#Dave Hakstol

David Pastrnak continues to pile up the goals for the Boston Bruins, who will host the Seattle Kraken Thursday in a battle of two of the league's highest-scoring teams. Pastrnak notched his 13th career hat trick Sunday in the Bruins' 7-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks, giving him 30 or more goals for the sixth time in his career. Six other players in…

To mark the halfway point of the 2022-23 regular season, NHL.com is running its third installment of the Trophy Tracker series. Today, we look at the race for the Calder Trophy, given annually to the best rookie in the NHL as selected in a poll by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Matty Beniers has been rewarded for a stellar start to…

NHL.com staff writer Mike Zeisberger has been covering the NHL regularly since 1999. Each Sunday during the season, he will use his extensive network of hockey contacts to write his weekly notes column, "Zizing'Em Up." TORONTO -- Don Granato said his entire body was numb. He couldn't watch anymore. It simply hurt too much. The Buffalo Sabres coach…

Seattle Kraken at Tampa Bay Lightning: GAME# 28 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Amalie Arena Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUN, ROOT-NW, ESPN+ Opponent SBNation Site: Davy Jones Locker Room DraftKings Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6.5 Last season the Seattle Kraken didn't pick up their 16th win until February 11th as they struggled through their inaugural…

The Seattle Kraken have been running hot and cold. Their latest 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers ended their three-game losing skid, and was on the heels of winning seven in a row. They now travel to Tampa Bay Tuesday night, drawing a Lightning team that is surging. Tampa Bay has won four out of its last five games, 10 out of their last 13. The…

In possibly the most painful way imaginable, the Philadelphia Flyers' odds for winning the first overall pick at the 2022 NHL Draft have been finalized. With the final game of the regular season on Sunday afternoon, all the Flyers needed was the Seattle Kraken to earn a single point against the Winnipeg Jets for them to leapfrog over Philadelphia…

Changes are coming to the Seattle Kraken this summer. General manager Ron Francis says he plans on being aggressive in free agency, he has draft capital to make trades, and with a slew of draft picks he is looking to stock the pipeline. Safe to say the roster will look different, and that includes the naming of a new team captain. The captain of a…

The 2022-23 NHL season surpassed the 200-game threshold on Tuesday night, meaning we're now exiting the "it's still early" phase of the campaign and hurling towards the "meaningful sample size" part of the schedule. With that in mind, now is a good time to check in on a few teams that have seen their odds change from Opening Night. Let's take a…

The Seattle Kraken headed to Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday afternoon to prepare for Wednesday's season opener against the Ducks. It's always an exciting time of year as every team is in playoff contention. Seattle has improved its roster and will be a better team in its second NHL season. What should you be watching for? Who will be the captain? What…

The free-falling Philadelphia Flyers fired head coach Alain Vigneault on Dec. 6. It came the morning after a 7-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning which extended the Flyers losing streak to eight games. Assistant coach Michel Therrien has also been fired. According to Frank Seravalli, hockey insider at the Daily Faceoff, Mike Yeo will coach tonight's…

While I'm not a huge fan of The Athletic, their latest round of predictions are some that Buffalo Sabres fans would love to see. The Athletic has not been kind to the Buffalo Sabres, despite the team proving they could win consistently with the guys they got in March and April 2022. It was a healthy Sabres team that kept fans on the edge of their…

The Seattle Kraken (1-1-1) faces the Philadelphia Flyers (0-0-1) Monday at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the Kraken vs. Flyers odds and lines, and make our expert NHL picks, predictions and bets. The Kraken have been competitive in the early going of their expansion season. All three…