Seattle faces New York on 4-game slide

New York Islanders (18-20-7, sixth in the Metropolitan) vs. Seattle Kraken (16-32-4, eighth in the Pacific)

Seattle; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EST

LINE: Kraken +124, Islanders -146; over/under is 5.5

BOTTOM LINE: Seattle enters the matchup with New York as losers of four in a row.

The Kraken are 9-16-2 at home. Seattle averages 8.8 penalty minutes per game, the eighth-most in the Western Conference. Jeremy Lauzon leads the team serving 56 total minutes.

The Islanders have gone 8-10-3 away from home. New York is last in the NHL recording 28.9 shots per game.

In their last matchup on Feb. 2, Seattle won 3-0. Jared McCann recorded a team-high 2 points for the Kraken.

TOP PERFORMERS: Carson Soucy leads the Kraken with a plus-seven in 35 games this season. McCann has five goals and three assists over the last 10 games for Seattle.

Brock Nelson leads the Islanders with 17 goals and has 26 points. Mathew Barzal has 7 points over the last 10 games for New York.

LAST 10 GAMES: Kraken: 3-7-0, averaging 2.3 goals, 3.9 assists, 2.9 penalties and 6.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game with an .900 save percentage.

Islanders: 3-6-1, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.7 assists, 2.4 penalties and 5.4 penalty minutes while allowing 2.7 goals per game with a .911 save percentage.

INJURIES: Kraken: Brandon Tanev: out for season (lower body), Jaden Schwartz: out (upper body).

Islanders: Semyon Varlamov: out (health protocols), Oliver Wahlstrom: day to day (upper body).

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