Seattle Kraken vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction, Preview, and Odds

Seattle Kraken and Toronto Maple Leafs are playing each other on Thursday evening at the Scotiabank Arena. Seattle Kraken are third in the Pacific Division (19-12-4, 44 points) and are on a two-game winning streak. Toronto is second in Atlantic Division and lost 6-5 at home to the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.

Seattle Kraken are coming off a 5-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers. Center Jaden Schwartz scored a goal and had two assists. Seattle Kraken have been playing well and are 12th in the NHL with 126 goals scored. Andre Burakovsky has 28 points but has not recorded a point in his last six games.

The Toronto Maple Leafs were defeated by the St. Louis Blues at home 6-5 in a shootout last game. They scored five goals on 25 shots and one on their three power play attempts. Ilya Samsonov was the goaltender for Toronto and he allowed five goal on 27 shot attempts, which is not good enough. Toronto is currently eighth in the NHL with 130 goals scored. William Nylander is leading the team with 45 points.

Seattle Kraken are on the road against Toronto Maple Leafs. Seattle is giving up 3.25 goals per game in their last four games, while Toronto is allowing 4.7 goals in the previous three. The Kraken score 3,7 per match, whereas the Maple Leaf's score 4, 7.

Both teams have good power play percentages this season. Seattle is 31st with a 68.4 penalty kill percentage, while Toronto is 18th with 77.6 kill%. The over has hit in four of the last five Kraken games playing on 1 day's rest and in each of previous six Maple Leafs games against Western Conference opponents.

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