St. Louis Blues at Seattle Kraken 10/19/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The St. Louis Blues look for their second consecutive victory to open the season when visiting the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday. St. Louis is 1-0-0 with two points following its 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets last Saturday. Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals, while Jake Neighbours and Ivan Barbashev scored goals just 20 seconds apart during the third period for St Louis in the victory, while Jordan Binnington made 23 saves for the Blues.

Vladimir Tarasenko is leading St Louis in goals scored with two and is tied with Brayden Schenn and Pavel Buchnevich in points with two apiece. Schenn is the leader in assists with two. In goal, Jordan Binnington is 1-0-0 with a goals against average of 2.00 and save percentage of .920. St Louis scores an average of 5.00 goals per game and allows an average of 2.00 goals per game. The Blues’ power play scores 33.3% of the time and its penalty-kill unit is successful 100% of the time.

Seattle looks to snap a two-game losing streak when hosting St Louis on Wednesday. Seattle is 1-2-1 with two points following its 5-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night. Andre Burakovsky scored the only goal of the game for Seattle. The Kraken were out shot by Carolina 34-23. Seattle goalie Philipp Grubauer made 29 saves in the loss.

Left wing Andre Burakovsky is leading Seattle in goals scored with two, assists with three and points with five. In goal, Philipp Grubauer is 0-1-1 with a goals against average of 4.27 and save percentage of .851. Seattle scores an average of 2.75 goals per game and allows an average of 4.00 goals per game. Seattle's power-play scores 33.3% of the time and its penalty-kill unit is successful 58.8% of the time.