The Seattle Kraken and Dallas Stars meet Sunday in NHL action at the American Airlines Center. Here’s a Dallas Stars vs Seattle Kraken Prediction. This article will include a Dallas Stars vs Seattle Kraken Pick.

Seattle Kraken Betting Preview

The Seattle Kraken lost to the Blues, beat the Wild, and play the Predators next. The Seattle Kraken are averaging 3 goals per game and are scoring on 33.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Jordan Eberle leads Seattle with 2 goals, Andre Burakovsky has 2 assists, and Oliver Bjorkstrand has 8 shots on goal. Defensively, the Seattle Kraken are allowing 3.5 goals per game and are killing 57.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Philipp Grubauer has given up 3 goals on 25 shots faced, while Joey Daccord has allowed 4 goals on 38 shots.

Dallas Stars Betting Preview

The Dallas Stars beat the Predators and Islanders, and they play the Sharks, Capitals, and Oilers next. The Dallas Stars are averaging 3.5 goals per game and are scoring on 16.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Mason Marchment leads Dallas with 2 goals, Logan Stankoven has 3 assists and Thomas Harley has 7 shots on goal. Defensively, the Dallas Stars are allowing 1.5 goals per game and are killing 85.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jake Oettinger has allowed 3 goals on 70 shots faced.

Why the Dallas Stars will win

• The Kraken have lost each of their last five games at American Airlines Center.
• The Stars have won each of their last four games against the Kraken.
• The Stars have covered the puck line in seven of their last eight Sunday games.
• The Kraken have failed to cover the puck line in three of their last four games following a road win.
• The Stars have won the third period in each of their last four home games.

Dallas Stars Player Prop Facts

• Thomas Harley has recorded a point in each of the Stars’ last six home games against the Kraken.
• Wyatt Johnston has scored a goal in three of the Stars’ last four games against Pacific Division opponents.
• Jamie Benn has recorded at least one assist in six of the Stars’ last seven home games against the Kraken.

Seattle Kraken Player Prop Facts

• Tye Kartye has scored a goal in each of the Kraken’s last three road games.
• Jared McCann has recorded at least one assist in four of the Kraken’s last five games on the second leg of a back-to-back.
• Jared McCann has recorded at least one point in eight of his last nine road appearances after playing less than 20 minutes the previous day.

Dallas Stars vs Seattle Kraken Prediction

Both teams on the end of a back-to-back, it’s the home team that usually has the edge. The Kraken are also coming off a shootout game, so there’s no telling how those legs will hold up. The Dallas Stars are off to a fine start on the defensive side, and they’re typically a tough out at home. The Stars have won 4 straight games against the Kraken, outscoring them 12-5 during that span. I trust the Stars more, as we’re still feeling teams out. Give me the Stars and the PL for max betting value.

The Wild were unsure late Saturday whether Joel Eriksson Ek would travel with the team to Winnipeg for Sunday evening’s game against the Jets at Canada Life Centre.

Eriksson Ek was injured in the second period of Saturday’s night’s 5-4, shootout loss to Seattle at Xcel Energy Center when Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson elbowed him in the face.

Bleeding from his nose, Eriksson Ek went immediately to the training room. He emerged wearing a full shield at the beginning of the third period, but after one more shift he left for good.

Asked whether Eriksson Ek would fly to Winnipeg, coach John Hynes said, “I don’t know.”

The team’s top center and best two-way forward, Eriksson Ek, 27, scored a career-high 30 goals and 64 points, and was a plus-18, in 77 games last season. He’s centering the second line with Matt Boldy and Marcus Johansson, and had a goal and assist in Thursday night’s victory over Columbus.

The no-call was a key point in Saturday night’s game. Shortly afterward, Jonas Brodin was called for tripping despite not tripping Seattle’s Brandon Tanev, leading to Jordan Eberle’s game-tying power play goal.

“It’s just tough because it’s common sense, right?” said Wild alternate captain Marcus Foligno. “The guy’s got the puck, making a move, and the guy goes to hit him and — yeah, it’s brutal. I mean, I don’t really understand that call at all.”

Hynes said he was happy with how the Wild responded to that segment, taking leads of 3-2 and 4-3 and getting physical with Seattle. Foligno had seven of the Wild’s 32 official hits.

“Swing of momentum that shouldn’t have had momentum at all, but those are the bounces in the game you just forget about,” Foligno said. “I think our team did a pretty good job mentally just forgetting about things.”

If Eriksson Ek isn’t available for Sunday’s 5 p.m. puck drop in Winnipeg, the Wild could survive without making a roster move by plugging in rookie Liam Ohgren — who hasn’t played yet this season — as a wing and having fourth line wing Freddy Gaudreau move to center.

Ryan Hartman, who started on the third line with Foligno and Yakov Trenin, scored the Wild’s last go-ahead goal after replacing Eriksson Ek at center on the second line.

But Hynes was concerned there might be other dinged up players after a game in which Minnesota and Seattle combined for 52 official hits.

“I can go back in there and they could say, ‘Two more guys are questionable,’ ” the coach said. “Then you’re probably going to have to make some moves.”

RENTON, Wash. – Enduring the first major adversity of his head coaching tenure with the Seattle Seahawks, Mike Macdonald has lamented his team’s struggles with everything from losing the turnover margin, drawing too many flags, and surrendering too many explosives on defense among other things.

But in the midst of a three-game losing streak, Macdonald hasn’t lost hope or confidence in his team, reiterating on numerous occasions since Thursday’s defeat to the 49ers that he believes in the talent and leadership in the Seahawks’ locker room to carry them through to better days ahead. As for reasons behind his persisting optimism, he has loved the fight and resiliency exhibited by his players clawing back into each of the last three games after slow starts.

“I think in order to be great, it starts with a solid foundation,” Macdonald told reporters on Friday morning. “Probably outside the New York game, the effort and the physicality and the intent of how we’re playing is there. That’s a reason to be optimistic.”

To kick off three games in 10 days, Seattle fell behind 21-7 at halftime to Detroit, but Macdonald’s team fought back to within one score multiple times in the second half with chances to win. Six days later, they nearly erased a 10-point lead in the second half to New York, only for Jason Myers’ game-tying field goal attempt to be blocked by linebacker Isaiah Simmons.

Then on Thursday night, the 49ers looked to be on their way to a prime time laugher when Brock Purdy hooked up with George Kittle for a touchdown to open the second half, extending their lead to 23-3. But receiver Laviska Shenault followed up with a much-needed spark for the Seahawks by returning a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown and after making a defensive stop, Ken Walker III scored from a yard out, suddenly making it a six-point game late in the third quarter.

Unfortunately, digging such large holes by playing sloppy football with subpar execution on offense, defense, and special teams created what proved to be insurmountable deficits in all three of those games. Despite their resilient efforts in the second half, they never led in the final two quarters over the past three weeks, a sign of how close and yet still so far they are from getting to where they want to be drawing closer to the midpoint of the season.

With that being said, considering the Seahawks had a chance to win all of those games despite their litany of mistakes in all three phases that put them in an early bind, Macdonald’s faith in his team remains unwavering. Still with 11 games left to play, he’s bullish on players and coaches working in unison to fix the issues that have plagued them in the first six weeks and start playing their best ball as the team they aspire to become.

“We’re going to get there. We’re going to get to the point where we want to be. I think our guys are bought in, and they’re convinced of it. They’re going to be part of the solution, and it’s my job and the coaches’ job to make it come to life. We’re going to be resilient. We’re just going to do it. At some point, it’s going to happen. I hope it’s this week. We’ve got the guys and the resolve to make it come to life.”