Seattle Kraken vs Calgary Flames

Calgary gets a very slight lean in a close preseason matchup, with the Flames at 51% to Seattle’s 49%. The strongest case for CGY is situational: Calgary is at home, where it went 23-18 last regular season, while Seattle was 15-26 on the road. The Flames also return from a 156-day gap between scheduled starts, whereas Seattle is playing on consecutive ET game days after a 4-2 win over Vancouver less than a day earlier. That rest edge is meaningful, but it is offset by Seattle’s sharper opening performance: the Kraken produced 30 shots and scored four goals in their first preseason game. Expect a tightly contested game, with no convincing separation.