Edmonton Oilers vs Seattle Kraken: Game preview, predictions and odds

Edmonton Oilers vs Seattle Kraken: Game preview, predictions and odds | March 27, 2025

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The Edmonton Oilers are on the road to play the Seattle Kraken on Thursday at 10 p.m. ET. Edmonton (41-25-5) is coming off a 4-3 loss to Dallas on Wednesday. Seattle (30-36-6) is coming off a 4-3 OT loss to Calgary.

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

Edmonton is 12-2 all-time against Seattle
The Oilers are averaging 3.26 goals per game
Seattle is 16-15-5 at home
Edmonton is allowing 2.9 goals per game
The Kraken are averaging 2.98 goals per game
The Oilers are 19-13-2 on the road
Seattle is allowing 3.23 goals per game

Edmonton Oilers vs Seattle Kraken: Preview

Edmonton is slated to play the second-half of a back-to-back. The Oilers will start Calvin Pickard, who is 17-7-1 with a 2.61 GAA and a .901 SV%. In his career against Seattle, he is 2-3-1 with a 3.35 GAA and a .895 SV%.

The Oilers are without their top two players in Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid. Edmonton is led by Evan Bouchard has 57 points, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has 48 points and Zach Hyman has 43 points.

Seattle, meanwhile, is on a three-game losing streak and won't be making the playoffs. The Kraken are led by Jared McCann, who has 49 points, Chandler Stephenson has 48 points, Jaden Schwartz has 43 points, and Matty Beniers has 40 points.

The Kraken are expected to start Joey Daccord, who is 23-19-5 with a 2.72 GAA and a .907 SV%. In his career against Edmonton, he is 0-6-1 with a 3.82 GAA and a .874 SV%.

Oilers vs Kraken: Odds & Prediction

Edmonton is a -130 favorite while Seattle is a +110 underdog. The over/under is set at 6.5 goals.

The Oilers are playing the second half of a back-to-back, which is always a tough spot. However, this is a good spot to take Edmonton at a cheap price.

Seattle has struggled as of late. Meanwhile, even without Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton's offense has been solid.

Calvin Pickard has been solid as he will limit the Kraken's offense to get Edmonton a big win here.

Prediction: Oilers 4, Kraken 2.

Oilers vs Kraken: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Edmonton ML (-130)

Tip 2: Under 6.5 goals (-125)

Tip 3: Zach Hyman 3+ shots on goal (-125)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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