The 2022–23 Seattle Kraken season was the second season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. They played their home games at Climate Pledge Arena.

In January 2023, the Kraken became the first team in NHL history to win all seven games of a road trip. On April 6, the Kraken clinched a playoff berth for the first time in franchise history after a win over the Arizona Coyotes. On April 30, the Kraken won their inaugural playoff series in seven games, upsetting the defending champion Colorado Avalanche. In the Second Round, the Kraken lost to the Dallas Stars in seven games, dropping 3 of the last 4 games of the series after taking a 2–1 lead.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was announced on July 5, 2022.

2022 preseason game log: 4–2–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Recap 1 September 26 Edmonton 0–3 Seattle Jones Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 1–0–0 2 September 27 Calgary 0–3 Seattle Hellberg Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 2–0–0 3 September 29 Seattle 4–3 Vancouver OT Jones Rogers Arena 16,480 3–0–0 4 October 1 Vancouver 0–4 Seattle Grubauer Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 4–0–0 5 October 3 Seattle 1–4 Calgary Jones Scotiabank Saddledome 16,045 4–1–0 6 October 7 Seattle 3–5 Edmonton Grubauer Rogers Place 17,328 4–2–0

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on July 7, 2022.

2022–23 game logOctober: 4–4–2 (home: 2–3–1; road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Seattle 4–5 Anaheim OT Grubauer 17,530 0–0–1 1 2 October 13 Seattle 4–1 Los Angeles Jones 15,645 1–0–1 3 3 October 15 Vegas 5–2 Seattle Jones 17,151 1–1–1 3 4 October 17 Carolina 5–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 1–2–1 3 5 October 19 St. Louis 4–3 Seattle OT Jones 17,151 1–2–2 4 6 October 21 Seattle 3–2 Colorado Jones 18,131 2–2–2 6 7 October 23 Seattle 4–5 Chicago Jones 14,892 2–3–2 6 8 October 25 Buffalo 1–5 Seattle Jones 17,151 3–3–2 8 9 October 27 Vancouver 5–4 Seattle Jones 17,151 3–4–2 8 10 October 29 Pittsburgh 1–3 Seattle Jones 17,151 4–4–2 10 November: 10–1–1 (home: 4–1–1; road: 6–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Seattle 5–4 Calgary Daccord 16,803 5–4–2 12 12 November 3 Seattle 4–0 Minnesota Jones 17,221 6–4–2 14 13 November 5 Seattle 3–2 Pittsburgh Jones 18,302 7–4–2 16 14 November 8 Nashville 1–5 Seattle Jones 17,151 8–4–2 18 15 November 11 Minnesota 1–0 Seattle Jones 17,151 8–5–2 18 16 November 13 Winnipeg 3–2 Seattle OT Jones 17,151 8–5–3 19 17 November 17 NY Rangers 2–3 Seattle OT Jones 17,151 9–5–3 21 18 November 19 Los Angeles 2–3 Seattle OT Jones 17,151 10–5–3 23 19 November 23 San Jose 5–8 Seattle Jones 17,151 11–5–3 25 20 November 25 Seattle 4–2 Vegas Grubauer 18,119 12–5–3 27 21 November 27 Seattle 5–4 Anaheim Jones 14,324 13–5–3 29 22 November 29 Seattle 9–8 Los Angeles OT Jones 13,215 14–5–3 31 December: 4–7–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 1 Washington 2–3 Seattle OT Grubauer 17,151 15–5–3 33 24 December 3 Florida 5–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 15–6–3 33 25 December 6 Montreal 4–2 Seattle Jones 17,151 15–7–3 33 26 December 9 Seattle 1–4 Washington Grubauer 18,573 15–8–3 33 27 December 11 Seattle 5–2 Florida Jones 15,625 16–8–3 35 28 December 13 Seattle 2–6 Tampa Bay Grubauer 19,092 16–9–3 35 29 December 15 Seattle 2–3 Carolina Grubauer 18,680 16–10–3 35 30 December 18 Winnipeg 2–3 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 17–10–3 37 31 December 20 St. Louis 2–5 Seattle Jones 17,151 18–10–3 39 32 December 22 Seattle 5–6 Vancouver SO Jones 18,794 18–10–4 40 33 December 28 Calgary 3–2 