal · 5 G · 9.1%

Crease17 att · 2 G

Slot40 att · 0 G

Wing52 att · 3 G

Point21 att · 0 G

Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

New Jersey 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.

SeattleNew Jersey

2.60xG for per game3.52

3.14xG against per game3.01

45.3%xG share53.9%

+4.6FinishingGoals minus expected goals−4.5

+1.6GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−4.0

This season: 4 games for Seattle, 3 for New Jersey. 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

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

New Jersey

Small sample

Power play · 2026-277.1%

Power play · 2025-2622.0% · 13th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2762.5%

Penalty kill · 2025-2679.3% · 17th

Faceoffs · 2026-2747.5% · 87/183

Drawn · 2026-2714 (4.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-278 (2.67/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 →

Seattle

Expected starter after their game on 25 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

New Jersey

Expected starter after their game on 24 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Seattle crease

SEA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 23 Jan

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

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

No appearances against New Jersey in the last meetings.

New Jersey crease

NJD · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 23 Jan

Jake Allen.8752 GP · 1-1-0 · GSAx −1.7

Nico Daws.8131 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −2.5

No appearances against Seattle in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.0 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

25 Jan 20266 · NJD 2–4 SEA

14 Jan 20265 · SEA 2–3 NJD

6 Jan 20255 · NJD 3–2 SEA

6 Dec 20245 · SEA 2–3 NJD

12 Feb 20244 · SEA 1–3 NJD

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

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

Seattle3.752.752.763.21

New Jersey2.004.332.803.10

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 suggest6.0Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings5.0Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

8 on the injury lists

Seattle · injuries

Jacob MelansonUpper BodyIRReturn17 Oct

Jake O'BrienLower BodyIRReturn24 Oct

Ryan LindgrenUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn9 Oct

New Jersey · injuries

Connor BrownLower BodyOutReturn12 Oct

Johnathan KovacevicKneeIRReturn10 Oct

Jonas SiegenthalerUndisclosedDay-to-dayReturn10 Oct

Nick BjugstadPectoralIRReturn19 Jan

Seamus CaseyKneeIRReturn21 Nov

Latest moves

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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.

27 Sep · NJD

Claimed LW Jeremie Poirier off waivers.

27 Sep · NJD

Claimed LW Jeremie Poirier off waivers. Placed C/RW Marc McLaughlin, LD Vladislav Kolyachonok, G David Rittich, LW Riley Tufte, LD Topias Vilen, and C/RW Colin White on waivers.

25 Sep · NJD

Assigned Ds Mikael Diotte, Ethan Edwards, Jeremy Hanzel, Etienne Morin and Anton Silaev, Fs Josh Filmon, Lenni Hameenaho, Shane Lachance, Matyas Melovsky, Xavier Parent, Cam Squires and Ben Steeves and G Jakub Malek to Utica (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Utica Ds DJ King, Charles Leddy and Eamon Powell, Fs Tristan Ashbrook, Zachary Gallant, Gabe Klassen, Jack Malone, Justin Pearson, Ryan Schmelzer, Cristophe Tellier and Jermey Wilmer and Gs Jeremy Brodeur and Seth Eisele.

Injury report

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

New Jersey · 2026 draft

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#12Alexander CommandRound 1 · Orebro Jr.C

#37Matias VanhanenRound 2 · EverettLW

#44Nikita ShcherbakovRound 2 · Ufa Jr.D

#119Lavr GashilovRound 4 · Yekaterinburg Jr.C

Full draft

Tuesday 26 January · the full slate

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Seattle Kraken at New Jersey Devils: game preview

Eight points apart last season

Meeting number 11

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

New Jersey out-attempted Seattle 130 to 92

Seattle Kraken

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Seattle

New Jersey

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

Seattle crease

New Jersey crease

Scoring rates point to about 6.0 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

8 on the injury lists

Seattle · injuries

New Jersey · injuries

Latest moves

Seattle · 2026 draft

New Jersey · 2026 draft

Tuesday 26 January · the full slate