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The Seattle Kraken (8-4-1) and Calgary Flames (5-7-0) will meet in the NHL tonight. Puck drop is set for 8:00 p.m. EDT at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, AB. The game will broadcast live on ESPN+.
The Kraken are favored at -120 on the moneyline, with the Flames at +100 to pull off the upset. The over/under is set at 6.5 (-105o / -115u).
Let's get into our Kraken vs. Flames predictions and NHL picks.
Kraken vs. Flames Prediction
Our Seattle vs. Calgary best bet is on the Kraken to win outright, with the best odds currently available at FanDuel. For all of your NHL bets, be sure to find the best lines by using our live NHL odds page.
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Kraken vs Flames Odds
| Kraken Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-1.5 +194 | 6.5 -105o / -115u | -120 |
| Flames Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+1.5 -245 | 6.5 -105o / -115u | +100 |
- Kraken vs. Flames puck line: Kraken -1.5 (+205), Flames +1.5 (-260)
- Kraken vs. Flames over/under: 6.5 (-105o / -115u)
- Kraken vs. Flames moneyline: Kraken -12o, Flames +100
- Kraken vs. Flames best bet: Kraken Moneyline
Kraken vs. Flames Pick
Color me shocked that the Seattle Kraken are actually good and fun.
For a while, I've been so down on this team because of how poor the roster construction was. Not only that, I hated the hire of Lane Lambert as coach. As someone who watched him up close as the head coach of the Islanders, I thought the Kraken were going to be more of the same. Mediocre, bland, and boring.
Slap me silly, because that is NOT the case.
At one point, the Kraken were leading the Pacific Division. But after only playing one game in six days, that lead dwindled away. Not their fault.
The Kraken head up north to take on the Calgary Flames, a team that has won me some money so far, but also a team that stinks. Don't let the five wins in six games fool you. A lot of it was on the back of goaltender Devin Cooley — who's now out after leaving mid-game against the Oilers on Wednesday.
Calgary has already played the Kraken twice in the first three games of the season, and the Kraken whooped the Flames 6-1 in both games. Dustin Wolf was the netminder in both of them, and with Cooley out, you can expect to see Wolf again.
I don't know what happened with Wolf, who was shaping up to be one of the game's best young goaltenders. This season, he's played to a paltry .839 SV% and a second-worst -8.6 GSAx among all goalies.
Goaltending will always be my hang-up with the Kraken. After Philipp Grubauer started in Seattle's last game, I'd assume Joey Daccord gets the nod.
Coming into this game, I had in my head that the over was likely a direction I was heading toward. But when I saw the lines, I got suspicious. The market is likely overreacting to this nice stretch that the Flames were on, because I don't think this matchup is that close.
Seattle has had its way with Wolf in the past, and I'm envisioning that again. At -120, I'm backing the Kraken straight up.
Pick: Kraken Moneyline (-120, FanDuel)
