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Seattle Kraken vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena

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Prime Video · KONG · SCRIPPS

Game preview

The Seattle Kraken visit the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday, October 17, 2026, with puck drop at 6:00 PM ET. The game is on Prime Video, KONG and SCRIPPS.

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

Rest and travel

Kraken

Game 5 of a road trip: Detroit, Washington, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay, now Florida.

  1. 72026-10-07: no game
  2. 82026-10-08: no game
  3. 92026-10-09: at DET
  4. 102026-10-10: no game
  5. 112026-10-11: at WSH
  6. 122026-10-12: no game
  7. 132026-10-13: at PHI
  8. 142026-10-14: no game
  9. 152026-10-15: at TBL
  10. 162026-10-16: no game
  11. 172026-10-17: at FLA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~179 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~3,554 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+3 h
body clock vs home

Panthers

Another game at home.

  1. 72026-10-07: no game
  2. 82026-10-08: no game
  3. 92026-10-09: no game
  4. 102026-10-10: vs MIN
  5. 112026-10-11: no game
  6. 122026-10-12: at BUF
  7. 132026-10-13: at CBJ, second of a back-to-backB2B
  8. 142026-10-14: no game
  9. 152026-10-15: vs VAN
  10. 162026-10-16: no game
  11. 172026-10-17: vs SEA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
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.

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
Florida PanthersPanthersTue, Oct 13 at CBJ
  1. L1Vilmanis#95Luostarinen#27Lundell#15
    9:55 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewEller#20Verhaeghe#23Reinhart#13
    9:43 together at 5v5
  3. L3Tkachuk#19Tkachuk#8Bennett#9
    7:58 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewImama#14Lafferty#18Hathaway#21
    7:54 together at 5v5
  1. D1Ekblad#5Forsling#42
    12:58 together at 5v5
  2. D2Jones#3Mikkola#77
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulikov#7Balinskis#26
    11:24 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Tkachuk LTkachuk LVerhaeghe CReinhart CJones D4:55
  2. 2Eller CBennett CLuostarinen CLundell CEkblad D2:58

Penalty kill

  1. 1Luostarinen CLundell CEkblad DForsling D0:57
  2. 2Eller CHathaway RJones DMikkola D0:37

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

SEAFLA

Settled lines

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

SEA 77% (most settled)FLA 72% (7th most settled)
← 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)FLA 2:30 left (2nd earliest · 15 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

SEA 48.1s (14th shortest)FLA 47.4s (10th shortest)
← 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)FLA 27% (10th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series