{"id":498457,"date":"2026-03-11T18:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/498457\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:01:06","slug":"avalanche-vs-kraken-prediction-picks-march-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/498457\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche vs. Kraken Prediction &#038; Picks &#8211; March 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Avalanche (43-11-9) go on the road against the Seattle Kraken (29-25-9, losers of three straight) at Climate Pledge Arena. The contest on Thursday, March 12 starts at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1668&amp;pb=968385&amp;cid=N3oeTSC9Wq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for ESPN+ today<\/a> to watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>As hockey action continues, prepare for the matchup by checking out which team we project to win Thursday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 10 contests, the Kraken have gone 4-6-0 while putting up 26 goals against 31 goals given up. On 30 power-play opportunities during that span, they have scored five goals (16.7%).<\/p>\n<p>Avalanche vs. Kraken Predictions for Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projections model for this game calls for a final tally of Avalanche 4, Kraken 2.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Avalanche (-202)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Under 6.5 (computer predicts 5.9 goals on average)<br \/>\nSpread Pick: Avalanche (-1.5)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1648&amp;pb=968383&amp;cid=N3oeTSC9Wq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more streaming all season on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Avalanche Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Avalanche are 43-11-9 overall and 5-9-14 in overtime games.<br \/>\nColorado has 20 points (8-3-4) in the 15 games it has played that were decided by one goal.<br \/>\nLooking at the four times this season the Avalanche finished a game with only one goal, they have a 2-1-1 record, good for five points.<br \/>\nColorado has taken six points from the eight games this season when it scored a pair of goals (2-4-2 record).<br \/>\nThe Avalanche are 39-5-6 in the 50 games when they have scored three or more goals (to record 84 points).<br \/>\nIn the 19 games when Colorado has recorded a lone power-play goal, it went 14-1-4 to record 32 points.<br \/>\nWhen it has outshot opponents, Colorado is 33-8-7 (73 points).<br \/>\nThe Avalanche have been outshot by opponents in 12 games, going 9-3-0 to record 18 points.<br \/>\nKraken Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Kraken (29-25-9 overall) have posted a record of 6-9-15 in games that have gone to OT this season.<br \/>\nIn the 20 games Seattle has played that were decided by one goal, it racked up 25 points.<br \/>\nThis season the Kraken registered only one goal in eight games and they finished 0-7-1 in those matchups.<br \/>\nSeattle has eight points (2-10-4) when scoring two goals this season.<br \/>\nThe Kraken have earned 57 points in their 37 games with three or more goals scored.<br \/>\nThis season, Seattle has capitalized on a single power-play goal in 28 games has a record of 13-8-7 in those matchups.<br \/>\nWhen outshooting its opponent this season, Seattle is 6-10-2 (14 points).<br \/>\nThe Kraken have been outshot by opponents 41 times this season, and earned 49 points in those games.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NHL tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/67619?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2994&amp;pb=968393&amp;cid=N3oeTSC9Wq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Team Stats Comparison<\/p>\n<p>Avalanche vs. Kraken Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>When: Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 10 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV Channel: ESPN+<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1691&amp;pb=968373&amp;cid=N3oeTSC9Wq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nWhere: Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1684&amp;pb=968384&amp;cid=N3oeTSC9Wq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> to watch the Avalanche play Kraken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Avalanche (43-11-9) go on the road against the Seattle Kraken (29-25-9, losers of three straight) at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[144,833,5,4188,835,4,61,834,2686,234,5318],"class_list":{"0":"post-498457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-kraken","8":"tag-colorado-avalanche","9":"tag-ds-sports","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-kraken","12":"tag-men","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-nhl-predictions","15":"tag-professional","16":"tag-seattle","17":"tag-seattle-kraken","18":"tag-seattlekraken"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116211853277603467","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}