Flyers vs Kraken

With Konecny, Trevor Zegras, Matvei Michkov and Sean Couturier all active and driving a deep Flyers forward group, Philadelphia’s current roster looks more intact than Seattle’s, which is still without Jared McCann, Jaden Schwartz and Brandon Montour and has Vince Dunn listed day-to-day on the back end. The Flyers come out of the break on a two-game winning streak after handling Vancouver and Chicago, while the Kraken have impressively strung together three straight road wins to claw back to 15-14-6, so form is strong on both sides. Philadelphia already handled Seattle 5-2 at home in October, and Konecny has historically produced well against the Kraken, while one of Seattle’s best Flyers-killers, McCann, won’t be available to exploit his 7-11-18 career line vs Philadelphia. Between the Flyers’ more complete top six, a healthier blue line relative to Seattle’s, and Joey Daccord’s merely average career numbers against Philly, laying -130 on the road side is reasonable, though not a smash spot given the Kraken’s recent surge and home-ice edge. I’ll play Flyers moneyline at -130 for a B-grade recommendation, expecting their depth and five-on-five game to carry a tight decision. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 28/12/2025 09:37.

Both teams come in scoring well enough that 5.5 feels a touch light: the Flyers put up 5 and 3 goals in their last two before the break and have their top offensive pieces available outside of long-term absentee Tyson Foerster, while Seattle has found another gear with three straight wins of 4, 3 and 3 goals on the road. The Kraken power play has heated up over the past couple of weeks, and Philadelphia’s addition of Zegras has lifted their puck movement and shot generation on the man advantage, which matters against a Seattle blue line missing Montour and likely leaning heavily on depth defenders if Dunn isn’t 100 percent. Joey Daccord’s seasonal line (around a 2.8 GAA and .900s save percentage) is solid but not shutdown, and this matchup already produced seven total goals in their October meeting, with both sides creating off the rush. With streaking scorers on both benches and a somewhat banged-up Kraken defense, I like Over 5.5 at -115 and grade it B+, expecting a 4-2 or 4-3 type of script rather than a grindy 2-1. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 28/12/2025 09:37.

Seattle has lived in one-goal territory all season with a 15-14-6 record built on a pile of OT/SO games and tight regulation results, and their current three-game win streak has featured exactly the kind of structured, low-margin hockey that tends to keep the puckline in play even against stronger rosters. The injury list is ugly — McCann, Schwartz and Montour on IR and Dunn day-to-day — but Matty Beniers, Jordan Eberle and Eeli Tolvanen are still generating enough offense to complement a goaltending tandem that has stabilized after a rough mid-December stretch, and the Kraken have already shown they can hang with elite opponents at Climate Pledge despite those absences. On the other side, the Flyers are playing well but may be without key minute-eater Travis Sanheim (concussion protocol) on a long West Coast swing, which raises the chances of a late Seattle push keeping this inside a two-goal margin even if Philadelphia edges the result. I expect a close game more often than not, so Kraken +1.5 makes sense as a way to align with that script, but at a steep -240 price the value is modest; I’ll tag this as a C+ recommendation and prioritize moneyline and total before touching the puckline. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 28/12/2025 09:37.