2025–26 Seattle Kraken season

2025–26 Seattle Kraken
DivisionPacific
ConferenceWestern
2025–26 record12–13–6
Home record7–7–3
Road record5–6–3
Goals for77
Goals against98
Team information
General managerJason Botterill
CoachLane Lambert
CaptainJordan Eberle
Alternate captainsMatty Beniers
Adam Larsson
Jaden Schwartz
ArenaClimate Pledge Arena
Minor league affiliatesCoachella Valley Firebirds (AHL)
Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsJordan Eberle (10)
AssistsMatty Beniers
Vince Dunn (14)
PointsJordan Eberle (20)
Penalty minutesRyan Lindgren (37)
Plus/minusJosh Mahura (+7)
WinsJoey Daccord (8)
Goals against averageMatt Murray (2.21)

The 2025–26 Seattle Kraken season is the fifth season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. They play their home games at Climate Pledge Arena.

This is the first season of Lane Lambert being the Kraken's head coach, as he replaced Dan Bylsma at the position on May 29, 2025.[1]

Background

2024–25 season

After the end of the season (April–June)

Off-season

Preseason

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Vegas Golden Knights 32 16 6 10 12 97 92 +5 42
2 Anaheim Ducks 35 20 13 2 12 124 120 +4 42
3 Edmonton Oilers 35 17 12 6 12 119 119 0 40
4 Los Angeles Kings 34 15 10 9 10 88 90 −2 39
5 San Jose Sharks 35 17 15 3 9 105 118 −13 37
6 Calgary Flames 35 14 17 4 11 91 105 −14 32
7 Vancouver Canucks 34 14 17 3 10 96 113 −17 31
8 Seattle Kraken 32 12 14 6 7 79 102 −23 30
Updated to game(s) played on December 19, 2025. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 PA Los Angeles Kings 34 15 10 9 10 88 90 −2 39
2 PA San Jose Sharks 35 17 15 3 9 105 118 −13 37
3 CE Utah Mammoth 37 17 17 3 13 112 108 +4 37
4 CE St. Louis Blues 36 13 15 8 13 88 125 −37 34
5 CE Winnipeg Jets 34 15 17 2 13 100 103 −3 32
6 CE Chicago Blackhawks 34 13 15 6 12 94 105 −11 32
7 PA Calgary Flames 35 14 17 4 11 91 105 −14 32
8 PA Vancouver Canucks 34 14 17 3 10 96 113 −17 31
9 PA Seattle Kraken 32 12 14 6 7 79 102 −23 30
10 CE Nashville Predators 33 13 16 4 9 93 115 −22 30
Updated to game(s) played on December 19, 2025. Source: National Hockey League[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Seattle Kraken's preseason schedule was released on June 30, 2025.[4]

Regular season

Seattle Kraken regular season game log featuring all 82 Kraken games played during the 2025–26 NHL regular season
2025–26 regular season game log: 12–14–6 (home: 7–7–3; road: 5–7–3)
December: 1–7–0 (home: 1–4–0; road: 0–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap
25 December 4 Seattle 4–9 Edmonton Daccord Rogers Place 17,496 11–8–6 28 [35]
26 December 6 Detroit 4–3 Seattle Daccord Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 11–9–6 28 [36]
27 December 8 Minnesota 4–1 Seattle Grubauer Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 11–10–6 28 [37]
28 December 10 Los Angeles 2–3 Seattle OT Daccord Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 12–10–6 30 [38]
29 December 12 Seattle 3–5 Utah Grubauer Delta Center 12,478 12–11–6 30 [39]
30 December 14 Buffalo 3–1 Seattle Daccord Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 12–12–6 30 [40]
31 December 16 Colorado 5–3 Seattle Grubauer Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 12–13–6 30 [41]
32 December 18 Seattle 2–4 Calgary Daccord Scotiabank Saddledome 17,449 12–14–6 30 [42]
33 December 20 Seattle San Jose SAP Center 0–0–0 0
34 December 22 Seattle Anaheim Honda Center 0–0–0 0
35 December 23 Seattle Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 0–0–0 0
36 December 28 Philadelphia Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 0–0–0 0
37 December 29 Vancouver Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 0–0–0 0

