Welcome back to NHL Predictions! Let’s look at the second back-to-back game between the San Jose Sharks and Seattle Kraken. Today, like every day, Last Word on Hockey looks at the games happening and gives our predictions for each one,

Granlund will participate in pregame warmups Friday before a decision is finalized on whether he’ll play against Seattle in the season’s first meeting between the two teams. The Kraken (11-11-1) have won six of its last nine games and enter Friday two points out of a playoff spot.