Seattle Kraken vs New York Rangers Pick and Prediction for Monday January 12 2026
Use Code WWWC The NHL action is taking place in New York at Madison Square Garden as the Rangers are hosting the Seattle Kraken. The game is slated to start at 7:00 PM EST with the puck drop. If you want to watch the game on television it is set to be aired on NHL Network. Make sure you are staying up on the NHL action with our free NHL picks.
Kraken Try To End Losing Skid
Seattle heads to the matchup with a slow, but steady 20-15-8 record overall. When playing on the road the Kraken have posted a 10-8-3 mark so far this year. The last game on the ice for Seattle was a 3-2 road loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.
The last game, the loss against the Hurricanes, seen the Kraken defense face a total of 34 shots in the game, of which 3 made it to the back of the net. The Kraken for their part were only able to counter with a total of 12 shots. The Kraken were the more physical team with 25 hits versus the Hurricanes 16 hits. Seattle did end up losing the draw more in the game with only 44.3% of the faceoffs won. Seattle did end up getting 7 takeaways in the game, but had 18 giveaways.
Seattle on the year has ended up getting only 2.74 goals per game on the year while getting a total of 25.8 shots per game. Defensively the Kraken have faced a total of 29.7 shots per game on average while giving up 2.84 goals per game. The power play for Seattle is somewhat impressive with 22.8% conversion and the penalty kill has struggled at times with only 70.9% of the power plays killed off.
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On the injury report the Kraken are looking at Jordan Eberle being listed as day to day and he is the leading scorer. The Kraken also have Chandler Stephenspon on injured reserve with a potential return date of this game, but Max McCormick will be out until next season.
Struggling Rangers Try To Right The Ship
New York is coming to this game here with a 20-20-6 record on the year overall. Madison Square Garden has been a hard place for the Rangers to win at with a 5-11-4 record. The Rangers last game was an embarrassing road loss to the Boston Bruins by a score of 10-2.
The losing effort did not see a major offensive let down for the Rangers has they ended up getting a total of 29 shots in the game. However, the defense was downright horrible giving up 10 goals on 34 shots faced. The Rangers were also the less physical team in the game with 27 hits versus the Bruins 29 hits. Oddly, New York did end up winning the face off battle in the game with 51.6% of the draws coming to New York. The Ranger only managed to get 5 takeaways in the game, but had a total of 20 giveaways, which must be avoided in this game if the Rangers want to win the game.
The Rangers on the season have ended up getting only 2.57 goals per game on 25.9 shots. Defensively the Rangers have played good for how poor the offensive performance has been on the year with 28.5 shots faced and only 2.94 goals per game allowed. The Rangers have done a little bit worse than the Kraken on the power play converting at 22.1% on the season, but the penalty kill is markedly better killing of 79.7% of the power plays faced.
The injury report for New York is showing Adam Fox out until the end of January, as is Adam Edstrom. Conor Sheary is also listed as out until the 14th. The Rangers will also be missing Conor Sheary who is out until January 26.
New York Rangers vs Seattle Kraken Picks
Rangers vs Kraken Moneyline Pick
- New York Rangers -148
The Rangers are not that strong of a home team on the season, but the Kraken are struggling to get shots on goal recently. Look at the last result and and you can see just how horrible the Kraken were in getting the shots off. The Rangers for their part looked like they had a good offensive effort in the loss to the Bruins, but the defense really slacked off. Look for the Rangers to tighten up defensively in this game here and be able to secure a rare home win in this game.
Rangers vs Kraken Total Pick
- Under 5.5
I do not see either one of these teams being able to play great offensively in the game here. The Kraken offense is not getting a lot of shots ripped off in the games recently and even those are not on the net. The Rangers for their part looked downright horrible in their last game and the Rangers defense should step back into this game here and keep a far weaker Kraken offense in check in the game here.
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