The Boston Bruins will travel to Seattle, Washington to face the Seattle Kraken at the Climate Pledge Arena with the puck scheduled to drop at 10:00 PM ET on Monday night and will air on the Northeast Sports Network and Root Sports.

The Boston Bruins remain one of the best teams in the NHL this season as they enter this game in 1^st place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 34-12-13 and 81 points which ties them with the New York Rangers for the best record in the Eastern Conference and the 2^nd best record in the league, however, the Bruins are on a two-game losing streak following Saturday’s 2-3 loss in overtime on the road against the Vancouver Canucks. 

The Bruins have been one of the best teams defensively in the NHL this season as they are allowing the 5^th fewest goals per game and have the 10^th-best penalty-kill percentage at 81.46% while allowing an average of 2.73 goals per game. 

Offensively, Boston has also been an above-average team as they rank 9^th in scoring and have the 10^th-best power-play success rate at 22.83% while averaging 3.37 goals per game. 

David Pastrnak has been one of the best players in the NHL as he is 5^th in goals in the NHL with 36 and 4^th in points with 82 while leading the team in assists with 46. The Boston Bruins will look to end their two-game losing streak when they travel to face the Seattle Kraken.

The Seattle Kraken enter this game with a record of 24-22-11 and 59 points which puts them in 6^th place in the Pacific Division and 12^th place in the Western Conference while having lost two of their last three games including Saturday’s 2-5 loss at home against the Minnesota Wild. 

The Kraken have been one of the lowest-scoring teams in the league this season as they rank 28^th in scoring with an average of 2.79 goals per game and have a power-play success rate of 20.89% which ranks 17^th in the NHL. 

Defensively, Seattle has been above average as they rank 11^th in goals allowed with an average of 2.91 goals allowed per game, however, they have a below-average penalty-kill unit that ranks 19^th in penalty-kill percentage at 78.88%. Jared McCann has been one of the better players on the team as he leads the team in goals and points with 25 goals and 46 points. The Seattle Kraken will look to avoid their 3^rd loss in their last four games when they host the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night.

BookMaker has the Boston Bruins listed as -140 moneyline favorites on the road against the Seattle Kraken on Monday night. Boston has won three of the five games all-time while Seattle has won two of the previous three meetings. 

The Kraken have outscored the Bruins by an average of 3.2 to 2.6 goals per game all-time and have won by an average margin of 1.67 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

Boston enters this game with a better record, however, Seattle has been the better team most recently in the series, winning two of the previous three contests. The Kraken have outscored the Bruins by an average of 3.2 to 2.6 goals per game all-time and have won by an average margin of 1.67 goals per game over the previous three games in the series. 

As a result, I am taking the moneyline for the Seattle Kraken when they host the Boston Bruins on Monday night.