NHL Betting Preview: Maple Leafs vs Kraken

The Toronto Maple Leafs square off against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena, with face-off scheduled for 22:00 on Thursday, January 29.

We’re Expecting a Win for Kraken

The Maple Leafs look opposable on the Moneyline, so we’re going to make the Kraken our betting prediction. You can currently get -108 for this pick which looks good value.

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7 Leafs Victories in Last 9 H2H Battles

Toronto Maple Leafs have lost in their previous five outings. In a recent home game at Scotiabank Arena, they were turned over 7-4 by Buffalo Sabres. Max Domi was on target along with three of his teammates.

Seattle Kraken made it back-to-back wins in their last game. Landing a 5-1 home victory against Washington Capitals at Climate Pledge Arena. Jared McCann recorded 4 points, featuring 2 goals and 2 assists. Goalie Philipp Grubauer made a total of 19 saves (.950).

Head-to-Head Statistics

These two teams last met at Scotiabank Arena, with the Kraken claiming the win. Beating the Leafs by a 4-3 scoreline. The Leafs have triumphed in seven of the previous 9 clashes between these teams.

Starting Goalies

Anthony Stolarz (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	6-6-1	3.7	.880	0
23/24	16-7-1	2.03	.925	2

Joey Daccord (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	13-12-5	2.9	.900	2
23/24	19-18-11	2.46	.916	3

Toronto Maple Leafs – Last 10 Games

3 wins, 5 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 3.1 goals from 27.8 shots on goal, with a 20.0% powerplay efficiency. The Leafs have been giving up 4.3 goals from 34.6 shots, averaging 3.1 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 80.7%.

Auston Matthews is the top points scorer with 11 points, 5 goals and 6 assists, with Max Domi recording 9 points, 4 goals and 5 assists, in the past 10 games. Goalie Joseph Woll have a 3.72 goal against average with a .892 save percentage, including one shutout.

Seattle Kraken – Last 10 Games

The Kraken have 4 wins, 5 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 3.1 goals from 22.8 shots on goal, with a 18.2% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 3.2 goals from 27.5 shots, averaging 3.2 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 78.1%.

The top points scorer is Jared McCann with 11 points, 6 goals and 5 assists, while Matthew Beniers is next best after registering 9 points, 5 goals and 4 assists. Goalie Philipp Grubauer have a 2.50 GAA with a .900 SV%.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Seattle Kraken Prediction & Picks

Get the edge with our best Toronto Maple Leafs vs Seattle Kraken tips: a key match prediction, correct score recommendation, top player prop bets and a ready-made bet builder.

Game Prediction

The best bet could be taking Seattle Kraken to simply achieve a victory in this NHL clash. Our pick can be taken at -108 on the Moneyline which yields a potentially nice return.

We keep a close eye on the NHL team news and our handicappers stay sharp by tracking the latest form and lineups. You’ll also find a full set of stats that offer valuable insight and help shape smarter hockey predictions ahead of the action.

Key Maple Leafs vs Kraken stats:

Kraken have won 6 of their last 10 games at home.
Kraken have won 12 of their last 20 games.
Kraken have won 2 consecutive games.
Maple Leafs have lost their last 5 games.
Maple Leafs have lost 7 of their last 10 games.
Maple Leafs have lost 12 of their last 20 games on the road.

Kraken Moneyline Probability

Looking at the latest betting odds, there’s a 51.8% likelihood of our pick delivering a return. After careful examination, our analysts have this probability somewhere between 55-60%. It is therefore regarded as a value wager.

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Our Game Prediction

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Matthew Knies Under 1.5 Shots -115

Matthew Knies (Maple Leafs) hasn't covered the 1.5 shots on goal total in 8 of the past 10 games. Using this stat, we can take betting odds of -115 that this Shots on Goal wager falls short of the line.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Moneyline Kraken

To Score Jordan Eberle

Shots on Goal Matthew Knies Under 1.5

Get in the game with a same game parlay. Our picks are the Kraken on the moneyline, Jordan Eberle (Kraken) to score and Matthew Knies (Maple Leafs) to have Over 1.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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A 5-2 win in favor of the Kraken is available at odds of +1700. Take a chance on the correct score and get rewarded for predicting the right scoreline.

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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Seattle Kraken Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Books Predicting a Close-Run Battle

The latest Moneyline odds are -108 that Seattle Kraken win, while Toronto Maple Leafs have been chalked up at -111. The sportsbooks give the home team a 52% chance of winning this game.

The puck line is 1.5 and total goals is 6.5. A wager on Totals allows bettors to use the latest data to good effect. If you fancy Over 6.5, this outcome can be backed at -100.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Auston Matthews Favorite to Score the First Goal

Auston Matthews is the market leader to be First Goalscorer at +850. Alternatively, there’s the chance to back him to find the net at any stage at +115.

