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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Toronto Maple Leafs at Seattle Kraken: game preview

Puck drop28 Oct · 10:00 PM ET
VenueClimate Pledge Arena
All-time meetings10 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

One points apart last season

Toronto finished last season 28th in the league on 78 points. Seattle finished 27th on 79.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 11

Across 10 completed games, Toronto lead the head-to-head 7-2-1.

All-time record7-2-1Toronto's record in the series
Meetings played10This is number 11
2025-26 series—
Last 53-2Toronto
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
29 Jan 2026TOR 2 – SEA 5——SEA
18 Oct 2025SEA 4 – TOR 3 OT——SEA
6 Feb 2025TOR 3 – SEA 1——TOR
31 Oct 2024SEA 1 – TOR 4——TOR
21 Jan 2024TOR 3 – SEA 1——TOR
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateTorontoSeattle
18 Oct 20253-2-1 · 7 pts11th3-0-2 · 8 pts8th
29 Jan 202624-19-9 · 57 pts18th23-19-9 · 55 pts23rd

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 18 Oct 2025, Toronto were 11th in the league and Seattle 8th. By 29 Jan 2026 it was 18th and 23rd.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Toronto out-attempted Seattle 126 to 91

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Toronto Maple Leafs

126 att · 61 on goal · 5 G · 8.2%
Crease15 att · 0 G
Slot38 att · 1 G
Wing52 att · 3 G
Point19 att · 1 G
Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

Seattle Kraken

91 att · 50 on goal · 9 G · 18.0%
Crease3 att · 0 G
Slot36 att · 5 G
Wing28 att · 2 G
Point18 att · 1 G
Neutral zone6 att · 1 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Toronto and Seattle are level on chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

TorontoSeattle
3.40xG for per game2.60
3.21xG against per game3.14
51.4%xG share45.3%
−2.6FinishingGoals minus expected goals+4.6
+1.9GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+1.6

This season: 4 games for Toronto, 4 for Seattle. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →


Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Toronto

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2721.4%
Power play · 2025-2621.3% · 15th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2790.9%
Penalty kill · 2025-2681.2% · 8th
Faceoffs · 2026-2751.1% · 113/221
Drawn · 2026-2714 (3.50/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2711 (2.75/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Seattle

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2725.0%
Power play · 2025-2619.5% · 20th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2772.7%
Penalty kill · 2025-2672.2% · 31st
Faceoffs · 2026-2749.6% · 121/244
Drawn · 2026-2712 (3.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2711 (2.75/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
34Auston Matthews42351.25
91John Tavares41230.75
19Jared McCann41451.25
7Jordan Eberle42241.00
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
44Morgan Rielly40330.75
43Darren Raddysh40110.25
29Vince Dunn41341.00
62Brandon Montour40220.50
41Ryker Evans40220.50
Defencemen stats

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 26 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 24 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Toronto crease

TOR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 25 Oct

Sergei Bobrovsky.8872 GP · 0-2-0 · GSAx +0.1
Anthony Stolarz.9042 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx +0.6

No appearances against Seattle in the last meetings.

Seattle crease

SEA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 25 Oct

Joey Daccord.9113 GP · 2-1-0 · GSAx +1.0
Philipp Grubauer.9062 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx +1.1

No appearances against Toronto in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.3 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

29 Jan 20267 · TOR 2–5 SEA
18 Oct 20257 · SEA 4–3 TOR
6 Feb 20254 · TOR 3–1 SEA
31 Oct 20245 · SEA 1–4 TOR
21 Jan 20244 · TOR 3–1 SEA

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Toronto2.752.753.093.65
Seattle3.752.752.763.21

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.3Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings5.4Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

8 on the injury lists

Toronto · injuries

Cade WebberElbowIRReturn31 Oct
Dakota JoshuaAbdomenIRReturn24 Oct
Elvis MerzlikinsShoulderIRReturn30 Mar
Max DomiBackIRReturn21 Nov
William VilleneuveKneeIRReturn31 Oct

Seattle · injuries

Jacob MelansonUpper BodyIRReturn17 Oct
Jake O'BrienLower BodyIRReturn24 Oct
Ryan LindgrenUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn9 Oct
5 Oct · TOR

Placed RW Nikita Grebenkin on injured reserve.

30 Sep · TOR

Moved C Max Domi from the non-roster list to long-term injured reserve.

29 Sep · TOR

Placed D Cade Webber on the injured non-roster list.

3 Oct · SEA

Activated RW/C Mackie Samoskevich from injured reserve. Placed RW Jacob Melanson on injured reserve.

27 Sep · SEA

Placed C Jake O'Brien and RW Mackie Samoskevich on injured reserve.

21 Sep · SEA

Placed F Jon-Randall Avon, F John Hayden, F Logan Morrison and G Victor Ostman on waivers.

Injury report
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