Tip: Dallas takes on Seattle as the second round starts tonight!

Seattle Kraken visits American Airlines Center and Dallas Stars on Tuesday night at 09:30 PM ET.

Dallas Stars-Seattle Kraken

Tight affairs in the two team’s previous series

Dallas Stars defeated Minnesota Wild by 4-2, and it was tight affairs between the two green-clad teams as the six games ended up like this:

• Dallas Stars-Minnesota Wild 2-3 after overtime
• Dallas Stars-Minnesota Wild 7-3
• Minnesota Wild- Dallas Stars 5-1
• Minnesota Wild- Dallas Stars 2-3
• Dallas Stars-Minnesota Wild 4-0
• Minnesota Wild- Dallas Stars 1-4

Only two of six game ended up with six goals or more, and if we are looking into their opponent’s previous series, it is even tighter.

Seattle Kraken made an impressive series against the reigning champions Colorado Avalanche which they defeated over a seven game series, and it was some tight games between Seattle and Colorado, as the seven games ended up like this:

• Colorado Avalanche-Seattle Kraken 1-3
• Colorado Avalanche-Seattle Kraken 3-2
• Seattle Kraken-Colorado Avalanche 4-6
• Seattle Kraken-Colorado Avalanche 3-2 after overtime
• Colorado Avalanche-Seattle Kraken 2-3
• Seattle Kraken-Colorado Avalanche 1-4
• Colorado Avalanche-Seattle Kraken 1-2

Of seven games, only one ended up with six goals or more.

Two strong defenses

As I brought up before the first game between Colorado and Seattle, Seattle has their strongest side in the defensive game. If look to the regular season, it was just Carolina Hurricanes that conceded fewer shots on goal than the Kraken and the goaltending situation, that was a concern ahead of the playoffs, is forgotten as Philipp Grubauer has been splendid between the posts so far in the playoffs. At the other side of the ice, we have a Dallas Stars that are one of the defensively best in the league. During the regular season, it was just Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes that conceded fewer goals and the Stars was among the teams that conceded the fewest amount of goal scoring chances per game. The same could be seen from the both teams in the series against Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche, as the Stars and Kraken both conceded a bit under three goals per game.

Offensive key players questionable

Ahead of tonight’s game, we have some offensively key players still questionable. It is the home team’s Joe Pavelski and the visitor’s Jared McCann and Andre Burakovsky that are questionable for tonight’s game. Both Pavelski and McCann were injured during the series while Andre Burakovsky was injured before the playoffs started.

Conclusion and prediction

Dallas Stars and Seattle Kraken is set to battle tonight when the second round of the playoffs is about to start. I think that the game in American Airlines Center probably will become a game with a low amount of goals as the two teams has their strengths in the defensively game and coming from series were a low amount of goals has been scored. In addition to that, three offensive key players are questionable as Joe Pavelski, Jared McCann and Andre Burakovsky has been injured and unavailable in the previous games.

Based on the conditions, I think that this game will contain a maximum of five goals.

My betting tip for this game is therefore:

Under 5.5 Goals (Regular time) @ -122 at Unibet