Seattle Kraken vs Dallas Stars Prediction, 1/12/2022 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Kraken vs Dallas Stars

Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Location: American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Kraken (+145) Stars (-170)

The Seattle Kraken (10-20-4) are traveling to American Airlines Center on Wednesday where they will compete against the Dallas Stars (17-13-2). The odds on this game have the Kraken at +145 while the Stars are at -170. The betting total comes in at 6.

The Seattle Kraken will look to clean up some issues after taking a 4-3 defeat against the Avalanche in their last outing. Seattle garnered 6 penalty mins in this matchup. Furthermore, they had 2 chances on the power play and were able to notch 1 goal. The Kraken played like an average offensive team in the loss. For the matchup, they earned a goal on 3 of the 26 shots they attempted.

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The Kraken have had 992 shots attempted against them and have earned a save percentage of .874. When playing at even strength, the Kraken have conceded 108 goals while scoring 78 as an offensive unit. Seattle Kraken opponents have recorded 78 power play opportunities (31st in hockey) and have racked up 17 goals in those attempts. For the current season, they have scored 24 points and their points percentage is sitting at .353. Seattle has tried 954 shots and has a shooting percentage of 10.0%. When discussing their scoring, the Seattle Kraken have earned 95 goals (23rd in pro hockey) on the season and have surrendered 125. Seattle has accumulated 89 power play opportunities and they have notched 17 goals out of those attempts, earning them a rate of 19.10%.

The man in goal for this game is Philipp Grubauer. Grubauer has played in 240 contests throughout his NHL career. He has amassed an overall mark of 116-75-25 and he has gotten the start in 212 games. The opposition has scored 536 goals against Grubauer in his professional hockey career and his average for goals against per game is 2.45. Grubauer has seen 6,413 shot attempts against him and has recorded 5,877 saves. His save percentage currently sits at .916 for his 13,138 mins on the ice. For his career, Grubauer has compiled 117 quality starts and his quality starts rate is .552.

When they took the ice last, Dallas went up against the Blues in a matchup where the Stars ended up taking the loss by a score of 2-1. They had 3 power play opportunities in this matchup but weren't able to put one in the back of the net. The Stars had 1 goal of the 27 shots on goal they attempted.

Dallas has attempted 961 shots (28th in pro hockey) and has earned a shooting percentage of 9.37%, while allowing the other team 984 shots. They have accumulated a penalty kill rate of 78.79% on their oppositions 99 power play tries, and their save percentage currently sits at 90.5%. They have earned 93 power play chances and they have accumulated a power play rate of 25.81%. The Stars have tallied 66 goals at even strength and 24 goals (9th in the league) while having a power play advantage. They have allowed 93 goals to be scored by way of 72 goals at even strength and 21 goals while they had less men on the ice. On the campaign, the Dallas Stars have earned 90 goals, 36 points, as well as a points percentage of .563.

On the other side of the ice you are expected to see Braden Holtby patrolling the crease. His opposition is averaging 2.58 goals per contest and he has yielded 1,251 goals altogether. Holtby's quality start percentage comes out to 57.2% and he has qualified for 283 quality starting assignments in his career. He has started in 495 games and has played 29,050 minutes. Holtby has earned a career mark of 295-141-50 and has participated in 506 games. He has compiled 13,440 stops out of 14,691 shots attempted, giving him a percentage of .915.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Dallas (-170) and under 6 goals

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