Dallas Stars vs Seattle Kraken Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/07/2023

Game Time: 9:30 pm ET, Sunday, May 7, 2023

Venue:  Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA

Where to Watch:  TBS

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Stars -140, Kraken +120; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Stars -140, Kraken +120; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Stars -140, Kraken +120; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Dallas Stars:  47-21-14 (2nd place, Central Division)

Seattle Kraken:  46-28-8 (4th place, Pacific Division)

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Dallas Stars:  7-1-2 last 10

Seattle Kraken:  5-5-0 last 10

The Stars are entering this game finishing the regular season with 108 points, a 47-21-14 record overall, and they were 25-11-5 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a win against the Seattle Kraken in their last game, winning that one at home 4-2. Wyatt Johnston, Tyler Seguin, Evgenii Dadonov, and Joe Pavelski each scored 1 goal in that game. Wyatt Johnston, Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn, Max Domi, Thomas Harley, Roope Hintz, Colin Miller, and Ryan Suter each led the team in assists with 1 while Evgenii Dadonov led the team in shots on net in that game with 6. Jake Oettinger was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 2 goals on 27 shots with 25 saves and a .926 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 285 goals this season averaging 3.5 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 218 goals against them allowing 2.7 goals per game.

The Kraken are entering this game finishing the regular season with 100 points, a 46-28-8 record overall, and they were 20-17-4 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a loss against the Dallas Stars in their last game, losing that one on the road 4-2. Jordan Eberle and Tye Kartye each scored 1 goal in that game. Vince Dunn and Yanni Gourde each led the team in assists with 1 while Jordan Eberle, Will Borgen, Carson Soucy, and Daniel Sprong each led the team in shots on net in that game with 4. Philipp Grubauer was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 4 goals on 37 shots with 33 saves and a .892 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 289 goals this season averaging 3.5 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 256 goals against them allowing 3.1 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Kraken listed as an underdog in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. This is game 3 of a 7-game series between the Kraken and the Stars for the 2nd round of the NHL Western Conference playoffs. This series is all tied up 1-1 after the Stars took back game 2 on their home ice to even it up. The Kraken managed to split their 2 road games though and they now have the home advantage in this series as they go back to Seattle for the next 2 games. The Kraken weren't great in their home games this year as they were a lot better in road games all season but they have played well in the playoffs as they did kick out the defending Stanley Cup champions and there is no reason why they can't win this game on home ice. The Stars have been very up and down themselves in these playoffs going back to their series against the Wild and now they are facing a team that has been playing well defensively but also has the offense that the Wild lacked in that series. The Kraken are going to put up a fight on home ice here and they will come out hard in this game 3 to take a series lead here. The best way to place a bet here is on the Kraken to win this game and take a 2-1 series lead.

Stars Kraken Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Sunday, May 7, 2023 (9:30 pm ET start time) is Kraken 3 Stars 1.

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Dallas Stars: 25-25 (-8.8 units) on the moneyline off a win or tie in their previous game. 10-13 (-7 units) on the moneyline off a home win. 8-2 UNDER in a road game where the total is 5.5. 16-8 UNDER off a home win.

Seattle Kraken: 51-40 (+16.9 units) on the moneyline in all games. 12-4 (+9.2 units) on the moneyline after playing 3 consecutive road games. 23-12 UNDER after allowing 4 goals or more. 24-16 UNDER after one or more consecutive overs.

Dallas Stars:  None.

Seattle Kraken:  J. McCann (LW) Ques Sun - Undisclosed. A. Burakovsky (LW) Out indefinitely - Lower Body. J. Hayden (C) out for season - Lower Body. J. Donskoi (RW) Out indefinitely - Concussion.

“Everybody was good. In Game 1, Joe Pavelski was great. Tonight, we didn't have any passengers.” - Peter DeBoer after his team’s win against the Kraken in their game on Thursday, game 2 of this series.

“We didn’t get to our game long enough tonight at any point in time. We had a couple of spurts. We were fine in the first period, you knew the first couple of shifts were going to be a momentum push by them.. ... We didn’t generate a whole lot.” - Dave Hakstol after his team’s loss against the Stars in their game on Thursday, game 2 of this series.

LW Robertson, Jason

C Hintz, Roope

RW Seguin, Tyler

LD Suter, Ryan

RD Heiskanen, Miro

G Oettinger, Jake

LW Kartye, Tye

C Beniers, Matthew

RW Eberle, Jordan

LD Dunn, Vince

RD Larsson, Adam

G Grubauer, Philipp

Points: J. Robertson (109)

Goals: J. Robertson (46)

Assists: J. Robertson (63)

GAA: J. Oettinger (2.37)

Points: J. McCann (70)

Goals: J. McCann (40)

Assists: V. Dunn (50)

GAA: P. Grubauer (2.85)

Coaches:

Dallas Stars: Peter DeBoer (1st season)

Seattle Kraken: Dave Hakstol (2nd season)