A team looking to reach the playoffs will face a team that will miss the playoffs for the 6^th consecutive season when the Seattle Kraken travel to Anaheim, California to face the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center with the game scheduled to start at 10:00 PM ET on Friday night and will air on Root Sports Northeast and Root Sports North Pacific.

The Seattle Kraken still have an outside chance of making the playoffs this season but will need a lot of help as they enter this game trailing the Los Angeles Kings by 14 points for the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference and with only seven games left to play the chances of Seattle making the playoffs for the 2^nd consecutive season are slim to none as they are coming off a 2-5 loss against the Kings on Wednesday. 

Seattle’s struggles this season can be attributed to their lack of scoring as they are averaging the 4^th fewest goals per game with an average of 2.65 goals per game and the only reason they have remained in the playoff race this long has been their defensive play and goalies as they are allowing the 10^th fewest goals per game with an average of 2.91 goals allowed per game. 

This will be the 4^th time Seattle has played Anaheim this season and Seattle has won the previous three meetings while winning by an average of 2.33 goals per game in those meetings. The Seattle Kraken will look to get the 2023-24 regular season series sweep against the Anaheim Ducks when they travel to Anaheim for Game 4 of the series.

The Anaheim Ducks will miss the playoffs for the 6^th consecutive season as they enter this game with a record of 25-47-4 and 54 points which puts them in 7^th place in the Pacific Division and gives them the 3^rd worst record in the Western Conference and in the NHL. 

The Ducks have been one of the worst scoring teams this season as they are averaging the 3^rd fewest goals per game with an average of 2.46 goals per game and haven’t been much better defensively as they are allowing the 3^rd most goals per game with an average of 3.62 goals per game. Anaheim has lost the previous three meetings this season against Seattle and has lost six straight in the series against the Kraken while having lost by an average margin of 2.33 goals per game during their current six-game losing streak against the Kraken. 

The Anaheim Ducks will look to end their six-game losing streak and avoid the regular season series sweep when they host the Seattle Kraken on Friday night.

BetOnline has the Seattle Kraken listed as -167 moneyline favorites on the road against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night. Seattle has dominated the series against Anaheim as they enter this game winning six straight in the series including the previous three meetings this season. The Kraken have won the meetings this season by an average margin of 2.33 goals per game and won the most recent game by a score of 4-2 at home last month.

Neither team is a playoff team this season as both are too far behind the Los Angeles Kings to make up any ground for a playoff push. Seattle has dominated the series against Anaheim winning six straight in the series and has won by an average margin of 2.33 goals per game in those meetings while also having won the three previous matchups this season by an average margin of 2.33 goals per game. Take the puck line for the Seattle Kraken at -1.5 when they travel to face the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.