Maple Leafs vs Kraken Predictions & Picks - Nylander Goes for 3 Straight

Both teams make a habit of busy nights. Toronto's games have reached 7+ goals in 9 of 14, and Seattle's have done it in 9 of 12. Neither goaltending group inspires much confidence, the stats show that every goalie who has started for either team sits at .907 or worse, and Joey Daccord is at .882. Toronto's power play converts at 28.9%, and Seattle's penalty kill sits at 70.6%.

Nylander has scored in 2 straight, with 4 goals in his last 5 games, and he has 7 power-play points. He's scored in 6 of 14 games, a touch above the 40% implied by 2.50, and we know what we do when the numbers tell us to play.

This is the first meeting of the season. Seattle won both meetings last year, 4-3 in overtime in Toronto and 5-2 at home in January. Both games finished with 7 goals, so the over cashed each time.

This is the third stop on a road trip that has been all or nothing, with a 7-2 win in Edmonton and a 5-2 loss in Calgary. Auston Matthews leads the team with 20 points, one more than Nylander.

Kirill Marchenko left Monday's game with a lower-body injury and is day to day, which would thin the power play. John Tavares is out. The one thing working against the over is Toronto's penalty kill, the best in the league at 93.6%.

Seattle has had 3 days off since a 5-1 home loss to Minnesota. Jared McCann is out for about 10 weeks, so Kaapo Kakko, the team's points leader, moves up to the top line with Matty Beniers and Jordan Eberle.

Philipp Grubauer is the projected starter. Brandon Montour has a point in 3 straight from the back end.