2023–24 Seattle Kraken season

The 2023–24 Seattle Kraken season was the third season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. They played their home games at Climate Pledge Arena.

2023–24 Seattle Kraken
Division	6th Pacific
Conference	12th Western
2023–24 record	34–35–13
Home record	17–18–6
Road record	17–17–7
Goals for	217
Goals against	236
Team information
General manager	Ron Francis
Coach	Dave Hakstol
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Jordan Eberle Yanni Gourde Adam Larsson Jaden Schwartz
Arena	Climate Pledge Arena
Average attendance	17,151[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Coachella Valley Firebirds (AHL) Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jared McCann (29)
Assists	Oliver Bjorkstrand (39)
Points	Jared McCann (62)
Penalty minutes	Vince Dunn (78)
Plus/minus	Vince Dunn Tomas Tatar (+8)
Wins	Joey Daccord (19)
Goals against average	Joey Daccord (2.46)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

During the season, the Kraken played in the 2024 Winter Classic, winning 3–0 against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Park on January 1, 2024, achieving the first shutout in Winter Classic history.^[2]

On April 3, the Kraken were eliminated from playoff contention after a 5–2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.^[3]

On April 29, following the season, Kraken head coach Dave Hakstol was fired,^[4] being replaced by Coachella Valley Firebirds head coach Dan Bylsma on May 28.^[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Vancouver Canucks	82	50	23	9	44	279	223	+56	109
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	82	49	27	6	39	294	237	+57	104
3	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	44	27	11	37	256	215	+41	99
4	x – Vegas Golden Knights	82	45	29	8	34	267	245	+22	98
5	Calgary Flames	82	38	39	5	32	253	271	−18	81
6	Seattle Kraken	82	34	35	13	28	217	236	−19	81
7	Anaheim Ducks	82	27	50	5	21	204	295	−91	59
8	San Jose Sharks	82	19	54	9	14	181	331	−150	47

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
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)
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	47	30	5	38	269	248	+21	99
2	PA	x – Vegas Golden Knights	82	45	29	8	34	267	245	+22	98
3	CE	St. Louis Blues	82	43	33	6	31	239	250	−11	92
4	CE	Minnesota Wild	82	39	34	9	32	251	263	−12	87
5	PA	Calgary Flames	82	38	39	5	32	253	271	−18	81
6	PA	Seattle Kraken	82	34	35	13	28	217	236	−19	81
7	CE	Arizona Coyotes	82	36	41	5	28	256	274	−18	77
8	PA	Anaheim Ducks	82	27	50	5	21	204	295	−91	59
9	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	23	53	6	17	179	290	−111	52
10	PA	San Jose Sharks	82	19	54	9	14	181	331	−150	47

Source: National Hockey League^[7]
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)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 23, 2023.^[8]

2023 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 25[A]	Seattle	5–3	Calgary		Stezka	15,205	1–0–0	[9]
2	September 25[A]	Calgary	3–2	Seattle	SO	Daccord	10,000	1–0–1	[10]
3	September 28	Vancouver	1–3	Seattle		Daccord	17,151	2–0–1	[11]
4	October 2	Edmonton	4–1	Seattle		Grubauer	17,151	2–1–1	[12]
5	October 4	Seattle	2–1	Vancouver		Driedger	6,563	3–1–1	[13]
6	October 6	Seattle	1–3	Edmonton		Grubauer	18,141	3–2–1	[14]
Notes: A Indicates split-squad.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 27, 2023.^[15]

