Boston Bruins vs Seattle Kraken

The Bruins roll into Seattle on a two-game road heater after stabilizing a season that recently included a seven-game skid, while the Kraken have ripped off a 7-1-1 run powered by sharp goaltending from Joey Daccord and Philipp Grubauer and a home-ice push that’s pulled them back into the fringes of the Western playoff race. Boston is still leaning heavily on David Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie at five-on-five and on the power play, but the continued absence of Hampus Lindholm and the lingering status questions around Henri Jokiharju and Tanner Jeannot leave their blue line thinner than ideal for a third straight road game, especially against a Seattle top six featuring Jordan Eberle, Matty Beniers, Chandler Stephenson and Jared McCann that has been driving much of this surge. Recent head-to-heads also lean subtly toward Seattle’s matchup profile: the Kraken have taken three of the last four meetings and have shown they can both win tight and pull away at home, even in games where Pastrnak has gone off (including his hat trick in Seattle last season). With both teams hovering around midseason bubble-watch territory and Seattle’s playoff odds still lagging Boston’s, the urgency edge plus a rested Grubauer/Daccord tandem at home makes the short plus money on the Kraken slightly more attractive than laying a road favorite price with a still-volatile Bruins side. I’d play Seattle on the moneyline at 105 down to an implied edge in the low-50% range and grade it a B+ for a solid but not elite combination of win probability and value. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 06/01/2026 10:00. ([espn.com](https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/schedule/_/name/bos/boston-bruins))

At first glance a total of 6 looks modest given Boston’s recent offensive spike — driven by Pastrnak’s 46 points in 37 games and Geekie’s 25 goals in 42 — and the defensive hit from Lindholm’s absence, but Seattle’s profile and the matchup history both lean toward a lower-tempo game landing on 5 or a push at 6. The Kraken are winning right now by suffocating structure and goaltending more than raw firepower, sitting near the top of the league in five-on-five goals against while leaning on a rotation where both Daccord and a resurgent Grubauer are posting strong underlying numbers, and their recent schedule is littered with 3-1, 3-2 and 4-1 type finals. Three of the last four meetings between these teams have finished with 5 or fewer goals in regulation, and even the one outlier came via a 4-3 shootout that needed extra time to clear this number, which fits the eye test of Boston trying to grind through Seattle’s layered neutral-zone looks rather than trading rush chances. With the Over juiced at -125 and the Under sitting at -110, the price break combines with both teams’ propensity for one-goal, goalie-driven games — and Seattle’s playoff-life-on-the-line style — to tilt this toward an Under lean; I’ll take Under 6 at -110 with a B grade, expecting a 3-2 or 4-2 type final more often than a true track meet. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 06/01/2026 10:00. ([espn.com](https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/stats/_/name/bos/boston-bruins))

Given how often both of these teams end up in tight finishes, the puckline market points more naturally toward taking the home dog with a goal and a half, even at a steep -225 price, rather than laying -190 on the Bruins to win by multiple goals on the road. Seattle has already piled up seven overtime or shootout losses and has been living in one-goal territory all year, while Boston’s own schedule is full of OT/SO results and narrow wins, including their current two-game streak in Western Canada where Jeremy Swayman had to be excellent just to eke out victories in Edmonton and Vancouver. Factor in the Bruins’ blue-line attrition without Lindholm, Seattle’s still-physical top four with Vince Dunn, Adam Larsson and Jamie Oleksiak in front of a confident Grubauer/Daccord tandem, and the matchup history that’s seen Kraken-Bruins games decided by one or two goals with regularity, and protecting against a close Boston win while still getting paid is more appealing than chasing the big road blowout. The price on Seattle +1.5 is heavy enough that the expected return is modest, but in a game that profiles as playoff-intensity, low margin and goaltending-driven, I still prefer that side of the puckline and grade it a B-, suitable as a parlay piece or small straight bet rather than a core position. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 06/01/2026 10:00. ([espn.com](https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/schedule/_/name/bos/boston-bruins))