Seattle Kraken — Stats, Schedule & Insights

Team Snapshot

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Key Insight

Seattle's season collapsed under the weight of the league's second-worst penalty kill, surrendering 60 power-play goals and bleeding a goal differential of -37 despite a mid-tier power play. The Kraken rank 28th in scoring while conceding at a 23rd-ranked rate, but the PK catastrophe—30th in the league at 72.2%—has turned winnable games into losses and eliminated any margin for error. This is a special teams failure masquerading as an offensive drought.

Strengths

Power play conversion at 19.6% ranks 18th, generating 43 goals and providing the team's only consistent secondary offense beyond 5v5 play.

Home record of 19–17–5 shows competence in familiar surroundings, though still below .500 and insufficient to offset road struggles.

Third-period offense has produced 84 goals, the team's highest single-period total, indicating late-game push capacity even when trailing.

Risks

Penalty kill ranked 30th at 72.2% is the season-defining failure, surrendering 60 goals and directly costing at least 10 standings points—this alone explains Seattle's elimination from playoff contention.

Offense ranked 28th at 2.76 goals per game provides no cushion for defensive breakdowns, forcing the team to win low-scoring games it cannot consistently secure.

Road record of 15–20–6 reflects structural inability to compete away from home, with losses mounting in environments where special teams vulnerabilities are exploited.

Three-game losing streak with declining offensive output (2.4 goals in last five vs. 2.76 season average) signals deteriorating form heading into season's end, with no playoff implications to stabilize effort.

Last 5 Record

2W–3L

Avg Scored (L5)

2.4↑0.4 vs prev 5

Avg Conceded (L5)

3.0

Seattle's last five games produced 2.4 goals scored and 3.0 conceded per game, yielding a 2–3 record that extends a three-game losing streak. The offensive uptick from 2.76 to 2.4 represents regression, not improvement, while the defensive rate of 3.0 goals against mirrors the season average of 3.21. This is a team in decline with no structural correction visible in recent play, projecting continued losses without immediate intervention on special teams.

Core Analytics

Core Performance

Offence

Seattle's offense ranks 28th league-wide at 2.76 goals per game, a scoring rate insufficient to overcome defensive leakage. The power play sits 18th at 19.6%, converting 43 times in 220 opportunities—a functional unit that generates offense but lacks the explosiveness to compensate for 5v5 struggles. The recent trend shows marginal improvement with 2.4 goals per game over the last five, but this uptick remains well below playoff-caliber output and has not reversed the season-long deficit.

2.76Avg 3.08

27th in NHL

Defence

The Kraken allow 3.21 goals per game, ranking 23rd—a mid-tier defensive rate that becomes catastrophic when combined with league-worst special teams. Seattle has been outscored in every period, conceding 73 first-period goals, 86 second-period goals, and 93 third-period goals, with no period showing structural competence. The 30th-ranked penalty kill at 72.2% has surrendered 60 goals in 216 shorthanded situations, turning opponent advantages into automatic scoring and erasing any defensive gains at even strength.

3.21Avg 3.08

22nd in NHL

Special Teams

Top Players

Jordan Eberle

Right Wing · #

PTS

Matty Beniers

Center · #

PTS

Goals Scored — Last 10 Games

Goals For

Goals Against

0–2

COL

Apr 16

1–4

VGK

Apr 15

3–5

LAK

Apr 13