Seattle's Skid Gets Uglier: Kraken Face Lightning With Everything on the Line
The Seattle Kraken are in full panic mode. They're heading into Tampa Bay with a four-game losing streak hanging over their heads like a Seattle rainstorm, and things are about to get a whole lot worse. The Lightning are absolute monsters right now, sitting at 44-21-5 overall and 21-12-0 at home. This is going to be brutal.
The Kraken Are Bleeding Right Now
Look at the numbers and it gets grim fast. Seattle is 31-29-10 overall and just 14-15-5 on the road. In their last 10 games? They're 2-7-1. That's not a slump. That's a nosedive. They're averaging 2.9 goals per game over this stretch while giving up 3.7. The defense is getting torched, the offense is stuck in neutral, and there's no time to figure it out.
Vince Dunn has been the bright spot with 11 goals and 30 assists for the season, but one guy can't carry this team out of a hole this deep. Bobby McMann has scored five goals in the last 10 games, but that's still not enough when the whole team is underperforming.
Tampa Bay Is Playing Out of Their Minds
The Lightning are the last team Seattle wants to see right now. They're 6-3-1 over their last 10, averaging 4.6 goals per game and only giving up 3.1. Nikita Kucherov is a machine with 40 goals and 80 assists. Jake Guentzel has six goals and three assists just in the last 10 games. When Tampa Bay scores three or more, they're 38-7-1. Let that sink in.
Seattle already lost to these guys 6-2 earlier this season. Kucherov had three goals in that game alone. This is round two, and the Kraken are walking in wounded.
Health Issues on Both Sides
The Kraken have some roster concerns heading in. Jaden Schwartz is out with a face injury, Jared McCann is day to day with a lower body issue, and Ryan Winterton is sidelined by illness. Tampa has their own problems with Max Crozier (abdomen), Dominic James (leg), and Declan Carlile all out. Victor Hedman is day to day with illness. But honestly, none of that matters much when Seattle is playing this badly.
Thursday night at 7 p.m. EDT in Tampa. The Kraken desperately need a win to stop the bleeding, but facing the Lightning in their building? That's asking a lot right now.
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