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PuckCast Edge
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2026-27 forecast · Sat, Feb 20, 10:30 PM ET
Joey Daccord · 0.897 SV%
The preseason ratings make Los Angeles Kings 56.7% to win at home: a modest lean, worth 6.7 points over a coin flip, which grades B. Over a full season those same ratings project LAK for 90 points and SEA for 88.
A preseason forecast from each team's regressed rating and home ice, the ratings behind the projected standings. The full model read, with the starting goalies, rest and form, publishes within seven days of the game and replaces this page’s numbers. How this is calculated
PuckCast's preseason forecast gives Los Angeles Kings a 56.7% chance to win on Sat, Feb 20. The matchup detail follows.
LAK controlled play at 5v5 last season, 48.3% of the expected goals to 44.5%.
In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Joey Daccord (SEA) saved -18.4 goals above expected to Darcy Kuemper's -22.9, on save percentages of 0.897 and 0.891.
None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction, with confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market, publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. Los Angeles Kings over Seattle Kraken is where it starts, not where it ends.
No sportsbook has posted a price for this game yet. Prices usually appear roughly a week before puck drop.
No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.
SEA
Joey Daccord
47 games, 2025-26
LAK
Darcy Kuemper
50 games, 2025-26
| SEA | Metric | LAK |
|---|---|---|
| 44.5% | xGF% (5v5) | 48.3% |
| — | Shot share | — |
| — | Goals for / game | — |
| — | Goals against / game | — |
| — | Power play | — |
| — | Penalty kill | — |
| — | Faceoffs | — |
Seattle Kraken
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Matty Beniers | C | 21 | 31 | 51 |
 Jared McCann | L | 20 | 25 | 45 |
 Vince Dunn | D | 10 | 31 | 41 |
 Jordan Eberle | R | 16 | 23 | 39 |
Los Angeles Kings
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Artemi Panarin | L | 25 | 47 | 72 |
| Team | Proj. points | Playoff odds |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Kraken | 88 | 38.6% |
| Los Angeles Kings | 90 | 44.3% |
Forecast method preseason-elo-v1; ratings as of 2026-08-19.
Final scores from the graded ledger. A loss in overtime also reads L.
Last three seasons: LAK 5, SEA 6
| Date | Game | Final | Our pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | LAK @ SEA | LAK 5, SEA 3 | SEA missed |
| 2026-02-04 | SEA @ LAK | SEA 4, LAK 2 | LAK missed |
| 2025-12-23 | SEA @ LAK | SEA 3, LAK 2 | LAK missed |
| 2025-12-10 | LAK @ SEA | LAK 2, SEA 3 | LAK missed |
| 2025-04-15 | LAK @ SEA | LAK 6, SEA 5 | LAK hit |
| 2025-04-07 | SEA @ LAK | SEA 2, LAK 1 | LAK missed |
| 2025-01-18 | LAK @ SEA | LAK 2, SEA 4 | LAK missed |
| 2024-11-23 | SEA @ LAK | SEA 1, LAK 2 | LAK hit |
 Adrian Kempe | R | 27 | 31 | 58 |
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 Quinton Byfield | R | 22 | 31 | 52 |
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 Kevin Fiala | L | 22 | 28 | 50 |
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