Kraken vs Blue Jackets Picks and Prediction – 1/10/2025

The Seattle Kraken are going to face the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday evening at 7:00 PM EST in Columbus. The game is taking place at Nationwide Arena and is being aired on ESPN+. Get ready for the NHL action with our NHL Picks.

Seattle has started to slump in their last 5 games posting a 2-2-1 record. The last game for the Seattle team was a loss to the New Jersey Devils at home by a score of 3-2. The loss for the Kraken dropped them to a record of 17-21-3 on the year overall. 

The offense for the Kraken have managed to get a total of 2.85 goals per game, but those come off of only 26.6 shots per game. Defensively the Kraken have allowed 3.12 goals per game on th year and have faced only 28.4 shots per game. The power play for Seattle is converting at a clip of 18.6% on the year, but the penalty kill for the Kraken is not playing that bad either killing off 79.1% of the power plays faced.

The Blue Jackets have been streaky over their last 5 games as well posting a 3-2-0 record. The last game was  win over the Saint Louis Blues in a very high scoring game with a final score of 6-4. The win did move Columbus to a record of 18-17-6 on the year overall.

The offense for Columbus has been getting 30.1 shots per game, but have managed to get only 3.37 goals per game. The defense for the Blue Jackets has allowed 3.61 goals per game, but have faced a total of only 29 shots per game. The power play for the Columbus Blue Jackets is converting at a clip of 23.9% on the year, but the penalty kill has killed off 72.9% of the power plays faced on the year.

Seattle has struggled as of late and that was at home and in this game the Kraken are on the road to face the Blue Jackets. That is going to make it even more of a challenge for the Kraken who have not played that great on the road. Look for the offense from the Blue Jackets to be able to play great in this game and secure the win in this game here as the Kraken struggle to score goals like they have recently. Final Score Prediction, Columbus Blue Jackets win 4-2.