Washington Capitals vs Seattle Kraken Prediction, Preview and Odds - 11/21/2021

Game Time: 9:00 pm ET, Sunday, November 21, 2021

Venue:  Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA 

Where to Watch:  ROOT Sports NW

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Capitals -130, Kraken +110; Over/Under:  NL goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Capitals -130, Kraken +110; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Capitals -135, Kraken +110; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

 

Washington Capitals:  10-2-5 (2nd place, Metropolitan Division)

Seattle Kraken:  4-12-1 (8th place, Pacific Division)

 

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Washington Capitals:  6-2-2 last 10

Seattle Kraken:  2-8-0 last 10

 

 

 

The Capitals are coming into this game with a 10-2-5 record overall and they are 5-1-2 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 5 of their last 6 games and are coming into this one off of another win in their last game against the Los Angeles Kings. They still have a game on Saturday night against the San Jose Sharks that needs to be played with that result pending, so this will be the 2nd leg of a back-to-back for them on Sunday night. In their game against the Kings, Garnet Hathaway scored the 2 goals for them in that game. John Carlson led the team in assists in that game with 2 while Evgeny Kuznetsov had 1 assist as well. Alexander Ovechkin led the team in shots on goal in that one with 6. Ilya Samsonov was the starting goaltender in that game and he allowed 0 goals on 34 shots, recording the shutout, with 34 saves and a 1.000 sv percentage. They have scored 58 goals in their 17 games this season averaging 3.4 goals scored per game and they have allowed their opponents to score 39 goals against them allowing 2.3 goals per game.

 

 

The Kraken is coming into this game with a 4-12-1 record overall and they are 3-6-0 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. Their last win was against the Buffalo Sabres and they have gone on a 6 game losing streak since then, coming into this one off of another loss in their last game against the Colorado Avalanche. Colin Blackwell, Jordan Eberle, and Brandon Tanev all scored 1 goal each in that game for them. Joonas Donskoi, Vince Dunn, Marcus Johansson, Adam Larsson, and Carson Soucy all had 1 assist each in that one. Blackwell led the team in shots on goal with 4. Chris Driedger was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 4 goals on 13 shots with 9 saves and a .692 sv percentage. He was pulled after allowing 4 goals and Philipp Grubauer was thrown into the game, he allowed another 3 goals on 17 shots with 14 saves and a .824 sv percentage. They have scored 47 goals in 17 games this season averaging 2.8 goals scored per game and they have allowed their opponents to score 66 goals against them allowing 3.9 goals per game.

 

 

The Capitals are coming into this game as a -130 favorite with the current betting odds according to Draftkings Sportsbook. The Kraken have had a very rough start to their season and they are currently one of the worst teams in the NHL but they are still in their first year of being a franchise so they still have some things to learn. The Capitals have been playing well so far and they have been on a very hot streak right now. The Capitals are a much better team than the Kraken are and they are playing much better right now. The best bet to place in this game is on the Capitals to win on the moneyline.

 

Capitals Kraken Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Sunday, November 21, 2021 (9:00 pm ET start time) is Capitals 4 Kraken 1.

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Washington Capitals: 90-65 (+2.9u) in all games. 10-7 (+3.8u) in a road game where where the total is 5.5. 15-8 (+3.4u) in November games.

Seattle Kraken: 4-13 (-11.8u) in all games. 4-13 (-11.8u) first half of the season. 2-8 (-8.9u) after 2 or more consecutive overs.

 

 

Washington Capitals:  N. Backstrom (C) Out indefinitely - Hip injury. L. Eller (C) Out indefinitely - Illness. N. Dowd (C) Out indefinitely - Lower Body injury. T. Oshie (RW) Out indefinitely - Foot injury. A. Mantha (RW) Out indefinitely - Shoulder injury.

Seattle Kraken:  M. Appleton (C) Out indefinitely - Lower Body injury.

 

 

 

“I thought he was playing good hockey, but with the amount of offense that is out of the lineup right now, to have him contributing the way he is is really, really important. He skates well, he handles the puck well. Shoots it hard. He goes to the net, he goes to the hard areas. There’s no reason why he shouldn’t score goals, so it’s nice to see him get rewarded.” - Peter Laviolette on the performance of Garnet Hathaway in their win against the Kings on Wednesday night.

 

 

“There’s only one way out of it and that's to keep grinding, that’s to stick together and that’s to find a way to dig out a win and all of a sudden the weight comes off and things head in the right direction. We didn’t do that tonight. So that’s disappointing for everybody. But you have a choice ... to make, in terms of how you approach the next day.” - Dave Hakstol after their big loss against the Avalanche on Friday night.

 

 

 

LW Ovechkin, Alex

C Kuznetsov, Evgeny

RW Wilson, Tom

LD Fehérváry, Martin

RD Carlson, John

G Samsonov, Ilya

 

LW Schwartz, Jaden

C Wennberg, Alexander

RW Eberle, Jordan

LD Fleury, Haydn

RD Giordano, Mark

G Grubauer, Philipp

 

 

Points: A. Ovechkin (26)

Goals: A. Ovechkin (12)

Assists: E. Kuznetsov (15)

GAA:  V. Vanecek (2.39)

 

Points: J. Eberle (14)

Goals: J. Eberle (9)

Assists: J. Schwartz (9)

GAA: P. Grubauer (3.27)

 

Coaches:

Washington Capitals: Peter Laviolette (2nd season)

Seattle Kraken: Dave Hakstol (1st season)