Montreal Canadiens (25-32-12, seventh in the Atlantic Division) vs. Seattle Kraken (28-28-13, sixth in the Pacific Division)
Seattle; Sunday, 9 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Kraken play the Montreal Canadiens after losing seven in a row.
Seattle is 14-15-6 at home and 28-28-13 overall. The Kraken are 9-6-9 in games decided by a goal.
Montreal is 25-32-12 overall and 12-15-8 in road games. The Canadiens have committed 295 total penalties (4.3 per game) to rank fifth in NHL play.
The teams meet Sunday for the second time this season. The Canadiens won the previous meeting 4-2.
TOP PERFORMERS: Oliver Bjorkstrand has scored 18 goals with 31 assists for the Kraken. Andre Burakovsky has three goals over the last 10 games.
Nicholas Suzuki has 27 goals and 37 assists for the Canadiens. Juraj Slafkovsky has scored three goals and added five assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Kraken: 2-6-2, averaging 1.9 goals, 3.6 assists, 3.4 penalties and 7.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.
Canadiens: 2-4-4, averaging 2.2 goals, 3.6 assists, 4.2 penalties and 9.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.
INJURIES: Kraken: Vince Dunn: day to day (upper body).
Canadiens: Joshua Roy: out (undisclosed), Kirby Dach: out for season (knee), Christian Dvorak: out (pectoral).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
