Brandon Montour scored 34 seconds remaining as the Seattle Kraken defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Wednesday.
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The Seattle Kraken held off the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 at home on Wednesday, with defenseman Brandon Montour scoring the game-winning goal with 34 seconds left.
The Maple Leafs came into the game looking to see No. 1 overall pick Gavin McKenna make his mark, but Seattle spoiled his first two-goal game and three-point night.
McKenna scored on power plays in each of the first two periods, and later helped set up Auston Matthews’ tying goal with 1:30 remaining after Toronto pulled goalie Sergei Bobrovsky for an extra attacker.
Montour then beat Bobrovsky with a slapper from the top of the right circle to complete the Kraken’s comeback bid.
Chandler Stephenson scored once and added an assist as Seattle built a 3-2 lead on a power play at 3:33 of the second period, and Stephenson later assisted on Ryker Evans’ goal with 9:02 left.
Ryker Evans, Berkly Catton and Josh Mahura also scored for Seattle, while Philipp Grubauer made 18 saves.
Jack Roslovic scored for Toronto, cutting the deficit to 4-3 at 8:02 of the third period.
Bobrovsky finished with 12 saves as the Maple Leafs dropped to 7-6-2.
For Seattle, the win improved the Kraken to 8-4-1. McKenna now has five goals in 15 games this season, while Matthews has 10 goals.
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