Seattle Kraken (17-37-6, eighth in the Pacific) vs. Montreal Canadiens (15-35-7, eighth in the Atlantic)
Montreal; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Montreal hosts the Seattle Kraken after Artturi Lehkonen scored two goals in the Canadiens' 5-3 loss to the Canucks.
The Canadiens have gone 8-17-1 in home games. Montreal is the last-ranked team in the Eastern Conference averaging only 6.5 points per game. Nicholas Suzuki leads them with 40 total points.
The Kraken are 7-20-3 on the road. Seattle averages 8.6 penalty minutes per game, the ninth-most in the Western Conference. Jeremy Lauzon leads the team serving 65 total minutes.
Seattle took down Montreal 5-1 in the last meeting between these teams on Oct. 26. Brandon Tanev scored two goals for the Kraken in the victory.
TOP PERFORMERS: Suzuki leads the Canadiens with 27 assists and has 40 points this season. Cole Caufield has five goals and eight assists over the last 10 games for Montreal.
Jared McCann leads the Kraken with 34 points, scoring 22 goals and collecting 12 assists. Calle Jarnkrok has three goals and four assists over the last 10 games for Seattle.
LAST 10 GAMES: Canadiens: 7-3-0, averaging 3.6 goals, 5.7 assists, 4.2 penalties and nine penalty minutes while giving up three goals per game with a .904 save percentage.
Kraken: 1-7-2, averaging 2.3 goals, 3.8 assists, 3.5 penalties and 7.8 penalty minutes while giving up 3.4 goals per game with an .892 save percentage.
INJURIES: Canadiens: Christian Dvorak: out (upper body), Rafael Harvey-Pinard: out (health protocols), Louie Belpedio: out (covid-19), Gianni Fairbrother: out (covid-19), David Savard: out (ankle).
Kraken: Brandon Tanev: out for season (lower body).
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