Penguins vs Kraken Picks and Prediction – 3/1/2024

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The Pittsburgh Penguins return to the road Thursday night with a game out west and Seattle against the Seattle Kraken. Pittsburgh has 26 wins on the year riding a 2 game win streak into this matchup following a one goal victory against Philadelphia. The Pittsburgh offense has been mediocre the season averaging 2.98 goals on 33 shots per game but have averaged 5.5 goals over their last two outings. Defensively the Penguins have done the work giving up just 2.71 goals on 30 shots despite giving up six and their last outing. For other NHL news see our NHL Picks.

Tristan Jarry had troubles on the net for Pittsburgh giving up a .714 save percentage for allowing six goals on 21 shots but held on for the win after playing the full 60 minutes. Sidney Crosby led the way for the Pittsburgh offense with one goal and three assists in nearly 19 minutes on the ice. Bryan Rust chipped in two goals and one assist in almost 15 minutes. Rickard Rakell and Kris Letang each chipped in one goal and one assist to round out the Pittsburgh scoring.

Seattle stays at home Thursday night with 25 wins on the year following a one goal victory against Boston last time out. Offensively Seattle has been a bottom feeder within the league scoring just 2.76 goals on 29.1 shots per game. Offensively Seattle has had troubles overall this year allowing 2.85 goals per game.

Jared McCann leads the way for the Seattle offense with 46 points and a team high 25 goals on 146 shots. Vince Dunn leads the team with 32 assists overall. Joey Daccord is goalie #1 for Seattle with sixteen wins and a .919 save percentage on the year.