The Seattle Kraken will travel to San Jose, California to face the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center with the game scheduled to start at 10:30 PM ET on Tuesday night.

The Kraken are in 5^th place in the Pacific Division with a record of 21-18-10 and 52 points which also gives them the 10^th best record in the Western Conference while having won two of their last three games including Sunday’s 4-2 win at home against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Seattle has been one of the lowest-scoring teams in the league this season as they enter this game averaging 2.86 goals per game which ranks 27^th while ranking 15^th in power-play success rate with a 21.9% power-play success rate. 

Defensively, the Kraken have been an above-average team as they are allowing the 10^th fewest goals per game and rank 19^th in penalty-kill percentage with a 78.52% penalty-kill percentage and an average of 2.96 goals allowed per game. Oliver Bjorkstrand has been one of the better players on the team as he leads the team in points with 40 points this season. The Seattle Kraken will look to build off the momentum following the win against the Blue Jackets when they travel to face the San Jose Sharks.

The San Jose Sharks are one of the worst teams in the NHL this season as they enter this matchup tied for the worst record in the league at 13-32-4 and 30 points following Saturday’s 2-5 loss at home against the Buffalo Sabres which also ended their three-game winning streak. San Jose has been the 2^nd lowest-scoring team in the NHL this season with an average of 2.1 goals per game and ranks 22^nd in power-play success rate at 16.67%. 

Defensively, San Jose is the worst team in the league as they are allowing the most goals per game with an average of 4 goals allowed per game and have the worst penalty-kill percentage at 72.15%. Tomas Hertl has been the best player on the team as he leads the team in goals and points with 15 goals and 34 points. The San Jose Sharks will look to bounce back following the loss at home against the Sabres when they host the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.

BookMaker has the Seattle Kraken listed as -225 moneyline favorites on the road against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. Seattle has won six of the eight games all-time and two of the last three meetings. The Kraken have won by an average margin of 1.26 goals per game all-time and 1 goal per game over the last three games in the series.

Seattle hasn’t been as good this season as they were last year, however, they are the better team in this matchup as San Jose is tied for the worst record in the NHL. The Kraken have been the better team in the series, winning six of the eight games all-time in the series including two of the previous three meetings. However, San Jose has only lost by an average margin of 1.26 goals per game all-time and 1 goal per game over the previous three matchups. Take the puck line with the San Jose Sharks at +1.5 when they host the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.