The Seattle Kraken and Ottawa Senators meet Thursday in NHL action at the Canadian Tire Centre. The Seattle Kraken need a win after losing 10 of their last 11 games. The Ottawa Senators need a win after losing eight of their last 11 games.

The Seattle Kraken are averaging 2.6 goals per game and are scoring on 14.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Jared McCann leads Seattle with 21 goals, Yanni Gourde has 21 assists and Jordan Eberle has 121 shots on goal. Defensively, the Seattle Kraken are allowing 3.6 goals per game and are killing 74 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Philipp Grubauer has given up 128 goals on 1,132 shots faced, and Chris Driedger has allowed 49 goals on 438 shots.

The Ottawa Senators are averaging 2.6 goals per game and are scoring on 17.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Josh Norris leads Ottawa with 20 goals, Thomas Chabot has 26 assists and Brady Tkachuck has 189 shots on goal. Defensively, the Ottawa Senators are allowing 3.2 goals per game and are killing 80.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Anton Forsberg has allowed 64 goals on 811 shots faced, and Filip Gustavsson has allowed 45 goals on 432 shots.

The Kraken are 6-21 in their last 27 road games and 14-37 in their last 51 overall. The Senators are 1-6 in their last 7 home games and 1-5 in their last 6 overall. The over is 9-4 in Kraken last 13 overall. The under is 21-7 in Senators last 28 overall.

I’m not running to the window to back either of these teams, but if forced to pick, I’d have to side with the Ottawa Senators because of the home ice. The Seattle Kraken have shown us time and time again how tough they are to back due to a poor defense, and those issues are only magnified on the road. I’ll continue to fade the Kraken. Give me the Senators and the cheap price.