Player Goals

Auston Matthews (Maple Leafs)

John Tavares (Maple Leafs)

Jared McCann (Kraken)

Jordan Eberle (Kraken)

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Player Assists

Auston Matthews (Maple Leafs)

Matthew Knies (Maple Leafs)

John Tavares (Maple Leafs)

Vince Dunn (Kraken)

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Player Shots

Auston Matthews (Maple Leafs)

John Tavares (Maple Leafs)

Jared McCann (Kraken)

Brandon Montour (Kraken)

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Micro Betting

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Last 5 Games

Maple Leafs

NHL: 28/01 Sabres7 Maple Leafs 4
NHL: 25/01 Avalanche4 Maple Leafs 1
NHL: 24/01 Golden Knights6 Maple Leafs 3
NHL: 22/01 Red Wings2 Maple Leafs 1
NHL: 20/01 Wild6 Maple Leafs 3

Kraken

NHL: 28/01 Capitals1 Kraken 5
NHL: 25/01 Devils2 Kraken 4
NHL: 24/01 Ducks4 Kraken 2
NHL: 22/01 Islanders1 Kraken 4
NHL: 19/01 Penguins6 Kraken 3

Head to Head

Toronto vs Seattle

NHL: 19/10 2025 Kraken 4 Maple Leafs 3
NHL: 07/02 2025 Maple Leafs 3 Kraken 1
NHL: 01/11 2024 Kraken 1 Maple Leafs 4
NHL: 22/01 2024 Maple Leafs 3 Kraken 1
NHL: 01/12 2023 Kraken 3 Maple Leafs 4
NHL: 27/02 2023 Maple Leafs 5 Kraken 1
NHL: 06/01 2023 Kraken 5 Maple Leafs 1
NHL: 09/03 2022 Kraken 4 Maple Leafs 6
NHL: 15/02 2022 Maple Leafs 6 Kraken 2

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats

Seattle Kraken Stats

Moneyline

3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games
3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 1 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have not covered the -1.5 puck line in any of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 8 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.40 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.50 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.10 goals and allowed 4.30 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.50 pts and allowed 4.00 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.30 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.30 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 2 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 2 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.10 goals and allowed 3.20 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.70 goals and allowed 2.60 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 27.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 6.5
Blocks: 8.9
Faceoff Wins : 22.7
Hits: 21.4
Giveaways: 15.7
Takeaways: 5.2

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.2
Shots: 25.9
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 2.9
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 5.8
Blocks: 8.3
Faceoff Wins : 20.7
Hits: 20.8
Giveaways: 18
Takeaways: 4.7

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 22.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 7.5
Blocks: 8.8
Faceoff Wins : 20.9
Hits: 19
Giveaways: 14.4
Takeaways: 4.8

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.8
Shots: 25.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.6
Penalty Minutes: 7.9
Blocks: 12.6
Faceoff Wins : 27.1
Hits: 17.4
Giveaways: 14.4
Takeaways: 4.4

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Toronto Maple Leafs Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
88	William Nylander	37	18.55	17	31	48	1
34	Auston Matthews	47	20.87	26	19	45	2
91	John Tavares	53	17.99	19	26	45	-13

23	Matthew Knies	50	19.15	13	31	44	-8
95	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	53	20.59	8	24	32	2
44	Morgan Rielly	52	21.71	6	24	30	-14
74	Bobby McMann	52	15.23	17	12	29	-1
11	Max Domi	51	14.85	8	20	28	-16
89	Nick Robertson	50	12.43	11	13	24	-3
63	Matias Maccelli	42	14.69	7	14	21	-9
55	Nicolas Roy	50	14.63	4	14	18	2
22	Jake McCabe	51	22.11	3	14	17	14
53	Easton Cowan	42	13.61	7	10	17	3
18	Steven Lorentz	46	11.87	4	10	14	3
24	Scott Laughton	35	13.78	8	2	10	-2
81	Dakota Joshua	36	12.32	6	4	10	-2
28	Troy Stecher	40	19.33	2	8	10	6
19	Calle Jaernkrok	33	11.49	6	1	7	-8
25	Brandon Carlo	30	19.5	0	4	4	4
2	Simon Benoit	46	17.37	0	3	3	-5
51	Philippe Myers	25	13.81	0	2	2	-9
8	Christopher Tanev	11	17.97	0	2	2	8
36	Dakota Mermis	11	13.03	1	0	1	-3
35	Dennis Hildeby	19	50.03	0	0	0	0
70	Artur Akhtyamov	1	10.5	0	0	0	0
3	Henry Thrun	4	14.88	0	0	0	-1
61	Jacob Quillan	4	7.65	0	0	0	2
33	Matt Benning	1	12.4	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
60	Joseph Woll	23	2.97	0.908
41	Anthony Stolarz	14	3.71	0.878
	Cayden Primeau	3	4.3	0.838