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 18–11–4 40 34 December 30 Edmonton 7–2 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 18–12–4 40 January: 11–3–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 7–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 35 January 1 NY Islanders 1–4 Seattle Jones 17,151 19–12–4 42 36 January 3 Seattle 5–2 Edmonton Jones 18,297 20–12–4 44 37 January 5 Seattle 5–1 Toronto Jones 18,624 21–12–4 46 38 January 7 Seattle 8–4 Ottawa Jones 19,347 22–12–4 48 39 January 9 Seattle 4–0 Montreal Jones 21,105 23–12–4 50 40 January 10 Seattle 4–3 Buffalo Grubauer 13,219 24–12–4 52 41 January 12 Seattle 3–0 Boston Jones 17,850 25–12–4 54 42 January 14 Seattle 8–5 Chicago Jones 20,075 26–12–4 56 43 January 16 Tampa Bay 4–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 26–13–4 56 44 January 17 Seattle 2–5 Edmonton Jones 18,183 26–14–4 56 45 January 19 New Jersey 3–4 Seattle OT Jones 17,151 27–14–4 58 46 January 21 Colorado 2–1 Seattle SO Grubauer 17,151 27–14–5 59 47 January 25 Vancouver 1–6 Seattle Jones 17,151 28–14–5 61 48 January 27 Calgary 5–2 Seattle Jones 17,151 28–15–5 61 49 January 28 Columbus 1–3 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 29–15–5 63 February: 4–6–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 7 Seattle 0–4 NY Islanders Jones 17,255 29–16–5 63 51 February 9 Seattle 1–3 New Jersey Grubauer 15,697 29–17–5 63 52 February 10 Seattle 3–6 NY Rangers Jones 18,006 29–18–5 63 53 February 12 Seattle 4–3 Philadelphia Grubauer 18,129 30–18–5 65 54 February 14 Seattle 2–3 Winnipeg SO Grubauer 14,237 30–18–6 66 55 February 16 Philadelphia 2–6 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 31–18–6 68 56 February 18 Detroit 2–4 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 32–18–6 70 57 February 20 Seattle 0–4 San Jose Jones 13,445 32–19–6 70 58 February 23 Boston 6–5 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 32–20–6 70 59 February 26 Toronto 5–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 32–21–6 70 60 February 28 Seattle 5–3 St. Louis Jones 18,096 33–21–6 72 March: 8–4–2 (home: 2–3–1; road: 6–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Seattle 5–4 Detroit OT Grubauer 18,289 34–21–6 74 62 March 3 Seattle 4–2 Columbus Grubauer 18,712 35–21–6 76 63 March 5 Seattle 3–2 Colorado OT Grubauer 18,107 36–21–6 78 64 March 7 Anaheim 2–5 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 37–21–6 80 65 March 9 Ottawa 5–4 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 37–22–6 80 66 March 11 Dallas 4–3 Seattle OT Grubauer 17,151 37–22–7 81 67 March 13 Dallas 5–2 Seattle Jones 17,151 37–23–7 81 68 March 16 Seattle 2–1 San Jose OT Grubauer 11,720 38–23–7 83 69 March 18 Edmonton 6–4 Seattle Jones 17,171 38–24–7 83 70 March 21 Seattle 5–4 Dallas OT Daccord 18,532 39–24–7 85 71 March 23 Seattle 1–2 Nashville SO Daccord 17,436 39–24–8 86 72 March 25 Seattle 7–2 Nashville Grubauer 17,335 40–24–8 88 73 March 27 Seattle 1–5 Minnesota Grubauer 19,291 40–25–8 88 74 March 30 Anaheim 1–4 Seattle Jones 17,151 41–25–8 90 April: 5–3–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 1 Los Angeles 3–1 Seattle Jones 17,151 41–26–8 90 76 April 3 Arizona 1–8 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 42–26–8 92 77 April 4 Seattle 5–2 Vancouver Jones 18,722 43–26–8 94 78 April 6 Arizona 2–4 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 44–26–8 96 79 April 8 Chicago 3–7 Seattle Jones 17,151 45–26–8 98 80 April 10 Seattle 4–1 Arizona Grubauer 4,600 46–26–8 100 81 April 11 Seattle 1–4 Vegas Daccord 18,377 46–27–8 100 82 April 13 Vegas 3–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 46–28–8 100 Legend:

