NHL

Seattle Kraken at Toronto Maple Leafs

· National Hockey League
Final
1 - 4

William Nylander scores twice in the Maple Leafs' 4-1 victory over the Kraken

Auston Matthews banks in an empty-netter for Toronto

Matthew Knies and Auston Matthews, with a bank-shot empty-netter, also scored to help Toronto improve to 6-4-1. Matthews also had an assist.

Eeli Tolvanen scored for Seattle (5-5-1). Joey Daccord stopped 26 shots.

Knies opened the scoring late in the first period, and Nylander scored twice in the second.

Tolvanen spoiled Woll’s bid for his second career shutout with 3:28 left in regulation and Daccord on the bench for an extra attacker.

Takeaways Kraken: Already missing Vince Dunn because of an upper-body injury, Seattle was down another defenseman with Brandon Montour back in Seattle for the birth of his second child.

Maple Leafs: Knies scored in a third consecutive game to give him six goals this season. Nylander leads the team with eight.

Key moment The Kraken iced the puck with less than 10 seconds to go in the first with the game scoreless. Matthews bullied his way to a win on the ensuing faceoff before feeding Mitch Marner, who in turn found Knies to complete the pretty passing play.

Key stat John Tavares became the fifth Maple Leafs player age 34 or older in the past 50 years with 10 or more points through his first 10 games of a season with an assist on Nylander’s first goal.

Up next Seattle plays the second of five straight away from home on Saturdat night at Ottawa. Toronto opens a two-game trip Saturday night at St. Louis.

Regular Season Series

TOR leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 19:55 Matthew Knies Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Mitch Marner (11), Auston Matthews (5)
Goal 2nd Period 1:39 William Nylander Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Morgan Rielly (3), John Tavares (5)
Goal 2nd Period 9:24 William Nylander Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: John Tavares (6), Max Pacioretty (4)
Goal 3rd Period 16:32 Eeli Tolvanen Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryker Evans (4), Matty Beniers (5)
Goal 3rd Period 18:17 Auston Matthews Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/sea.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originSEA https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tor.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originTOR
22 Blocked Shots 15
30 Hits 34
5 Takeaways 6
25 Shots 30
0 Power Play Goals 0
3 Power Play Opportunities 2
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
24 Faceoffs Won 30
44.4 Faceoff Win Percent 55.6
18 Giveaways 22
2 Total Penalties 3
4 Penalty Minutes 6

Game Information

Scotiabank Arena

Location: Toronto, ON
Attendance: 18,181 | Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 11 6 24 2
Calgary 10 6 23 3
Los Angeles 10 7 23 3
Edmonton 10 8 22 2
Vancouver 9 6 21 3
Seattle 10 9 21 1
Anaheim 8 8 18 2
San Jose 6 11 16 4

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 12 6 26 2
Florida 12 6 25 1
Tampa Bay 10 6 21 1
Buffalo 9 9 19 1
Boston 8 9 19 3
Ottawa 8 9 17 1
Detroit 7 9 16 2
Montreal 7 10 16 2
Full Standings