Seattle Kraken (22-21-10, sixth in the Pacific Division) vs. Boston Bruins (32-11-10, first in the Atlantic Division)
Boston; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins host the Seattle Kraken after the Kraken took down the New York Islanders 2-1 in a shootout.
Boston has a 32-11-10 record overall and a 17-6-4 record in home games. The Bruins have gone 31-3-5 when scoring at least three goals.
Seattle has an 11-12-6 record in road games and a 22-21-10 record overall. The Kraken have a -7 scoring differential, with 143 total goals scored and 150 given up.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season between the two teams.
TOP PERFORMERS: Charlie Coyle has 18 goals and 26 assists for the Bruins. David Pastrnak has seven goals and nine assists over the past 10 games.
Vince Dunn has eight goals and 31 assists for the Kraken. Jared McCann has five goals and seven assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 6-3-1, averaging 3.6 goals, 5.6 assists, 4.1 penalties and 10.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game.
Kraken: 3-6-1, averaging 2.2 goals, 3.8 assists, 3.3 penalties and 8.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game.
INJURIES: Bruins: Milan Lucic: out (personal), Matthew Poitras: out (shoulder).
Kraken: Brian Dumoulin: day to day (lower body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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