Playoffs

2023 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference First Round vs. (C1) Colorado Avalanche: Seattle won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 18 Seattle 3–1 Colorado Grubauer 18,138 1–0 2 April 20 Seattle 2–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,141 1–1 3 April 22 Colorado 6–4 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 1–2 4 April 24 Colorado 2–3 Seattle OT Grubauer 17,151 2–2 5 April 26 Seattle 3–2 Colorado Grubauer 18,143 3–2 6 April 28 Colorado 4–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 3–3 7 April 30 Seattle 2–1 Colorado Grubauer 18,143 4–3 Western Conference Second Round vs. (C2) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 2 Seattle 5–4 Dallas OT Grubauer 18,532 1–0 2 May 4 Seattle 2–4 Dallas Grubauer 18,532 1–1 3 May 7 Dallas 2–7 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 2–1 4 May 9 Dallas 6–3 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 2–2 5 May 11 Seattle 2–5 Dallas Grubauer 18,532 2–3 6 May 13 Dallas 3–6 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 3–3 7 May 15 Seattle 1–2 Dallas Grubauer 18,756 3–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 79 40 30 70 +18 14 81 14 50 64 +28 55 82 20 43 63 +6 34 80 24 33 57 +14 2 81 14 34 48 +23 76 66 21 25 46 +13 14 81 20 25 45 −1 16 71 21 19 40 22 49 13 26 39 14 82 13 25 38 20 82 16 19 35 +21 44 73 7 27 34 +4 40 82 8 25 33 +27 47 69 9 19 28 +14 24 † 48 16 11 27 +10 10 71 14 13 27 +16 46 75 9 16 25 +13 72 82 3 17 20 +11 47 78 3 13 16 +18 68 14 0 4 4 +4 6 14 1 2 3 +3 0 7 2 0 2 +2 7 8 1 1 2 +4 2 12 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 +1 0 † 6 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 14 4 9 13 +1 14 14 6 5 11 +5 6 14 5 5 10 2 14 3 7 10 +5 2 14 4 4 8 0 14 3 5 8 6 14 3 4 7 +6 4 14 2 5 7 2 14 1 6 7 +2 22 10 3 2 5 +6 2 13 2 2 4 0 12 14 2 2 4 +2 8 14 1 3 4 0 4 14 1 2 3 8 8 1 2 3 6 14 1 2 3 8 10 1 1 2 0 14 1 1 2 +6 12 14 0 2 2 12 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 48 42 2,625:39 27 13 3 131 2.99 1,145 .887 3 0 0 0 39 36 2,065:37 17 14 4 98 2.85 930 .895 0 0 1 0 5 4 248:08 2 1 1 13 3.14 130 .900 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 14 14 822:42 7 7 41 2.99 422 .903 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:15 0 0 0 0.00 2 1.000 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 2022–23 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Boston BruinsWSH 4th-round pick in 20225th-round pick in 2022 To Seattle KrakenCGY 3rd-round pick in 2022 To Columbus Blue Jackets3rd-round pick in 2023WPG 4th-round pick in 2023 To Seattle KrakenOliver Bjorkstrand To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2023 To Seattle KrakenJaycob Megna

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Term Ref Andre Burakovsky Colorado Avalanche 5-year Jesper Froden Boston Bruins 1-year Magnus Hellberg Detroit Red Wings Cameron Hughes Boston Bruins 2-year Martin Jones Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Austin Poganski Winnipeg Jets Andrew Poturalski Carolina Hurricanes 2-year Brogan Rafferty Anaheim Ducks 1-year Justin Schultz Washington Capitals 2-year John Hayden Buffalo Sabres 1-year Michal Kempny Washington Capitals Christopher Gibson Coachella Valley Firebirds (AHL)

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Ref Connor Carrick Boston Bruins Haydn Fleury Tampa Bay Lightning Antoine Bibeau Ottawa Senators Derrick Pouliot San Jose Barracuda (AHL) Riley Sheahan Buffalo Sabres Victor Rask HC Fribourg-Gottéron (NL) Jesper Froden ZSC Lions (NL)

Claimed via waivers Date Player Former team Ref Magnus Hellberg Ottawa Senators Eeli Tolvanen Nashville Predators

Lost via waivers Date Player Former team Ref Magnus Hellberg Ottawa Senators Magnus Hellberg Detroit Red Wings Karson Kuhlman Winnipeg Jets

Other signings

Date Player Term Ref Gustav Olofsson 1-year Karson Kuhlman Alexander True Jacob Melanson 3-year Ryan Winterton Shane Wright Kole Lind 1-year Carsen Twarynski Morgan Geekie Ryan Donato Cale Fleury Daniel Sprong Ville Ottavainen 3-year David Goyette Logan Morrison Jagger Firkus Ales Stezka 1-year Nikke Kokko 3-year Ty Nelson 3-year Jani Nyman 3-year Gustav Olofsson 2-year Joey Daccord 2-year

Other players lost

Date Player Term Ref Michal Kempny Contract terminated

Draft picks

Below are the Seattle Kraken's selections at the 2022 NHL entry draft, which were held on July 7 to 8, 2022. It was held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.