2023–24 game log
October: 3–5–2 (home: 1–2–0; road: 2–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 Seattle 1–4 Vegas Grubauer 18,724 0–1–0 0 [16] 2 October 12 Seattle 0–3 Nashville Grubauer 17,629 0–2–0 0 [17] 3 October 14 Seattle 1–2 St. Louis SO Daccord 18,096 0–2–1 1 [18] 4 October 17 Colorado 4–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 0–3–1 1 [19] 5 October 19 Carolina 4–7 Seattle Daccord 17,151 1–3–1 3 [20] 6 October 21 NY Rangers 4–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 1–4–1 3 [21] 7 October 24 Seattle 5–4 Detroit OT Daccord 16,894 2–4–1 5 [22] 8 October 26 Seattle 2–3 Carolina OT Daccord 18,780 2–4–2 6 [23] 9 October 28 Seattle 2–3 Florida Daccord 16,780 2–5–2 6 [24] 10 October 30 Seattle 4–3 Tampa Bay OT Grubauer 19,092 3–5–2 8 [25]
November: 5–5–4 (home: 3–4–1; road: 2–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Nashville 2–4 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 4–5–2 10 [26] 12 November 4 Calgary 6–3 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 4–6–2 10 [27] 13 November 7 Seattle 3–4 Arizona SO Daccord 4,600 4–6–3 11 [28] 14 November 9 Seattle 4–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,124 5–6–3 13 [29] 15 November 11 Edmonton 4–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 5–7–3 13 [30] 16 November 13 Colorado 5–1 Seattle Daccord 17,151 5–8–3 13 [31] 17 November 15 Seattle 3–4 Edmonton OT Daccord 18,347 5–8–4 14 [32] 18 November 16 NY Islanders 3–4 Seattle SO Grubauer 17,151 6–8–4 16 [33] 19 November 18 Seattle 4–3 Vancouver Grubauer 18,857 7–8–4 18 [34] 20 November 20 Calgary 4–3 Seattle OT Daccord 17,151 7–8–5 19 [35] 21 November 22 San Jose 1–7 Seattle Daccord 17,151 8–8–5 21 [36] 22 November 24 Vancouver 5–1 Seattle Daccord 17,151 8–9–5 21 [37] 23 November 28 Seattle 3–4 Chicago Grubauer 17,070 8–10–5 21 [38] 24 November 30 Seattle 3–4 Toronto SO Grubauer 18,366 8–10–6 22 [39]
December: 6–4–3 (home: 3–2–2; road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 Seattle 0–2 Ottawa Daccord 18,159 8–11–6 22 [40] 26 December 4 Seattle 2–4 Montreal Grubauer 20,915 8–12–6 22 [41] 27 December 7 New Jersey 2–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 8–13–6 22 [42] 28 December 9 Tampa Bay 4–3 Seattle OT Grubauer 17,151 8–13–7 23 [43] 29 December 10 Minnesota 3–0 Seattle Daccord 17,151 8–14–7 23 [44] 30 December 12 Florida 0–4 Seattle Daccord 17,151 9–14–7 25 [45] 31 December 14 Chicago 1–7 Seattle Daccord 17,151 10–14–7 27 [46] 32 December 16 Los Angeles 3–2 Seattle SO Daccord 17,151 10–14–8 28 [47] 33 December 18 Seattle 3–4 Dallas OT Daccord 18,532 10–14–9 29 [48] 34 December 20 Seattle 2–1 Los Angeles Daccord 18,145 11–14–9 31 [49] 35 December 23 Seattle 3–2 Anaheim Daccord 14,608 12–14–9 33 [50] 36 December 27 Seattle 2–1 Calgary Driedger 18,881 13–14–9 35 [51] 37 December 29 Philadelphia 1–2 Seattle OT Daccord 17,151 14–14–9 37 [52]
January: 7–5–1 (home: 4–1–1; road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 1 Vegas 0–3 Seattle Daccord 47,313 (outdoors) 15–14–9 39 [53] 39 January 4 Ottawa 1–4 Seattle Daccord 17,151 16–14–9 41 [54] 40 January 9 Seattle 5–2 Buffalo Daccord 14,628 17–14–9 43 [55] 41 January 11 Seattle 4–1 Washington Daccord 17,935 18–14–9 45 [56] 42 January 13 Seattle 7–4 Columbus Daccord 18,588 19–14–9 47 [57] 43 January 15 Seattle 0–3 Pittsburgh Daccord 18,202 19–15–9 47 [58] 44 January 16 Seattle 2–5 NY Rangers Driedger 18,006 19–16–9 47 [59] 45 January 18 Seattle 2–4 Edmonton Daccord 18,347 19–17–9 47 [60] 46 January 21 Toronto 3–1 Seattle Daccord 17,151 19–18–9 47 [61] 47 January 24 Chicago 2–6 Seattle Daccord 17,151 20–18–9 49 [62] 48 January 26 St. Louis 4–3 Seattle OT Daccord 17,151 20–18–10 50 [63] 49 January 28 Columbus 2–4 Seattle Daccord 17,151 21–18–10 52 [64] 50 January 30 Seattle 0–2 San Jose Daccord 10,988 21–19–10 52 [65]
