The Seattle Kraken will close out their season set with the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday at Climate Pledge Arena, and there are a couple of key details worth watching as the teams meet for the second and final time in the 2026-27 NHL season.
Seattle already handled Detroit once this year, winning 6-3 in Detroit on Oct. 9 to open the first of five games on an East Coast-heavy road trip. Now the Kraken get the Red Wings at home, where they’ll try to finish the matchup on a positive note.
One of the biggest questions is Brandon Montour’s status. The defenseman left Seattle’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning early because of a lower-body injury and then sat out the finale of the road trip against the Florida Panthers.
That gave him extra recovery time, and he was back on the ice for the team’s optional morning skate before Tuesday’s game. After that skate, head coach Lane Lambert said Montour would be a game-time decision.
Montour matters a lot to Seattle’s blue line, and the Kraken clearly felt his absence against Florida on Saturday. If he’s able to return, that would give the group a significant boost.
The other notable call is in goal. Philipp Grubauer is set to make his fifth start of the 2026-27 season.
His most recent outing came against Tampa Bay, when he helped keep the Kraken alive long enough to force overtime. Joey Daccord started against Florida, but things went badly there, as he allowed all eight goals in.
Lambert stuck with Daccord for the full game, which makes this start for Grubauer as much about resetting as it is about rotation. The Kraken are giving Daccord a chance to clear his head before getting back in the crease later in the week.
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