Seattle Kraken (8-10-5, fifth in the Pacific Division) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (11-6-3, fourth in the Atlantic Division)
Toronto; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Kraken visit the Toronto Maple Leafs after the Maple Leafs knocked off the Florida Panthers 2-1 in a shootout.
Toronto is 11-6-3 overall and 6-4-0 at home. The Maple Leafs have an even scoring differential this season, scoring and allowing 66 goals.
Seattle is 4-4-4 on the road and 8-10-5 overall. The Kraken have allowed 80 goals while scoring 64 for a -16 scoring differential.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season between the two teams.
TOP PERFORMERS: Auston Matthews has 14 goals and seven assists for the Maple Leafs. William Nylander has six goals and seven assists over the past 10 games.
Oliver Bjorkstrand has seven goals and 12 assists for the Kraken. Vince Dunn has one goal and eight assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Maple Leafs: 6-3-1, averaging 3.5 goals, six assists, 4.3 penalties and 11.1 penalty minutes while giving up 3.5 goals per game.
Kraken: 4-4-2, averaging three goals, 5.3 assists, 4.4 penalties and 11.6 penalty minutes while giving up 3.6 goals per game.
INJURIES: Maple Leafs: John Klingberg: out (undisclosed), Mark Giordano: day to day (upper body), Matt Murray: out (hip), Timothy Liljegren: out (lower-body), Jake Muzzin: out for season (back).
Kraken: Brandon Tanev: day to day (lower body), Jaden Schwartz: day to day (lower body), Andre Burakovsky: out (upper body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
