The Columbus Blue Jackets will travel to Seattle, Washington to face the Seattle Kraken at the Climate Pledge Arena with the puck scheduled to drop at 9:00 PM ET on Sunday night and will air on Bally Sports Ohio.

The Blue Jackets have been one of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference with a record of 15-23-11 and 41 points which puts them in 8^th place in the Metropolitan Division and gives them the 2^nd worst record in the conference while having lost three of their last four games including a 4-5 overtime loss on the road against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night in which they led 4-1 going into the 3^rd period before allowing four unanswered goals including Elias Pettersson’s game-winning overtime goal. Columbus has been one of the worst teams defensively in the NHL as they are allowing the 2^nd most goals per game with an average of 3.72 goals allowed per game while ranking 18^th in penalty-kill percentage at 79.7%. 

Offensively, the Blue Jackets have also been below average as they rank 21^st in goals per game and 26^th in power-play success rate with a power-play success rate of 14.71% and an average of 3 goals per game. Johnny Gaudreau has been one of the better players on the team as he leads the team in points with 29 points this season. The Columbus Blue Jackets will look to bounce back following the overtime loss against the Canucks when they travel to face the Seattle Kraken.

The Seattle Kraken have lost five of their last six games including Friday’s 3-4 overtime loss at home against the St. Louis Blues which has dropped their record to 20-18-10 and 50 points which puts them in 5^th place in the Pacific Division and gives them the 10^th best record in the Western Conference. Seattle has struggled offensively this season as they are averaging 2.83 goals per game and have a 20.9% power-play success rate which ranks 27^th and 17^th in the NHL respectively. 

Defensively, the Kraken have been an above-average team as they are allowing the 11^th fewest goals per game with an average of 2.98 goals allowed per game however, they have not been a good penalty-kill unit as they rank 21^st in penalty-kill percentage at 78.2%. Oliver Bjorkstrand has been one of the better players on the team as he leads the Kraken in points with 38 points this season. The Seattle Kraken will look to bounce back following the overtime loss against the St. Louis Blues when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night.

BookMaker has the Seattle Kraken listed as -220 moneyline favorites at home against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night. Seattle is 3-0-2 all-time and has won the previous three meetings. The Kraken have won by an average margin of 1 goal per game all-time and 2.33 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

The Seattle Kraken have been the better team this season and in the series, going 3-0-2 all-time and winning the last three meetings against the Blue Jackets. The Kraken have also won by an average margin of 2.33 goals per game over the last three games in the series. Take the puck line for the Seattle Kraken at -1.5 when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night.

Spooky Express Pick: Seattle Kraken Puck Line -1.5 (+100)