Seattle Kraken vs Dallas Stars Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/04/2023

Game Time: 9:30 pm ET, Thursday, May 4, 2023

Venue:  American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX

Where to Watch:  TNT

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Kraken +165, Stars -195; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Kraken +175, Stars -210; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Kraken +165, Stars -200; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Seattle Kraken:  46-28-8 (4th place, Pacific Division)

Dallas Stars:  47-21-14 (2nd place, Central Division)

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Seattle Kraken:  5-5-0 last 10

Dallas Stars:  7-1-2 last 10

The Kraken are entering this game finishing the regular season with 100 points, a 46-28-8 record overall, and they were 26-11-4 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game on a 2 game winning streak with wins coming against the Colorado Avalanche and the Dallas Stars in their last game, winning that one on the road 5-4 in overtime. Jordan Eberle, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Yanni Gourde, Justin Schultz, and Jaden Schwartz each scored 1 goal in that game. Jordan Eberle, Matty Beniers, Will Borgen, Ryan Donato, Vince Dunn, Morgan Geekie, and Jamie Oleksiak each led the team in assists with 1 while Oliver Bjorkstrand and Daniel Sprong each led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Philipp Grubauer was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 4 goals on 35 shots with 31 saves and a .866 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 289 goals this season averaging 3.5 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 256 goals against them allowing 3.1 goals per game.

The Stars are entering this game finishing the regular season with 108 points, a 47-21-14 record overall, and they were 22-10-9 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a loss against the Seattle Kraken in their last game, losing that one at home 5-4 in OT. Joe Pavelski scored all 4 goals for them in that game. Max Domi led the team in assists with 3 while Joe Pavelski led the team in shots on net in that game with 6. Jake Oettinger was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 5 goals on 44 shots with 39 saves and a .886 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 285 goals this season averaging 3.5 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 218 goals against them allowing 2.7 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Stars listed as a big favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. This is game 2 of a 7-game series between the Kraken and the Stars for the 2nd round of the NHL Western Conference playoffs. The Kraken are entering this game with a 1-0 series lead after stealing the 1st game of this series in Dallas. The Stars came out very strong in game 1 as they took 2 early leads in the game but the Kraken stormed right back with 3 goals of their own and were able to defend their 4-2 lead from the 1st period all the way until late in the 3rd when they started to fall apart. They gave up 2 late goals in that game to allow the Stars to force OT and the Kraken still managed to win the game in overtime, but the Kraken lost a lot of momentum near the end of that game as the Stars were getting better and better as the game went on and they are going to bring a much stronger effort from the start of this game for the whole 60 minutes this time. The Stars showed they have the offense to compete in this series and they will play a lot better in game 2 on their home ice knowing they can't go down 2-0 in the series going back to Seattle. The Stars will dig in deep here and find a way to win this game on home ice with a much better performance throughout the whole night. The best way to place a bet here is on the Stars to win this game and on the puckline as they will even up the series 1-1.

Kraken Stars Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Thursday, May 4, 2023 (9:30 pm ET start time) is Stars 5 Kraken 2.

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Seattle Kraken: 51-39 (+17.9 units) on the moneyline in all games. 20-8 (+14.7 units) on the moneyline after a 2 game unbeaten streak. 11-3 UNDER after a road game where both teams score 3 or more goals. 24-15 UNDER after one or more consecutive overs.

Dallas Stars: 6-11 (-8.8 units) on the moneyline revenging a loss where the opponent scored 5 or more goals. 27-23 (-9.9 units) on the moneyline second half of the season. 23-12 UNDER after 1 or more consecutive losses. 28-14 UNDER after playing a home game.

Seattle Kraken:  J. McCann (LW) Ques Thurs - Undisclosed. A. Burakovsky (LW) Out indefinitely - Lower Body. J. Hayden (C) out for season - Lower Body. J. Donskoi (RW) Out indefinitely - Concussion.

Dallas Stars:  None.

“As soon as they got the third goal, the momentum swings, and they came in waves, the building's rocking. But to be able to get through to the overtime, the intermission, settled down a little bit and just get back to our game. We didn’t do anything spectacular out of the ordinary in overtime.” - Dave Hakstol after his team’s win against the Stars in their game on Tuesday, game 1 of this series.

“Epic. Epic. Ashamed we wasted it and didn’t win. That’s on our group because, you know, he more than do his part. He tried to drag us to a win.” - Peter DeBoer after his team’s loss against the Kraken in their game on Tuesday, game 1 of this series.

LW Kartye, Tye

C Beniers, Matthew

RW Eberle, Jordan

LD Dunn, Vince

RD Larsson, Adam

G Grubauer, Philipp

LW Robertson, Jason

C Hintz, Roope

RW Seguin, Tyler

LD Suter, Ryan

RD Heiskanen, Miro

G Oettinger, Jake

Points: J. McCann (70)

Goals: J. McCann (40)

Assists: V. Dunn (50)

GAA: P. Grubauer (2.85)

Points: J. Robertson (109)

Goals: J. Robertson (46)

Assists: J. Robertson (63)

GAA: J. Oettinger (2.37)

Coaches:

Seattle Kraken: Dave Hakstol (2nd season)

Dallas Stars: Peter DeBoer (1st season)