by Chuck Sommers
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2022
Time: 10:30 p.m. ET
Venue: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
Where to watch: ROOT-NW, BSW
Opening Odds at USA Sportsbooks
DraftKings: Kings -120, Kraken +100
FanDuel: Kings -120, Kraken +100
BetMGM: Kings -132, Kraken +110
Caesars: Kings -120, Kraken +100
Season record
Kraken: 13-5-3
Kings: 12-9-3
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Kraken - Kings preview, prediction and analysis
Recent results
Kraken: won 5 straight; won 5-4 at Ducks on Sunday
Kings: lost 3-2 (OT) vs. Senators on Sunday
I don't know if it's going to happen this year, or next year, or any other year after that. But I think we can definitively say that for the first time ever, welcome to the Seattle Kraken era. That actually has a really awesome ring to it and I think it should probably stick in some capacity whether they win or lose because right now, as things stand, this is a very fun playoff team and I sincerely hope that it finishes the way that the standings are incorporated right now to where Vegas finishes first in Seattle finishes second and if both teams end up winning their first-round series we have a divisional semifinal matchup between the two newest teams in the NHL and I want that so bad from my mantra.
I don't know if it's going to happen this year, or next year, or any other year after that. But I think we can definitively say that for the first time ever, welcome to the Seattle Kraken era. That actually has a really awesome ring to it and I think it should probably stick in some capacity whether they win or lose because right now, as things stand, this is a very fun playoff team and I sincerely hope that it finishes the way that the standings are incorporated right now to where Vegas finishes first in Seattle finishes second and if both teams end up winning their first-round series we have a divisional semifinal matchup between the two newest teams in the NHL and I want that so bad from my mantra.
Seattle is coming into this game against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday having won five in a row and just when you think that Seattle can't impress anymore than it does how about hanging with the pesky Anaheim Ducks and winning 5-4 in the fashion that it did? Matty Beniers had a goal and two assists and I keep telling y'all at some point he is going to become my favorite player in the league just because of where he came from how he's playing and who he's playing with period Seattle is such a fun team, I have no idea how in the world they keep finding ways to win because when we're releasing the Kraken, part of that has nothing to do with Martin Jones winning ten games nor did it have anything to do with Philipp Grubauer coming back from injury and looking like the guy that they're paying 5 to $6 million from.
But alas here is Seattle sitting comfortably with a five-game winning streak and looking so good and all facets. They are a fast team, they are a sometimes strong team, and they also know how to find the back of the net. Look no further than Beniers Putting up nine points in the last five games with Andre Burakovsky scoring three goals in that stretch. The latter, I'm telling you, might go down as the most underrated free-agent signing of this entire season. What that guy is doing at scoring goals at the rate that he is doing, has to feel really good for Seattle. You can make the argument that the only thing they lacked last year through their expansion draft run was not enough goal-scoring. They've got goal-scoring now and they are using it to their full advantage.
One team that is not putting it all together in terms of their full advantage just so happens to be Seattle's opponent for this game period because every time I watch Los Angeles and I keep thinking that they're going to find a way to flip this league on its head and start winning some games in a more dominant rate, they choose not to. Instead what the kings will bring into this game against Seattle, having lost four of its last five with the latest being an overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Sunday night. By the way, if you have not gone and seen Tim Stutzle’s ridiculous pass from behind the goal line to a cutting Claude Giroux for the breakaway overtime winner, get out of the rock from which you live in and go watch it because it is worth it.
The Kings lost a very winnable game and have now done that twice in the last four games. The other time just so happens to be at Climate Pledge Arena when Seattle won 3-2 to further kickstart the beginning of this winning streak. I don't know if it's going to last, but I'm absolutely here for the Seattle renaissance and I really needed in my life.
Prediction
Anybody can say that they can go out and have a good game, but I legit believe Seattle when it says every time that they enter the party, it doesn't stop until they walk in. Seattle is on a mission to show that it is for real and we might not get a full clear view of this until game 41, but you know going into game 22 and the fact that there are only a few points back of Vegas for the top spot in the division, you will take that every single time. Kraken win 4-2
Betting trends
Kraken are 7-1 on the road this year when total is 6 or more.
Kraken are 7-1 off an over this season.
Kraken are 4-0 on the road after allowing four goals or more in the previous game this season.
Kings are 23-16 after losing 2 of 3 the last 2 seasons
Projected lines
Kraken:
Andre Burakovsky -- Alex Wennberg -- Jaden Schwartz
Jared McCann -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Brandon Tanev -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Ryan Donato -- Morgan Geekie -- Daniel Sprong
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Justin Schultz
Carson Soucy -- Will Borgen
Philipp Grubauer
Andre Burakovsky -- Alex Wennberg -- Jaden Schwartz
Jared McCann -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Brandon Tanev -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Ryan Donato -- Morgan Geekie -- Daniel Sprong
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Justin Schultz
Carson Soucy -- Will Borgen
Philipp Grubauer
Kings:
Kevin Fiala -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson
Carl Grundstrom -- Blake Lizotte -- Gabriel Vilardi
Jaret Anderson-Dolan -- Rasmus Kupari -- Arthur Kaliyev
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Sean Durzi -- Matt Roy
Alexander Edler -- Sean Walker
Jonathan Quick
Kevin Fiala -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson
Carl Grundstrom -- Blake Lizotte -- Gabriel Vilardi
Jaret Anderson-Dolan -- Rasmus Kupari -- Arthur Kaliyev
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Sean Durzi -- Matt Roy
Alexander Edler -- Sean Walker
Jonathan Quick
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Chuck Sommers
About the Author:
Chuck Sommers has camped outside of sportsbooks since he can remember, learning the tricks and nuances of the trade. He still has nightmares of betting $5,000 on the Raiders in the Tuck Rule game but has since turned that to 25 years of veteran handicapping greatness. You can find him mostly in the shadows at the Red Rock or Aliante casinos wondering if the over is cashing on any given Sunday.
