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Seattle Kraken vs Dallas Stars: Is this the year for the Stars?
The Dallas Stars are hosting the Seattle Kraken at American Airlines Center on Saturday.
The Kraken are closing out a disappointing season
The Seattle Kraken are 11th in the Western Conference with a 33-32-13 record. They have won three of the last five games and are coming off a 3-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks. The Kraken are seventh in the league, allowing 2.80 goals per game, but only 29th in scoring 2.63 per contest. Jared McCann leads the team with 60 points so far in the season, followed by Oliver Bjorkstrand with 57.
Can the Stars stay on top of the West?
The Dallas Stars are on top of the Western Conference with a 50-21-9 record. They have won 10 of the last 12 games but are coming off a 3-0 loss to the Winnipeg Jets. The Stars are third in the league, scoring 3.63 goals per game, and tenth, allowing 2.88. Jason Robertson leads the team with 78 points, 12 more than Joe Pavelski, who is second.
Betting Trends
Dallas has won 5 of the last 6 games against Seattle. The Stars are 10-2 SU in their last 12 games overall, 13-2 SU in the last 15 games against teams from the Western Conference and 9-0 SU in the last nine games against teams from the Pacific Division. The Kraken are 5-11 SU in the last 16 games overall and 1-4 SU in the last five games against teams from the Central Division.
Prediction and Conclusion
The Stars have been playing constantly well the entire season and, in the last month, have climbed to the top of the Western Conference. That is a major success for the team from Texas, but they will have to keep pushing in order to keep the top seed going into the playoffs. They are playing really well in April, but it seems like they took a night off, losing to the Jets in the last one without scoring a goal. The Kraken were even worse, coming off a loss to the worst team in the league, the San Jose Sharks. The Kraken will probably play with their second unit most of the game, and that will make things even easier for the Stars, who are winning this one by covering the -1.5 puck line.
