Brandon Montour scored with 33 seconds remaining in the third period as the Seattle Kraken beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Wednesday at Climate Pledge Arena. Matty Beniers finished with two assists, and Gavin McKenna had three points for Toronto in the loss.
Toronto erased a two-goal, third-period deficit to tie the game 4-4 on Auston Matthews’ snap shot with 1:30 left, his 10th goal of the season. The tie lasted less than a minute. Montour beat Sergei Bobrovsky off a slap shot assisted by Jordan Eberle and Beniers to give Seattle the win and improve to 8-4-1 on the season. Toronto falls to 7-6-2.
Key Moments: How Seattle Held On
Seattle controlled the middle period, outscoring Toronto 3-1 to build a 4-2 lead. Chandler Stephenson opened the second-period surge at 3:33 with a wrist shot assisted by Vince Dunn and Beniers, and Ryker Evans scored at 10:58 off a Mackie Samoskevich and Stephenson assist to make it 4-2.
Toronto answered in the third. Jack Roslovic cut the deficit to 4-3 at 8:02, assisted by Easton Cowan and Troy Stecher, before Matthews tied it with his snap shot late in regulation. McKenna scored twice in the first two periods, including the game’s opening response to Berkly Catton’s backhand goal 1:59 into the contest, and set up Matthews’ tying goal to finish with three points on the night.
Top Performers
Montour led Seattle with a goal and finished at plus-3 in 27:10 of ice time. Beniers collected two assists and was credited with a plus-2 rating. Stephenson had a goal and an assist for the Kraken’s top point total on the night.
For Toronto, McKenna scored twice with one assist. Matthews had one goal and two assists, and Darren Raddysh added two assists.
Grubauer made 17 saves on 21 shots (.810 save percentage) for Seattle. Bobrovsky stopped 12 of 17 shots (.706 save percentage) for Toronto.
What It Means
The win improves Seattle to 8-4-1 and third in the Pacific Division. Toronto falls to 7-6-2, tied for fourth in the Atlantic with Montreal and Florida. Seattle leads the season series 1-0.
What’s Next
Toronto next plays Friday. Seattle’s schedule continues with its next opponent to be announced.s crowded middle tier after dropping its sixth game of the season. Readers can review the matchup preview for context on how the two teams entered Wednesday’s game.
Toronto has been involved in several high-scoring finishes this season, including a loss in which the Maple Leafs beat the Rangers 5-4 on a late winner of their own. Seattle fans tracking the Pacific race can also follow continuing coverage of division rivals in the Flames-Oilers series.
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