Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Seattle Kraken Prediction, NHL Odds
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Nik Kowalski
The Leafs will look to make it three consecutive wins, while also remaining in second in the Atlantic Division in what’s a see-saw race with Tampa Bay. The Kraken are currently on the outside looking in of a tight Pacific Division, currently sitting in fourth place and a Wild-Card spot while also six points back of first in the division.
Puck drop at Climate Pledge Arena gets going at 7 p.m. EST, with Toronto coming in as a -150 moneyline favourite on the road and the total at 6.5 on the NHL odds.
Maple Leafs vs. Kraken NHL Betting Odds
Seattle’s going through a slump with wins in three of their last nine outings. The Leafs meanwhile have wins in four of their last five, and are also 13-4 in their last 17 contests with Western Conference opponents.
The Over has hit in eight of Toronto’s last 11 road games, and for Seattle it’s 4-1 in their last five games with Eastern Conference clubs. Both teams rank in the top seven in the NHL in scoring and average over 3.4 goals per game. The differentiator is Toronto is sixth in goals allowed, and Seattle is 17th.
Toronto Maple Leafs
William Nylander came to the rescue Friday night, scoring a highlight reel overtime winner against Minnesota. The goal was Nylander’s team-leading 33rd of the season and his fifth in Toronto’s last six games. While Nylander is streaking, Auston Matthews is not. Matthews has goals in only two of his last eight outings and head coach Sheldon Keefe has reunited Matthews with Mitch Marner and Michael Bunting on Toronto’s top line.
Defenceman Rasmus Sandin is expected to return to Toronto’s lineup after missing three games with an upper-body injury. Ilya Samsonov has started three straight games in net, and with the Leafs off until Wednesday it should be Samsonov starting Sunday in Seattle. Samsonov leads the team with 30 games and has a .916 save percentage.
Seattle Kraken
The Kraken suffered complete opposite losses in their two outings last week, falling 4-0 at San Seattle’s engaged in this season as they’re often able to come out on top. But the team’s poor goaltending caught up to them last week. No Kraken goalie has a save percentage above .900 this year, and Philipp Grubauer remains with a win-loss record under .500. Grubauer was in net Thursday and let in six goals on 33 shots faced. Matty Beniers recorded a goal and an assist in the loss and now has multi-point games in three of Seattle’s last four outings. Beniers is one goal shy of 20 on the season and four points back of Jordan Eberle for the team lead.