February: 5–3–1 (home: 3–1–1; road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 10 Seattle 2–3 Philadelphia Daccord 18,926 21–20–10 52 [66] 52 February 12 Seattle 1–3 New Jersey Daccord 14,511 21–21–10 52 [67] 53 February 13 Seattle 2–1 NY Islanders SO Grubauer 17,255 22–21–10 54 [68] 54 February 15 Seattle 4–1 Boston Daccord 17,850 23–21–10 56 [69] 55 February 19 Detroit 4–3 Seattle OT Daccord 17,151 23–21–11 57 [70] 56 February 22 Vancouver 2–5 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 24–21–11 59 [71] 57 February 24 Minnesota 5–2 Seattle Daccord 17,151 24–22–11 59 [72] 58 February 26 Boston 3–4 Seattle SO Grubauer 17,151 25–22–11 61 [73] 59 February 29 Pittsburgh 0–2 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 26–22–11 63 [74]
March: 4–8–2 (home: 2–7–1; road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 2 Edmonton 2–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 26–23–11 63 [75] 61 March 4 Seattle 4–2 Calgary Grubauer 16,516 27–23–11 65 [76] 62 March 5 Seattle 4–3 Winnipeg Daccord 13,125 28–23–11 67 [77] 63 March 8 Winnipeg 3–0 Seattle Daccord 17,151 28–24–11 67 [78] 64 March 12 Vegas 5–4 Seattle OT Grubauer 17,151 28–24–12 68 [79] 65 March 14 Washington 2–1 Seattle Daccord 17,151 28–25–12 68 [80] 66 March 16 Nashville 4–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 28–26–12 68 [81] 67 March 18 Buffalo 6–2 Seattle Daccord 17,151 28–27–12 68 [82] 68 March 21 Seattle 1–3 Vegas Grubauer 18,033 28–28–12 68 [83] 69 March 22 Seattle 1–2 Arizona OT Daccord 4,600 28–28–13 69 [84] 70 March 24 Montreal 5–1 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 28–29–13 69 [85] 71 March 26 Anaheim 0–4 Seattle Daccord 17,151 29–29–13 71 [86] 72 March 28 Anaheim 2–4 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 30–29–13 73 [87] 73 March 30 Dallas 3–0 Seattle Daccord 17,151 30–30–13 73 [88]
April: 4–5–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 Seattle 4–2 San Jose Grubauer 11,559 31–30–13 75 [89] 75 April 3 Seattle 2–5 Los Angeles Grubauer 18,145 31–31–13 75 [90] 76 April 5 Seattle 3–1 Anaheim Grubauer 17,174 32–31–13 77 [91] 77 April 9 Arizona 0–5 Seattle Grubauer 17,151 33–31–13 79 [92] 78 April 11 San Jose 3–1 Seattle Daccord 17,151 33–32–13 79 [93] 79 April 13 Seattle 1–3 Dallas Grubauer 18,532 33–33–13 79 [94] 80 April 14 Seattle 1–4 St. Louis Daccord 18,096 33–34–13 79 [95] 81 April 16 Seattle 3–4 Winnipeg Grubauer 15,225 33–35–13 79 [96] 82 April 18 Seattle 4–3 Minnesota Daccord 19,138 34–35–13 81 [97]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[98]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jared McCann	80	29	33	62	−10	31
Oliver Bjorkstrand	82	20	39	59	−20	12
Vince Dunn	59	11	35	46	+8	78
Jordan Eberle	78	17	27	44	+1	17
Eeli Tolvanen	81	16	25	41	−15	24
Matty Beniers	77	15	22	37	−11	20
Yanni Gourde	80	11	22	33	−11	62
Jaden Schwartz	62	13	17	30	−15	24
Justin Schultz	70	7	19	26	−23	22
Alexander Wennberg‡	60	9	16	25	+1	14
Will Borgen	82	3	22	25	−5	65
Tye Kartye	77	11	9	20	−1	37
Adam Larsson	81	4	14	18	+6	55
Kailer Yamamoto	59	8	8	16	−9	18
Brandon Tanev	66	7	9	16	+2	51
Andre Burakovsky	49	7	9	16	−15	14
Brian Dumoulin	80	6	10	16	+3	20
Tomas Tatar†	43	8	7	15	+8	10
Jamie Oleksiak	82	2	13	15	−2	37
Ryker Evans	36	1	8	9	−5	20
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	40	4	3	7	+4	6
Shane Wright	8	4	1	5	+1	0
Devin Shore	21	1	3	4	+3	4
Logan Morrison	4	0	0	0	−1	0
Ryan Winterton	9	0	0	0	−1	0
Marian Studenic	2	0	0	0	−1	2
Kole Lind	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cale Fleury	1	0	0	0	+1	0
Andrew Poturalski	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Gustav Olofsson	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Hayden	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Max McCormick	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[99]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Joey Daccord	50	46	2,832:47	19	18	11	116	2.46	1,374	.916	3	0	0	0
Philipp Grubauer	36	34	1,996:36	14	16	2	95	2.85	941	.899	2	0	1	4
Chris Driedger	2	2	119:35	1	1	0	5	2.51	60	.917	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 2023–24 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
December 16, 2023 (2023-12-16)	To Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2024	To Seattle Kraken Tomas Tatar	[100]
March 6, 2024 (2024-03-06)	To New York Rangers Alexander Wennberg[a]	To Seattle Kraken 2nd-round pick in 2024 4th-round pick in 2025	[101]
June 29, 2024 (2024-06-29)	To Florida Panthers 6th-round pick in 2024 7th-round pick in 2024	To Seattle Kraken 5th-round pick in 2024	[102]

