SEA Kraken vs DET Red Wings Prediction: Betting on the home team to win

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on February 19. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Seattle is the youngest member of the NHL, which spends only its third season in the league, but by the current moment already has one run in the Stanley Cup. What's more, the year before, the Krakens not only made the playoffs, but also knocked off the reigning champion at the time. There's no doubt they'd like to make a run at the Cup, but so far they're outside the top-8. They failed in the early part of the championship, but at the turn of December and January they had a 9-match winning streak that allowed them to believe in themselves. Losses started to happen after that, but in their last two games, they beat the Islanders and Boston 2:1 and 4:1 respectively to move up to tenth place in the Western Conference.

Detroit has been in a rebuilding phase over the last few years, but last season we saw the core of a team capable of solving big problems in the foreseeable future. At that time, the club was just short of making the playoffs, but after that, the club's management has done a good job of strengthening the roster, and now the Wings clearly intend to be in the Cup Final Eight. They had a very productive debut in the regular season, then had a slump, but by January they managed to stabilise the situation, and so the Red and Whites started to collect points regularly. All of this helps them sit on the very edge of the playoff zone, so their chances of ultimate success are pretty good.

Seattle and Detroit's head-to-head rivalry has not yet developed a very impressive history, but certain conclusions can already be drawn. Only in the very first face-to-face meeting the Wings were able to win, and then four times in a row the Krakens were stronger. And now they are the favourites for the game, as they will host the opponent on their own ice, and they had two extra days to rest and recover, and the Red and White have been playing very mediocre on the road lately.

We have already noted that Seattle and Detroit have not had many head-to-head meetings, but every time they played very fun and productive. In total, the rivals have scored 37 goals in five meetings (7.40 average per game), which is a high number in itself. The Krakens have scored 21 goals (4.20 average per game), while the Red and White have 16 goals (3.20 average per game).