St. Louis Blues (24-20-2, fifth in the Central Division) vs. Seattle Kraken (20-18-9, fifth in the Pacific Division)
Seattle; Friday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues visit the Seattle Kraken looking to extend a three-game win streak.
Seattle is 10-9-3 in home games and 20-18-9 overall. The Kraken have gone 17-2-6 in games they score three or more goals.
St. Louis is 24-20-2 overall and 10-12-1 on the road. The Blues have gone 18-3-1 when scoring three or more goals.
The teams meet Friday for the second time this season. The Blues won the previous meeting 2-1 in a shootout.
TOP PERFORMERS: Oliver Bjorkstrand has scored 12 goals with 24 assists for the Kraken. Jared McCann has five goals and five assists over the last 10 games.
Robert Thomas has 16 goals and 33 assists for the Blues. Brandon Saad has scored four goals with one assist over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Kraken: 6-4-0, averaging 3.4 goals, 5.7 assists, 2.8 penalties and 7.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game.
Blues: 6-3-1, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.8 assists, 3.3 penalties and 7.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.5 goals per game.
INJURIES: Kraken: Matty Beniers: out (upper body), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare: out (leg).
Blues: Kasperi Kapanen: out (lower body), Justin Faulk: day to day (lower body), Anton Malmstrom: out (undisclosed), Josh Jacobs: out (undisclosed).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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