The Kraken (24-12-4, 52 points), with six straight wins overall, will contest the sixth game of their seven-game road trip with a stop at 100 Legends Way to clash with the NHL-leading Bruins (32-4-4, 68 points) at TD Garden. Meanwhile, Boston enters the showdown and the second half of the 2022-23 campaign still without a regulation loss at home (19-0-3).
* Seattle, which can record six straight road victories for the second time this season, can become the seventh team in NHL history to win each of its first six or more games of a road trip. The last NHL team to win each of the first six games of a road trip was San Jose in 2015-16 (6 GP from Nov. 13-22, 2015); Seattle's opponent Thursday has achieved that feat twice in their 98-season history (6 GP from Feb. 17-26, 1972 & Feb. 17 - March 1, 2011).
* Matty Beniers (16-18-34 in 40 GP) has found the back of the net in each of Seattle's five games to begin their road trip en route to establishing the longest goal streak by a Kraken skater. The rookie scoring leader, with five more goals than the next closest skater, would join rare company should he score again versus the Bruins.
* The Bruins enter the second half of the season on pace for 139 points, which would set an NHL single-season record. The 1976-77 Canadiens (60-8-12, 132 points) hold the current benchmark and are one of two teams in League history with 130+ points in a season. Montreal held a 29-5-6 record (64 points) entering the League's halfway mark in 1976-77 and posted a 31-3-6 mark over the second half to set the current record.
* Boston, with four straight victories, is also on pace to register an NHL-record 65 wins in 2022-23. The current benchmark of 62 was set by the 1995-96 Red Wings (62-13-7, 131 points) and matched just four seasons ago by the 2018-19 Lightning (62-16-4, 128 points).