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   OT/SO loss (1 point)

Player statistics

(as of November 16, 2025)

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Jaden Schwartz 18 7 7 14 8 8
Jordan Eberle 18 7 6 13 4 10
Chandler Stephenson 18 4 8 12 –1 0
Vince Dunn 18 3 9 12 –3 12
Matty Beniers 18 2 10 12 5 6
Brandon Montour 14 3 6 9 5 5
Eeli Tolvanen 18 3 6 9 0 6
Shane Wright 18 4 4 8 2 2
Mason Marchment 17 1 7 8 0 4
Jamie Oleksiak 18 2 3 5 4 6
Adam Larsson 18 1 4 5 –2 8
Jared McCann 5 3 1 4 0 0
Ryan Winterton 18 2 2 4 0 4
Jani Nyman 13 3 0 3 2 4
Tye Kartye 18 1 2 3 –3 4
Ben Meyers 9 0 3 3 –1 2
Berkly Catton 13 0 3 3 1 0
Ryan Lindgren 18 0 3 3 0 31
Ryker Evans 5 1 1 2 3 0
Josh Mahura 13 1 1 2 6 16
Kaapo Kakko 7 1 0 1 0 4
Cale Fleury 4 0 1 1 0 5
Freddy Gaudreau 5 0 1 1 0 2
John Hayden 3 0 0 0 –1 2

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Joey Daccord 11 11 636:39 6 2 3 30 2.83 299 .900 1 0 1 0
Philipp Grubauer 5 3 244:51 3 0 1 9 2.21 93 .903 0 0 0 0
Matt Murray 5 4 216:53 0 2 1 8 2.21 102 .922 0 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Kraken. Stats reflect time with the Kraken only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Kraken only.

Transactions

The Kraken have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.

Italics indicate contract is entry-level.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 28, 2025 (2025-06-28) To Philadelphia Flyers
2nd-round pick in 2025
TOR 2nd-round pick in 2025
To Seattle Kraken
2nd-round pick in 2025
3rd-round pick in 2025
[43]
To Columbus Blue Jackets
7th-round pick in 2025
To Seattle Kraken
7th-round pick in 2025
VGK 7th-round pick in 2025
[44]
September 4, 2025 (2025-09-04) To Philadelphia Flyers
Tucker Robertson
To Seattle Kraken
Jon-Randall Avon
[45]

Draft picks

Below are the Seattle Krakens' selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 to 28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club (League)
1 8 Jake O'Brien C  Canada Brantford Bulldogs (OHL)
2 36[A] Blake Fiddler D  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
3 68[B] Will Reynolds D  Canada Acadie–Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
5 134 Maxim Agafonov D  Russia Tolpar Ufa (MHL)
7 205[C] Karl Annborn D  Sweden HV71 J20 (J20 Nationell)
218[D] Loke Krantz RW  Sweden Linköping HC J20 (J20 Nationell)

Notes

  1. ^ # The Philadelphia Flyers' second-round pick went to the Seattle Kraken as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025 that sent a second-round pick in 2025 (38th overall) and Toronto's second-round pick in 2025 (57th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for a third-round pick in 2025 (68th overall) and this pick
  2. ^ # The Philadelphia Flyers' third-round pick went to the Kraken as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025 that sent a second-round pick in 2025 (38th overall) and Toronto's second-round pick in 2025 (57th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for a second-round pick in 2025 (38th overall) and this pick
  3. ^ # The Columbus Blue Jackets' seventh-round pick went to the Kraken as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2025 (198th overall) to Columbus in exchange for Vegas' seventh-round pick in 2025 (218th overall) and this pick
  4. ^ # The Vegas Golden Knights' seventh-round pick went to the Kraken as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2025 (198th overall) to Columbus in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2025 (205th overall) and this pick

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