SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken face off against the Philadelphia Flyers in its fifth game of the season on Thursday evening.
The game is taking place at 7 p.m. at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
How to watch
TV channel: KING 5, KONG and the Kraken Hockey Network
Pregame coverage: 6:30 p.m.
Game starts: 7 p.m.
The broadcast will include special guests University of Washington basketball star Isaiah Thomas during the the pre-game show and Kraken co-owner Sam Halloway during intermission. In addition, the Philadelphia game will be Linda Cohn's first with the Kraken. A longtime Sportscenter anchor who worked in Seattle years ago will be a regular part of the team, especially for the games on KING.
New episodes of Law & Order and SVU will air at a different time on KING 5. If you have a DVR, Law & Order will play at 1:37 a.m. and SVU will be at 2:37 a.m. If you don't have a DVR, episodes will be available for streaming on Peacock.
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What to expect from the Kraken and the Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers visit the Seattle Kraken after Matvei Michkov scored two goals in the Flyers' 4-3 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
Seattle is coming in off a 7-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.
Seattle had a 34-35-13 record overall and a 17-18-6 record at home last season. The Kraken had a 20.7% power play success rate last season, scoring 50 goals on 242 chances.
Philadelphia went 38-33-11 overall and 18-16-7 on the road last season. The Flyers scored 231 goals while giving up 258 last season for a -27 goal differential.
How to watch the Kraken on KING 5
Beginning this season, KING 5 and KONG are the official local television partners of the Kraken, bringing the hockey team to free over-the-air live television. The stations will air 72 of the team's 82 regular season games. See the full schedule here. National broadcast partners will show the remaining 10 games.
Go behind the scenes with the Kraken
In addition to games, KING 5 and KONG will air a weekly magazine show during the season called Kraken Home Ice with team-focused feature stories, player and coach interviews, and much more. New episodes will air Saturdays at 10:30 p.m. on KONG and KING 5+. Encore presentations will air on Sundays at 11:35 p.m. on KING 5 and KING 5+.