{"id":499182,"date":"2026-03-12T06:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/499182\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T06:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:02:22","slug":"avalanche-vs-kraken-prediction-picks-march-12-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/499182\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche vs. Kraken Prediction &#038; Picks &#8211; March 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Avalanche (43-11-9) hit the road against the Seattle Kraken (29-25-9, losers of three in a row) at Climate Pledge Arena. The contest on Thursday, March 12 begins 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>Get ready for this showdown with a look at who we predict will emerge with the victory in Thursday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 10 games, the Kraken are 4-6-0. They have put up 26 goals, while their opponents have scored 31. They have gone on the power play 30 times during that span, and have capitalized with five goals (16.7% of opportunities).<\/p>\n<p>Avalanche vs. Kraken Predictions for Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projection model for this game calls for a final result of Avalanche 4, Kraken 2.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Avalanche (-205)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: No Pick &#8211; Predicted Margin Negligible<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 have gone 5-9-14 in overtime matchups as part of an overall record of 43-11-9.<br \/>\nIn the 15 games Colorado has played that were decided by one goal, it has an 8-3-4 record (good for 20 points).<br \/>\nLooking at the four times this season the Avalanche ended a game with just 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 exactly two goals (2-4-2 record).<br \/>\nThe Avalanche have scored more than two goals in 50 games (39-5-6, 84 points).<br \/>\nIn the 19 games when Colorado has scored a single power-play goal, it registered 32 points after finishing 14-1-4.<br \/>\nWhen it has outshot its opponent, Colorado is 33-8-7 (73 points).<br \/>\nThe Avalanche have been outshot by opponents 12 times, and went 9-3-0 (18 points).<br \/>\nKraken Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Kraken have a 29-25-9 record this season and are 6-9-15 in games that have required overtime.<br \/>\nIn the 20 games Seattle has played that were decided by one goal, it racked up 25 points.<br \/>\nThis season the Kraken recorded only one goal in eight games and they finished 0-7-1 in those matchups.<br \/>\nWhen Seattle has scored exactly two goals this season, they&#8217;ve earned eight points (2-10-4 record).<br \/>\nThe Kraken have scored more than two goals 37 times, earning 57 points from those matchups (27-7-3).<br \/>\nThis season, Seattle has scored a lone power-play goal in 28 games and registered 33 points with a record of 13-8-7.<br \/>\nWhen outshooting its opponent this season, Seattle is 6-10-2 (14 points).<br \/>\nThe Kraken have been outshot by opponents in 41 games, going 22-14-5 to register 49 points.<\/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 square off against Kraken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Avalanche (43-11-9) hit the road against the Seattle Kraken (29-25-9, losers of three in a row)&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-499182","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\/116214690155321732","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499182","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=499182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499182\/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=499182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}