Seattle Kraken vs Dallas Stars Prediction, 10/13/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Kraken vs Dallas Stars

Date: Sunday, October 13, 2024

Location: American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX

TV: Victory+

American Airlines Center is the location where the Dallas Stars (52-21-9 last year) will compete against the Seattle Kraken (34-35-13 last season) on Sunday.

The Seattle Kraken will look to clean up some issues after taking a 3-2 defeat to the Blues in their last outing. Seattle garnered 13 penalty mins for this game. Moreover, they had 1 power play opportunity but didn't convert it into a score. The Kraken didn't have their best offensive outing in this defeat. For the matchup, they converted 2 of the 32 shots they tried.

At even strength, the Kraken let the opposition score 185 goals while getting 164. Seattle Kraken opposition had 222 power play opportunities (29th in hockey) and tallied 47 goals in those chances. Concerning their goal scoring prowess, the Seattle Kraken accumulated 214 goals (29th in the league) for the previous season and gave up 232. Seattle attempted 2,347 shots and had a shooting percentage of 9.1%. For the previous season, they had 81 points and their points percentage was .494. The Kraken had 2,391 shots attempted against them and had a save percentage of .903. Seattle had 242 power play chances and added 50 goals out of those tries, garnering them a percentage of 20.66%.

The man in net for this game is Philipp Grubauer. Grubauer has participated in 344 contests throughout his professional hockey career. He has accumulated a win-loss record of 158-122-32 and he was named the starter in 311 games. Opponents have been able to score 814 goals versus Grubauer in his pro hockey career and his goals against average per contest is 2.59. Grubauer has had 9,095 shot attempts taken against him and has accrued 8,281 total saves. His save percentage sits at .911 during his 18,892 mins played. For his career, Grubauer has 167 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .537.

In their last contest, Dallas played the Oilers in a matchup where the Stars ended up losing by a final of 2-1. They had 3 chances on the power play in this outing but weren't able to notch a goal. The Stars notched 1 goal out of the 35 shots on goal they pursued.

The Stars had 236 goals at even strength and 58 goals (9th in the league) while having more men on the ice. Dallas took 2,588 shots (11th in the league) and earned a shooting percentage of 11.36%, while allowing their opponent 2,350 shots. Last year, the Dallas Stars had a total of 294 goals, 113 points, as well as a points percentage of .689. They allowed 232 goals to be scored by of a combination of 189 goals at even strength and 43 goals while they had less men on the ice. They earned 240 power play opportunities and they have accumulated a power play rate of 24.17%. They recorded a penalty kill percentage of 82.01% on their opponent's 239 tries on the power play, and their save percentage was at 90.1%.

For the opposition you are going to see Jake Oettinger in net. Opponents are averaging 2.50 goals per contest and he has conceded 461 goals overall. Oettinger's percentage of quality starts sits at 58.2% and he has accumulated 107 quality starts in his NHL career. He got the starting nod in 184 games and has played for a total of 11,042 mins. Oettinger has compiled a career mark of 113-48-23 and has been in goal for 193 games. He has recorded 4,832 saves out of the 5,293 shots attempted, which gives him a save percentage of .913.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy's Pick: Take Dallas

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