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The Kraken, who finished last in the Pacific Division as an expansion team last season, are in the thick of a playoff race for the first time. Seattle enters play Tuesday tied for first place in the Pacific with the Los Angeles Kings, on whom the Kraken have four games in hand.
The Kraken opened January with a franchise-record eight straight wins and finished the month 11-3-1. All three regulation losses were by three goals.
However, Seattle bounced back from a 5-2 defeat Jan. 27 to the visiting Calgary Flames and never trailed in a victory over the Blue Jackets the next night to close the first half of the season.
The Kraken began bolstering for the postseason chase on Sunday when they acquired defenseman Jaycob Megna from the San Jose Sharks for one of Seattle’s two fourth-round picks in the 2023 draft. In a career-best 48 games this season, Megna, 30, has one goal and 11 assists
In the span of a little over 24 hours, Bo Horvat met his new teammates, signed a deal with the New York Islanders through the 2030-31 season, and played in his first game with his new club.
On Tuesday night, he will head to his new home arena and will try to help the suddenly surging Islanders further steady themselves in the Eastern Conference wild-card race.
Horvat is slated to play his first home game in Elmont, N.Y., on Tuesday when the Islanders complete a back-to-back set by hosting the Seattle Kraken.
The Islanders returned from the All-Star break on Monday by edging the host Philadelphia Flyers 2-1. The Kraken last played on Jan. 28, when they beat the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1.
Horvat, whom the Islanders acquired from the Vancouver Canucks on Jan. 30, didn’t collect a point in his New York debut but had a team-high four shots on goal while playing 19:08, second most among Islanders forwards behind the 20:27 of his new linemate Mathew Barzal.
Horvat’s arrival didn’t immediately solve the offensive struggles for New York, which has three goals or less in 14 consecutive games. But a third straight win following a six-game losing streak vaulted the Islanders into a tie for the last wild-card spot with the Pittsburgh Penguins, though the Penguins have four games in hand.
Kraken projected lineup
Forwards
Jared McCann – Alex Wennberg – Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz – Matty Beniers – Andre Burakovsky
Eeli Tolvanen – Yanni Gourde – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Brandon Tanev – Ryan Donato – Daniel Sprong
Defencemen
Vince Dunn – Adam Larsson
Carson Soucy – Justin Schultz
Jamie Oleksiak – Will Borgen
Goalies
Martin Jones
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: Chris Driedger, Morgan Geekie
Injured: Joonas Donskoi (concussion)
Islanders projected lineup
Forwards
Josh Bailey – Bo Horvat – Mathew Barzal
Anders Lee – Brock Nelson – Kyle Palmieri
Zach Parise – Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Simon Holmstrom
Matt Martin – Casey Cizikas – Hudson Fasching
Defencemen
Adam Pelech – Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov – Scott Mayfield
Sebastian Aho – Noah Dobson
Goalies
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Samuel Bolduc, Ross Johnston, Parker Wotherspoon
Injured: Cal Clutterbuck (upper body), Oliver Wahlstrom (lower body)
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