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Seattle Kraken vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Thursday, October 15, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

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Prime Video · The Spot · KONG

Game preview

The Seattle Kraken visit the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena on Thursday, October 15, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on Prime Video, The Spot and KONG.

This is the first of 2 meetings between the teams this season.

In goal: Joey Daccord (3-1-0, .913 save percentage, 2.73 GAA) is projected to start for the Kraken; Andrei Vasilevskiy (3-2-0, .886 save percentage, 2.45 GAA) is projected to start for the Lightning.

Rest and travel

Kraken

Game 4 of a road trip: Detroit, Washington and Philadelphia, now Tampa Bay.

  1. 52026-10-05: no game
  2. 62026-10-06: vs VGK
  3. 72026-10-07: no game
  4. 82026-10-08: no game
  5. 92026-10-09: at DET
  6. 102026-10-10: no game
  7. 112026-10-11: at WSH
  8. 122026-10-12: no game
  9. 132026-10-13: at PHI
  10. 142026-10-14: no game
  11. 152026-10-15: at TBL
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~925 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~3,374 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+3 h
body clock vs home

Lightning

First home game after a 2-game road trip (NY Islanders and NY Rangers).

  1. 52026-10-05: vs PHI
  2. 62026-10-06: no game
  3. 72026-10-07: no game
  4. 82026-10-08: vs MIN
  5. 92026-10-09: no game
  6. 102026-10-10: at NYI
  7. 112026-10-11: no game
  8. 122026-10-12: no game
  9. 132026-10-13: at NYR
  10. 142026-10-14: no game
  11. 152026-10-15: vs SEA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~1,007 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,032 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Starting goalies

All games →

Lines from last game

Seattle KrakenKrakenTue, Oct 13 at PHI
  1. L1McCann#19Beniers#10Samoskevich#11
    11:29 together at 5v5
  2. L2Stephenson#9McMann#74Eberle#7
    9:30 together at 5v5
  3. L3Wright#51Catton#27Kakko#84
    9:18 together at 5v5
  4. L4Gaudreau#89Winterton#26Meyers#59
    8:39 together at 5v5
  1. D1Montour#62Evans#41
    18:46 together at 5v5
  2. D2Larsson#6Dunn#29
    14:34 together at 5v5
  3. D3Mahura#28Ottavainen#46
    8:47 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1McCann LStephenson CMcMann CEberle RDunn D1:39
  2. 2Beniers CCatton CKakko RSamoskevich RMontour D1:13

Penalty kill

  1. 1Gaudreau CMeyers CLarsson DDunn D1:16
  2. 2Gaudreau CWinterton CMontour DEvans D0:50
Tampa Bay LightningLightningTue, Oct 13 at NYR
  1. L1Girgensons#28Holmberg#29Mikheyev#95
    10:27 together at 5v5
  2. L2Point#21Goncalves#93Kucherov#86
    5:49 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewHagel#38Guentzel#59Geekie#94
    1:46 together at 5v5
  1. D1Carlson#74Moser#90
    12:15 together at 5v5
  2. D2D'Astous#51Crozier#24
    10:25 together at 5v5
  3. D3McDonagh#27Cernak#81
    8:50 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Hagel LGuentzel CPoint CKucherov RCarlson D2:13
  2. 2Cirelli CGoncalves CGeekie CHolmberg RD'Astous D0:50

Penalty kill

  1. 1Hagel LCirelli CHedman DCrozier D1:57
  2. 2Hagel LCirelli CMcDonagh DCernak D1:17

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

SEATBL

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

SEA 77% (most settled)TBL 57% (5th most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

SEA 1:43 left (15th latest · 18 pulls)TBL 2:04 left (5th earliest · 16 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

SEA 48.1s (14th shortest)TBL 49.1s (11th longest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

SEA 31% (14th most often)TBL 28% (12th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series