Notes:

• ^a Seattle retains 50% of Wennberg's remaining contract.

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Term Ref July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) Brian Dumoulin Pittsburgh Penguins 2-year [103] Marian Studenic Dallas Stars 1-year July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02) Kailer Yamamoto Detroit Red Wings July 8, 2023 (2023-07-08) Pierre-Edouard Bellemare Tampa Bay Lightning [104]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Ref July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) Ryan Donato Chicago Blackhawks [105] Daniel Sprong Detroit Red Wings [106] Carson Soucy Vancouver Canucks [107] August 9, 2023 (2023-08-09) Martin Jones Toronto Maple Leafs [108]

Lost via waivers Date Player New team Ref January 3, 2024 (2024-01-03) Jaycob Megna Chicago Blackhawks [109]

Lost via retirement Date Player Ref August 27, 2023 (2023-08-27) Joonas Donskoi [110]

Other signings Date Player Term Ref July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) John Hayden 1-year [103] Jimmy Schuldt [103] July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03) Connor Carrick [103] July 6, 2023 (2023-07-06) Tucker Robertson 3-year† [111] July 8, 2023 (2023-07-08) Will Borgen 2-year [104] Kole Lind 1-year [112] July 9, 2023 (2023-07-09) Cale Fleury 2-year [113] July 17, 2023 (2023-07-17) Eduard Sale 3-year† [114] July 21, 2023 (2023-07-21) Vince Dunn 4-year [115] March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08) Jordan Eberle 2-year [116] March 26, 2024 (2024-03-26) Lleyton Roed 3-year† [117] March 27, 2024 (2024-03-27) Lukas Dragicevic [118] April 3, 2024 (2024-04-03) Victor Ostman 2-year†‡ [119] April 21, 2024 (2024-04-21) Carson Rehkopf 3-year† [120] April 24, 2024 (2024-04-24) Caden Price [121] June 14, 2024 (2024-06-14) Oscar Fisker Molgaard [122] June 30, 2024 (2024-06-30) John Hayden 1-year [123] Luke Henman 1-year† [124] Ales Stezka [125] Max McCormick 2-year† [126]

Draft picks

See also: List of Seattle Kraken draft picks

Below are the Seattle Krakens' selections at the 2023 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club (League)
1	20	Eduard Sale	LW	Czechia	HC Kometa Brno (ELH)
2	50[A]	Carson Rehkopf	LW	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
	52	Oscar Fisker Molgaard	C	Denmark	HV71 (SHL)
	57[B]	Lukas Dragicevic	D	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
3	84	Caden Price	D	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
4	116	Andrei Loshko	C	Belarus	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
5	148	Kaden Hammell	D	Canada	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
6	168[C]	Visa Vedenpaa	G	Finland	Oulun Kärpät (U20 SM-sarja)
	180	Zeb Forsfjall	C	Sweden	Skellefteå AIK (J20 Nationell)
7	212	Zaccharya Wisdom	RW	Canada	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)

Notes

1. The Winnipeg Jets' second-round pick will go to the Seattle Kraken as the result of a trade on July 28, 2021, that sent Vitek Vanecek to Washington in exchange for this pick.^[127] Washington previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 26, 2021, that sent Brenden Dillon to Winnipeg in exchange for a second-round pick in 2022 and this pick.^[128]
2. The Toronto Maple Leafs' second-round pick will go to the Seattle Kraken as the result of a trade on March 20, 2022, that sent Mark Giordano and Colin Blackwell to Toronto in exchange for a second-round pick in 2022, a third-round pick in 2024 and this pick.^[129]
3. The Washington Capitals' sixth-round pick will go to the Seattle Kraken as the result of a trade on March 21, 2022, that sent Marcus Johansson to Washington in exchange for Daniel Sprong, a fourth-round pick in 2022 and this pick.^[130]