Early look · NHL 2026-27

Edmonton Oilers at Seattle Kraken: game preview

EdmontonOilers2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 41-30-11 · 93 pts · 14that

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

Puck drop13 Mar · 10:00 PM ET

VenueClimate Pledge Arena

All-time meetings20 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Fourteen points apart last season

Edmonton finished last season 14th in the league on 93 points. Seattle finished 27th on 79, and the 2025-26 season series went EDM 3-1-0.

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

Head-to-head

Meeting number 21

Across 20 completed games, Edmonton lead the head-to-head 15-4-0.

All-time record15-4-0Edmonton's record in the series

Meetings played20This is number 21

2025-26 seriesEDM 3-1-0

Last 54-1Edmonton

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

3 OctSEA 1 – EDM 320–25SEA 1/2 · EDM 0/3EDM

31 Mar 2026SEA 0 – EDM 327–24SEA 0/3 · EDM 0/1EDM

4 Dec 2025SEA 4 – EDM 932–32SEA 1/3 · EDM 4/4EDM

29 Nov 2025EDM 4 – SEA 025–26EDM 2/2 · SEA 0/6EDM

25 Oct 2025EDM 2 – SEA 333–23EDM 1/2 · SEA 0/3SEA

Head-to-head finder

The table on each meeting night

DateEdmontonSeattle

25 Oct 20254-4-1 · 9 pts20th5-2-2 · 12 pts11th

29 Nov 202511-10-5 · 27 pts23rd11-7-6 · 28 pts17th

4 Dec 202512-11-5 · 29 pts24th11-8-6 · 28 pts25th

31 Mar 202638-28-9 · 85 pts17th32-30-11 · 75 pts26th

3 Oct2-0-1 · 5 pts1st1-1-0 · 2 pts16th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 25 Oct 2025, Edmonton were 20th in the league and Seattle 11th. By 3 Oct it was 1st and 16th.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Seattle out-attempted Edmonton 284 to 284

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

Edmonton Oilers

284 att · 139 on goal · 21 G · 15.1%

Crease19 att · 0 G

Slot103 att · 10 G

Wing106 att · 9 G

Point44 att · 0 G

Neutral zone12 att · 2 G

Seattle Kraken

284 att · 128 on goal · 8 G · 6.3%

Crease21 att · 1 G

Slot104 att · 5 G

Wing108 att · 2 G

Point44 att · 0 G

Neutral zone7 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Edmonton 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.

EdmontonSeattle

3.31xG for per game2.60

2.10xG against per game3.14

61.2%xG share45.3%

+7.1FinishingGoals minus expected goals+4.6

−7.7GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+1.6

This season: 3 games for Edmonton, 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

Edmonton

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2725.0%

Power play · 2025-2630.6% · 1st

Power play · last 5 meetings7/12 · 58.3%

Penalty kill · 2026-2757.1%

Penalty kill · 2025-2677.8% · 20th

Faceoffs · 2026-2751.7% · 91/176

Drawn · 2026-2712 (4.00/gm)

Drawn · last meetings12 (2.40/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-277 (2.33/gm)

PP goals · last meetings7

Seattle

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2725.0%

Power play · 2025-2619.5% · 20th

Power play · last 5 meetings2/17 · 11.8%

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 meetings17 (3.40/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2711 (2.75/gm)

PP goals · last meetings2

Skaters

Connor McDavid has 9 points in the last 5 meetings

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.

In the last meetings

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PlayerGPGAPSOG

97Connor McDavid563915

29Leon Draisaitl436917

93Ryan Nugent-Hopkins41675

2Evan Bouchard51457

7Jordan Eberle522413

18Zach Hyman32245

14Mattias Ekholm50443

10Matty Beniers503310

22Matt Savoie420211

92Vasily Podkolzin51129

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Connor McDavid vs Seattle · game by game

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DateVenueGAPSOGTOI

3 Octhome112426:17

31 Mar 2026home101319:46

4 Dec 2025home314717:20

29 Nov 2025away112117:39

25 Oct 2025away000024:43

Last 5 meetings9 P6 G, 3 A · 15 SOG

Next best9 PLeon Draisaitl, EDM

2026-27 season9 P3 GP · 2 G

Blank vs SEA1 of 5

Full game log

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 →

Edmonton

Expected starter after their game on 11 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Seattle

Expected starter after their game on 11 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Edmonton crease

EDM · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Mar

Devon Levi.8102 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx −3.6

Tristan Jarry.7391 GP · 0-0-1 · GSAx −4.1

#vs SEAAppsSAGASV%

27Devon Levi1201.950

Seattle crease

SEA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Mar

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

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

Two goalies used against Edmonton

#vs EDMAppsSAGASV%

31Philipp Grubauer3668.879

35Joey Daccord37211.847

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.7 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 Oct4 · SEA 1–3 EDM

31 Mar 20263 · SEA 0–3 EDM

4 Dec 202513 · SEA 4–9 EDM

29 Nov 20254 · EDM 4–0 SEA

25 Oct 20255 · EDM 2–3 SEA

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

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

Edmonton5.674.673.443.28

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 suggest6.7Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings5.8Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

12 on the injury lists

Edmonton · injuries

Alec RegulaUndisclosedIRReturn24 Oct

Atro LeppanenUndisclosedIRReturn17 Oct

Frederik AndersenKneeIRReturn30 Dec

James StefanUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

Jason DickinsonFootIRReturn7 Oct

Matt SavoieLower BodyIRReturn24 Nov

Mattias JanmarkUndisclosedIRReturn15 Oct

Ryan Nugent-HopkinsLower BodyIRReturn13 Oct

Zach HymanUndisclosedOutReturn17 Oct

Seattle · injuries

Jacob MelansonUpper BodyIRReturn17 Oct

Jake O'BrienLower BodyIRReturn24 Oct

Ryan LindgrenUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn9 Oct

Latest moves

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1 Oct · EDM

Placed F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve. Placed D Alec Regula on long-term injured reserve. Recalled F Josh Samanski under emergency conditions.

27 Sep · EDM

Placed G Matt Tomkins on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield (AHL).

25 Sep · EDM

Loaned D Tomas Cibulka, Fs Connor Clattenburg, Quinn Hutson, Viljami Marjala, William Nicholl and Aku Raty and G Connor Ungar to Bakersfield (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield Ds Josh Brown and Riley Stillman and F Eduards Tralmaks.

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

Edmonton · 2026 draft

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#58Rudolfs BerzkalnsRound 2 · MuskegonC

#84Malcom GastrinRound 3 · Modo Jr.LW

#133Andrew RobinsonRound 5 · WindsorD

#180Caden HarveyRound 6 · WindsorC

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

Saturday 13 March · the full slate

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Edmonton Oilers at Seattle Kraken: game preview

Fourteen points apart last season

Meeting number 21

Last 5 meetings

The table on each meeting night

Seattle out-attempted Edmonton 284 to 284

Edmonton Oilers

Seattle Kraken

Edmonton have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Edmonton

Seattle

Connor McDavid has 9 points in the last 5 meetings

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

In the last meetings

Connor McDavid vs Seattle · game by game

Who has stopped this matchup

Edmonton crease

Seattle crease

Scoring rates point to about 6.7 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

12 on the injury lists

Edmonton · injuries

Seattle · injuries

Latest moves

Edmonton · 2026 draft

Seattle · 2026 draft

Saturday 13 March · the full slate