Red Wings vs. Kraken Pick

Seattle Kraken (33-21-6) vs. Detroit Red Wings (28-24-8)
March 2, 2023 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Detroit Red Wings +100 / Seattle Kraken -120; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Seattle Kraken and the Detroit Red Wings meet in NHL action from the Little Caesars Arena on Thursday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Seattle is a -120 road favorite while Detroit is a +100 home underdog. The total for this game is set at 6.5 goals.

Injuries

For Seattle, Andre Burakovsky is out indefinitely with a lower body injury while Detroit has Jordan Oesterle listed as out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury and Michael Rasmussen is out indefinitely as well.

Matchup History

Seattle’s 4-2 win over the Red Wings back on February 18, 2023, made it three wins in three all-time meetings for the home team in this matchup.

Trends

Seattle is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a losing record and 1-6 in their last 7 games following a win while the over is 4-1-1 in their last 6 games against the Eastern Conference. Detroit is 6-0 in their last 6 Thursday games and 5-1 in their last 6 games against the Western Conference while the over is 4-0-1 in their last 5 games against the Pacific division.

Pick

I’ll back the Kraken here. They’ve just been playing solid hockey on the road all year long and have started to heat up again now that they’re getting back out on the road. The Red Wings were playing well as recently as last week, but they’ve started to stumble again and look like the Red Wings of old that struggled their way across the finish line and I don’t think we see anything different here. Give me Seattle here.