Kraken vs Lightning Picks and Prediction – 2/23/2025

The Seattle Kraken go on the road Sunday night with a game in Tampa Bay, Florida against the Tampa Bay Lightning. For other NHL news see our NHL Picks. Seattle has a record of 24-33 this season and they are on a one game winning streak following their win against the Calgary Flames. Offensively Seattle has been average scoring 2.95 goals per game this season. Defensively the Kraken have been below average allowing 3.16 goals per games played. Jared McCann leads the way for the Seattle offense with 42 points this season. Chandler Stephenson leads the team with 30 assists so far. Jaden Schwartz leads the Kraken with 18 goals on 130 shots taken. Joey Daccord is the top goalie for Seattle this season with 19 wins and 38 outings carrying a .916 save percentage. The Kraken will be playing in a back-to-back road game on Sunday.

Tampa Bay stays at home Sunday night and has been above average this season with a 31-24 record on a four game winning streak following their win against the Montreal Canadiens. Offensively Tampa Bay has been good scoring 3.56 goals per game. Defensively the Lightning have been above average allowing 2.76 goals per game so far this season. Nikita Kucherov leads the way for the Tampa Bay offense with 82 points and 57 assists this year. Braydon Point leads the team with 31 goals on 129 shots. Andrei Vasilevskiy is the top goalie for Tampa Bay so far with 25 wins and 43 outings carrying a .919 save percentage. 

The Seattle Kraken come into this matchup on a one game winning streak, but are only 1-2 in their last three games played in Tampa. The Kraken are 11-15 away from home this year and may be starting their back up goaltender Ales Stezka in this second of a back-to-back game. Tampa Bay are on a four game winning streak and will be looking to separate themselves in the final wild card race. The Lightning are 6-1 against the Kraken in the last seven games played and will get the job done at home on Sunday night. Final Score prediction, Tampa Bay wins 4-2.