Where In The World (Championship) Are The Seattle Kraken?

Rosters for the 2024 IIHF World Championship, underway in Czechia, are peppered to varying degrees with NHL players.

Seven members of the 2023-24 Seattle Kraken roster are scattered among the 16 participating countries. They've been joined by one Seattle prospect. Below, we list them and their statistics so far.

Team Canada

Three Kraken are skating for team Canada, all hailing from the province of Ontario. They include Toronto's Brandon Tanev and Jamie Oleksiak, as well as Stratford's Jared McCann.

Team Canada has won both of its games in the tournament so far, 4-2 over Great Britain, and 5-1 over Denmark.

Tanev
vs. GB: 11:17 TOI, 1 shot, +0;
vs. Den: 13:39 TOI, 1 assist, 2 shots, +1

McCann
vs. GB: 14:03 TOI, 3 shots, +1;
vs. Den: 9:54 TOI, 1 shot, +0

Oleksiak:
vs. GB: 17:18 TOI, 1 shot, +1;
vs. Den: 16:37 TOI, 1 shot, +0

Canada's upcoming games:

• May 14 vs. Austria (11:20 am Pacific Time)
• May 16 vs. Norway (11:20 am PT)
• May 18 vs. Finland (7:20 am PT)
• May 19 vs. Switzerland (11:20 am PT)
• May 21 vs. Czechia (7:20 am PT)

Kraken Representing Other Countries

• France: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

France is 0-2 so far, with losses to Kazakhstan 3-1 and Latvia 3-2 (OT).

Bellemare:
vs. Kaz: 20:18 TOI, 3 shots, -1
vs. Lat: 20:17 TOI, 1 goal, 4 shots, -1

• Germany: Philipp Grubauer

Germany is 1-2. They beat Slovakia 6-4, then lost by identical 6-1 scores to the U.S. and Sweden.

Grubauer:
vs. Slo: 35 saves, 4 GA
vs. US: DNP
vs. Swe: 30 saves, 5 GA

• Sweden: Andre Burakovsky

Sweden is 2-0, with wins 5-2 over the U.S. and 6-1 over Germany.

Burakovsky:
vs. US: 15:13 TOI, 3 shots, +2
vs. Ger: 18:10 TOI, 1 goal, 2 asst., 3 shots, +2

• Slovakia: Tomas Tatar

Slovakia has split its first two games, falling to Germany 6-4 and besting Kazakhstan 6-2.

Tatar:
vs. Ger: 14:39 TOI, 1 shot, -1
vs. Kaz: 13:06 TOI, 3 shots, +1

• Denmark: Oscar Fisker-Molgaard
  (2023 2nd Round draft pick)

Denmark has been on both ends of 5-1 scores, beating Austria and losing to Canada.

Fisker-Molgaard:
vs. Aus: 13:03 TOI, 0 shots, +1
vs. Can: 12:48 TOI, 4 shots, +0