Seattle Kraken (2-4-1, fifth in the Pacific Division) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (3-4, fifth in the Metropolitan Division)
Raleigh, North Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Kraken visit the Carolina Hurricanes after Jaden Schwartz's two-goal game against the Detroit Red Wings in the Kraken's 5-4 overtime win.
Carolina went 52-21-9 overall and 33-11-5 in home games a season ago. The Hurricanes scored 262 total goals a season ago, averaging 3.2 per game on 34.8 shots per game.
Seattle had a 46-28-8 record overall and a 30-15-4 record on the road last season. The Kraken averaged 3.0 power-play chances per game last season, and converted on 19.8% (48 total power-play goals).
INJURIES: Hurricanes: Ryan Suzuki: out (undisclosed), Brett Pesce: day to day (lower body), Vasiliy Ponomarev: out (undisclosed), Frederik Andersen: day to day (upper body), Andrei Svechnikov: out (knee).
Kraken: Brandon Tanev: out (lower body), Andre Burakovsky: out (upper body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
