{"id":536859,"date":"2026-04-02T16:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536859\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:41:19","slug":"utah-favored-to-win-thursdays-nhl-matchup-4-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536859\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah favored to win Thursday’s NHL matchup [4\/2\/2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Seattle Kraken and Utah Mammoth will lock horns in the NHL at Climate Pledge Arena on Thursday, starting at 10:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n

Based on updated simulations, Dimers’ proven NHL model gives the Mammoth a slight edge with a 54% win probability over the Kraken.<\/p>\n

This article offers further insights into Thursday’s Mammoth vs. Kraken<\/a> matchup, including projected goal scorers, best bets and player prop picks.<\/p>\n

Mammoth vs. Kraken prediction: Who will win and cover?<\/p>\n

Using powerful machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday’s NHL matchup between the Mammoth and the Kraken, forming part of our NHL predictions<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n

Our independent predictive model gives the Mammoth a 54% chance of beating the Kraken.<\/p>\n

According to our model, the Kraken (+1.5) have a 68% chance of covering the puck line, while the 6.5-goal over\/under has a 56% chance of staying under.<\/p>\n

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Mammoth vs. Kraken odds<\/p>\n

We have sourced the best NHL odds<\/a> in America for this game, which are listed here:<\/p>\n

Bet Type
\nMammoth
\nKraken<\/p>\n

Puck Line
\n-1.5 (+180)
\n+1.5 (-210)<\/p>\n

Moneyline
\n-134
\n+115<\/p>\n

Total
\no6.5 (+110)
\nu6.5 (-130)<\/p>\n

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Mammoth vs. Kraken picks and best bet<\/p>\n

After matching our predictions against the best available odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Kraken and Utah Mammoth will lock horns in the NHL at Climate Pledge Arena on Thursday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[5,4188,4,2686,234,5318],"class_list":{"0":"post-536859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-kraken","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-kraken","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-seattle","12":"tag-seattle-kraken","13":"tag-seattlekraken"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116336112381992655","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536859","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=536859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}