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Pacific Division · Est. 2021

Seattle Kraken

2025–26 · 34–37–11 · 79 pts · #6 Pacific

GM: Jason Botterill HC: Lane Lambert

Team xGF%

45.6

% · all situations · HighDanger xG

Identity

Tight-checking mediocrity

Treading water

Contention window

Stalled

5 seasons, no real direction

Coach

Lambert

Defensive identity install

Avg age · forwards

27.4

computed from roster

Team Identity

Tight-checking mediocrity · Treading water

Matty Beniers and Jared McCann still drive the offense but the Kraken missed the playoffs again, stuck in the same identity-less middle they've been in since their improbable 2023 second-round run. Defensive metrics are middle of the pack, the offense is middle of the pack, the prospect pool is middle of the pack, and Joey Daccord's goaltending was the only thing keeping them from being genuinely bad. Five seasons in and the Kraken still don't have a real star, a real direction, or a real reason to tune in, the most aggressively forgettable team in the NHL.

Cap situation · 2026-27

Cap committed

$86.51M

of $104.0M

Cap space

$17.49M

Players signed

24/23

1 over limit

Pending RFAs

team-controlled

Cap utilization83%

Lines · cap by group

Forwards15 signed · $47.14M committed

Line 1$18.39M

LW1Bobby McMann

$5.75M · thru 2032

78 GP · 29G · 17A · 46P

C1Matty Beniers

$7.14M · thru 2031 · NTC

82 GP · 20G · 30A · 50P

RW1Jordan Eberle

$5.5M · thru 2028 · NTC

80 GP · 26G · 29A · 55P

Line 2$6.84M

LW2Jared McCann

$5.0M · thru 2027 · NTC

52 GP · 20G · 20A · 40P

C2Shane Wright

$887K · thru 2027 · ELC

74 GP · 12G · 15A · 27P

RW2Berkly Catton

$954K · thru 2028 · ELC

66 GP · 7G · 10A · 17P

Line 3$14.62M

LW3Mackie Samoskevich

$3.85M · thru 2029

77 GP · 12G · 20A · 32P

C3Chandler Stephenson

$6.25M · thru 2031 · NMC

80 GP · 16G · 33A · 49P

RW3Kaapo Kakko

$4.53M · thru 2028

65 GP · 13G · 27A · 40P

Line 4$3.23M

LW4Ryan Winterton

$1.12M · thru 2028

68 GP · 4G · 14A · 18P

C4Frederick Gaudreau

$2.1M · thru 2028 · NTC

68 GP · 7G · 17A · 24P

Press Box$4.06M

52 GP · 7G · 8A · 15P

COscar Fisker Molgaard

$914K · thru 2028 · ELC

13 GP · 0G · 2A · 2P

Defense7 signed · $28.09M committed

Pair 1$12.6M

D1Vince Dunn

$7.35M · thru 2027 · NTC

81 GP · 11G · 33A · 44P

D2Adam Larsson

$5.25M · thru 2029 · NTC

82 GP · 7G · 18A · 25P

Pair 2$9.19M

D3Ryker Evans

$2.05M · thru 2027

67 GP · 8G · 9A · 17P

D4Brandon Montour

$7.14M · thru 2031 · NTC

64 GP · 11G · 21A · 32P

Pair 3$5.39M

D5Ryan Lindgren

$4.5M · thru 2030 · NTC

Press Box$908K

Goalies2 signed · $10.9M committed

G1Philipp Grubauer

$5.9M · thru 2027 · NTC

32 GP · 13-12-4 · .909 SV%

G2Joey Daccord

$5.0M · thru 2031 · NTC

47 GP · 20-20-6 · .897 SV%

Cap Charges$379K committed

BUYJoe Veleno

$379K · thru 2027 · Buyout

61 GP · 2G · 3A · 5P

5-year points history

Regular-season points, last five seasons.

Organization strength

Active NHL roster only. Bar = team vs league average (▼).

Forwards · 18 36.5

top Jared McCann (63.1) league 38.2 NHLe pts/82

Defense · 8 22.3

top Vince Dunn (44.5) league 24.7 NHLe pts/82

Goalies · 5 .907

top Matt Murray (0.9216) league .896 SV%

Injury report (0)

via CBS Sports

No injuries reported - offseason (updated in September).

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