Boston Bruins vs Seattle Kraken: Game preview, predictions, and odds | December 12, 2024

The Boston Bruins are on the road to play the Seattle Kraken on Thursday at 10 p.m. ET. Boston (15-12-3) is coming off an 8-1 blowout loss on the road to the Winnipeg Jets. Seattle (14-14-2) is coming off a 2-1 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers.

Bruins vs Kraken: Head-to-head & key stats

• Boston is 4-2-1 all-time against Seattle
• The Bruins are 6-6-1 on the road
• The Kraken are allowing 2.96 goals per game
• Boston is averaging 2.53 goals per game
• Seattle is averaging 2.96 goals per game
• The Bruins are allowing 3.16 goals per game
• The Kraken are 7-6-2 at home

Boston Bruins vs Seattle Kraken: Game Preview

The Bruins are coming off a blowout loss to Winnipeg which snapped their four-game winning streak. Boston will most likely start Joonas Korpisalo, who has a 6-2-1 record, a 2.40 GAA, and a.909 save percentage. The Bruins are led by David Pastrnak (28 points), Brad Marchand (22) and Justin Brazeau (14 points).

Meanwhile, Seattle is coming off the shootout loss to Florida. The Kraken is led by Jared McCann who has 24 points, Oliver Bjorkstrand has 20 points, and Chandler Stephenson has 20 points.

The Kraken will start Joey Daccord who's 12-6-2 with a 2.42 GAA and a .916 SV%. In his career against Boston, Daccord is 1-1 with a 1.55 GAA and a .957 SV%.

Bruins vs Kraken: Odds & Prediction

Boston is a -118 favorite while Seattle is a -102 underdog. The over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Bruins are coming off a blowout loss to Winnipeg and should come out aggressive here. However, Daccord has been solid this season and he should be able to limit Boston's offense which has struggled at times this season.

Seattle, meanwhile, plays tough defensively and won't give up many chances, as the Kraken will be able to get a big home win here to return to the win column in a low-scoring game.

Prediction: Kraken 3, Bruins 1.

Bruins vs Kraken: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Seattle ML (-102)

Tip 2: Under 5.5 goals (-108)

Tip 3: Jared McCann 3+ shots on goal (-125)