Where: Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
TV: Bally Sports Detroit.
Game notes: It’s time for the third-ever edition of cephalopod-on-cephalopod hockey as the second-year Kraken host the Wings for the first time this season. (Though we’re not sure if it counts, since the Kraken finally got around to introducing an actual mascot this season: a troll named “Buoy” to go head to head with Detroit's "Al the Octopus." Then again, the Wings have their own troll, of sorts, in Tyler Bertuzzi, so it all works out.)
The Kraken are a surprising contender in the Pacific Division, sitting just two points out of first … and two points ahead of the fourth-place Edmonton Oilers, who the Wings outlasted on Wednesday night.