Seattle Kraken vs Philadelphia Flyers Prediction: Bright Game from the Flyers

Prediction for the NHL Seattle Kraken vs Philadelphia Flyers match will take place on February 17th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available. 

Seattle exists only for the second season, and the club intends to make it to the playoffs. The young team quickly did work on the mistakes and now shows promising results. The Kraken played especially powerfully in the first half of the regular season when they were in the league leaders' group, but they have slightly declined. In the last five meetings, Dave Hackstall's wards have won only one victory over Philadelphia – 4:3. Once again, they lost to Winnipeg on shootouts – 2:3, and three more times, they were left without points. Now Seattle ranks fifth in the Western Conference standings.

Philadelphia is an outsider in all recent NHL seasons, but the Flyers cheerfully started the regular season. It seemed that John Tortorella would bring another modest team to a new level, but the outbreak of activity turned out to be short-term. The Flyers were followed by unsuccessful series, and even now, they don't look the best. The Pennsylvanians have suffered six defeats in the last eight meetings, beating only Winnipeg and Edmonton – 4-0 and 2-1, respectively. Such a weak stretch led to the fact that Philadelphia has already fallen back to 14th place in the Eastern Conference standings, and the chances of reaching the playoffs are close to zero.

Seattle and Philadelphia are approaching the face-to-face confrontation, needing to be in better shape. At the same time, it should be understood that for the Kraken, the latest failures are local since they continue to be located in the playoff zone, but the Flyers fail the current regular season, having no real chance to break into the cup battles. Most recently, the rivals met at Wells Fargo Center, where Dave Hackstall's wards turned out to be more robust - 4:3. So, they should take two points in their native walls. 

Philadelphia is far from the most talented team in the league, and under the leadership of John Tortorella, we should not expect a bright game from the Flyers. It is also evidenced by statistics, according to which in the last six matches with the participation of the Pennsylvanians, only 22 goalkeeping took place (3.67 on average per game). Seattle is a more attacking team, but now the Kraken is not in the best shape, so it is more important for them to score two points pragmatically.