NHL Game Preview: Seattle Kraken at Calgary Flames with Line Combinations 12/18/2025

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Seattle Kraken (12-13-6, 30 pts) at Calgary Flames (13-17-4, 30 pts)

Date: Thursday, December 18
Time: 9:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/KHN/Prime/KING5/KONG/SN1/TVAS
Radio: Sports Radio KJR 93.3 FM/Sportsnet 960 AM

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Seattle Kraken News & Notes:

The Kraken dropped their third straight on Tuesday with a 5-3 loss to the Avalanche. They’re 1-6-0 in December, averaging 2.6 goals per game while allowing 4.6 goals per game.

Calgary Flames News and Notes:

The Flames suffered a 6-3 loss to the Sharks on Tuesday. They’re 4-3-0 in December, averaging 3.1 goals per game while allowing three goals per game.

Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:

Tolvanen-Stephenson-Gaudreau
Marchment-Beniers-Eberle
Nyman-Wright-Kakko
Winterton-Meyers-Melanson

Dunn-Larsson
Lindgren-Montour
Evans-Oleksiak

Daccord
Grubauer

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Calgary Flames Projected Lines:

Huberdeau-Frost-Coronato
Farabee-Kadri-Sharangovich
Zary-Backlund-Coleman
Lomberg-Beecher-Klapka

Bahl-Andersson
Kuznetsov-Weegar
Hanley-Brzustewicz

Wolf
Cooley

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Players To Watch:

Seattle Kraken

Shane Wright recorded three points in four games against the Flames last season, with one goal and two assists.

Calgary Flames

Morgan Frost faced the Kraken four times last season, once with the Flyers and three times with the Flames. He finished with three points on two goals and an assist.

Injury Report:

Seattle Kraken

G Matt Murray – IR
F Jaden Schwartz – IR
F Berkly Catton – Out
F Jaden McCann – Out

Calgary Flames:

F Martin Pospisil – IR
D Zayne Parekh – IR
F Samuel Honzek – IR
D Jake Bean – IR
F Mikael Backlund – DTD

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