{"id":137447,"date":"2023-05-15T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=137447"},"modified":"2023-05-15T08:40:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T12:40:18","slug":"nhl-predictions-may-15-kraken-vs-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/05\/15\/nhl-predictions-may-15-kraken-vs-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Predictions: May 15th with Seattle Kraken vs Dallas Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are happening and gives our predictions for each one, breaking down head-to-head and other factors that may play in. We also have a featured game of the day, which is considered must-watch TV. Today\u2019s featured game is the Seattle Kraken vs Dallas Stars. Keep checking our NHL predictions throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NHL Predictions<\/span><\/h2>\n

Seattle Kraken vs Dallas Stars<\/h3>\n

Series: Kraken 3-3 Stars<\/h4>\n

Our featured and only game of NHL predictions<\/a> has the upstart Kraken trying to get their second straight series upset<\/a>. Philipp Grubauer<\/a> is once again the projected starter<\/a> for Seattle. However, always check social media before locking in a daily fantasy starter. Experts keep doubting the Kraken, but the team finds ways to win. Goaltending and defence was a question at first, but Grubauer has answered the bell most times. Balance has been the key for Seattle when it comes to goal-scoring. Yanni Gourde<\/a> leads the team in points with 12 and three others have over 10 points. (Jordan Eberle<\/a>, Jaden Schwartz<\/a> and Justin Schultz<\/a>.) Offensive balance has been key to Seattle’s success and gives it a chance to come up with a goal from unlikely sources.<\/p>\n

Jake Oettinger<\/a> will likely get the start once again after getting chased in Game 6. Dallas has been inconsistent at times and has been hot-and-cold. Roope Hintz<\/a> is tied for the lead in goals with Joe Pavelski<\/a> with eight goals. Hintz also leads the team in points with 18 while Jason Robertson<\/a> is second with 12. However, the Stars have risen up to challenges before in the playoffs. Dallas found a way to beat<\/a> the Minnesota Wild despite missing Pavelski for the majority of the series. Oettinger has often give great performances after a bad outing.<\/p>\n

Game 7s are often tough to tell, but Dallas has the home-ice advantage and the last chance. Oettinger’s ability to recover from a bad game has also helped ad will come into play.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Stars win 4-2.<\/em><\/p>\n

Main photo by: Stephen Brashear-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are happening and gives our predictions for each one, breaking down head-to-head and other factors that may play in. We also have a featured game of the day, which is considered must-watch TV. Today\u2019s featured game is the Seattle Kraken vs Dallas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":137448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4524,29,4547,4548,5369],"tags":[6124,5343,7170],"class_list":["post-137447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl-predictions","category-stars","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-seattle-kraken","tag-dallas-stars-predictions","tag-seattle-kraken","tag-seattle-kraken-predictions"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}