Seattle Kraken Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
7	Jordan Eberle	50	18.87	19	17	36	8
10	Matthew Beniers	52	19.64	13	23	36	-1
29	Vince Dunn	51	22.3	7	24	31	-19

9	Chandler Stephenson	50	19.74	13	18	31	-14
20	Eeli Tolvanen	51	16.3	10	20	30	-11
19	Jared McCann	28	16.44	14	12	26	2
62	Brandon Montour	34	22.25	6	14	20	-3
84	Kaapo Kakko	36	14.39	5	14	19	4
51	Shane Wright	52	13.81	7	11	18	1
17	Jaden Schwartz	33	16.85	9	9	18	5
89	Frederick Gaudreau	39	16.19	4	10	14	6
26	Ryan Winterton	50	11.47	3	10	13	2
41	Ryker Evans	37	17.47	5	7	12	3
6	Adam Larsson	52	21.78	4	8	12	2
59	Ben Meyers	31	11.64	5	6	11	0
77	Berkly Catton	39	12.63	5	6	11	-3
55	Ryan Lindgren	52	18.79	2	7	9	16
24	Jamie Oleksiak	50	16.84	3	5	8	8
12	Tye Kartye	37	10.75	2	5	7	-7
38	Jani Nyman	24	10.7	4	2	6	1
63	Jacob Melanson	18	9.53	1	3	4	0
28	Josh Mahura	20	15.41	1	2	3	9
27	Cale Fleury	16	17.59	1	1	2	2
78	Oscar Fisker Moelgaard	2	6	0	1	1	1
15	John Hayden	3	10.07	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
35	Joey Daccord	30	2.86	0.901
31	Philipp Grubauer	21	2.34	0.918
30	Matt Murray	5	2.21	0.922

Injuries & Suspensions

Toronto Maple Leafs Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Dakota Joshua

Injured

Christopher Tanev

Injured

William Nylander

Injured

Seattle Kraken Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Matt Murray

Injured

Ben Meyers

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Toronto Maple Leafs Lineups

27 Jan NHL

Sabres 7-4 Maple Leafs

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	52	32	15	5	69	0.663	23	28	180	150	30	18-8-2	14-7-3	4-3	7-3	1W
2 Pittsburgh	51	26	14	11	63	0.618	22	25	169	152	17	11-7-7	15-7-4	1-7	6-4	4W
3 NY Islanders	53	29	19	5	63	0.594	20	25	155	148	7	15-9-2	14-10-3	4-5	5-5	2W
4 Philadelphia	52	24	19	9	57	0.548	17	19	157	167	-10	12-9-5	12-10-4	5-3	2-8	2L
5 Columbus	52	25	20	7	57	0.548	16	20	163	172	-9	14-8-4	11-12-3	5-1	7-3	3W
6 Washington	54	25	22	7	57	0.528	22	25	171	164	7	14-10-3	11-12-4	0-5	3-7	2L
7 New Jersey	53	27	24	2	56	0.528	18	24	141	163	-22	12-10-2	15-14-0	3-0	5-5	2L
8 NY Rangers	54	22	26	6	50	0.463	14	20	145	170	-25	6-13-4	16-13-2	2-0	2-8	1L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Tampa Bay	51	33	14	4	70	0.686	26	30	179	130	49	14-9-0	19-5-4	3-2	8-2	1W
2 Detroit	54	32	17	5	69	0.639	22	30	168	162	6	18-9-1	14-8-4	2-2	7-3	1L
3 Buffalo	52	30	17	5	65	0.625	24	27	179	159	20	16-6-3	14-11-2	3-0	7-3	4W
4 Montreal	53	29	17	7	65	0.613	18	27	180	177	3	15-11-1	14-6-6	2-4	5-5	1W
5 Boston	54	31	20	3	65	0.602	23	29	180	168	12	20-8-1	11-12-2	2-1	8-2	1W
6 Florida	52	28	21	3	59	0.567	23	25	160	169	-9	14-11-3	14-10-0	3-1	6-4	1L
7 Ottawa	53	25	21	7	57	0.538	20	22	179	176	3	13-10-4	12-11-3	3-0	5-5	2W
8 Toronto	53	24	20	9	57	0.538	17	24	174	183	-9	16-9-6	8-11-3	0-1	3-7	5L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	51	35	7	9	79	0.775	32	34	200	127	73	20-2-4	15-5-5	1-5	4-6	1L
2 Minnesota	54	30	14	10	70	0.648	19	26	175	157	18	15-6-7	15-8-3	4-3	5-5	1W
3 Dallas	53	30	14	9	69	0.651	26	27	176	147	29	14-7-3	16-7-6	3-3	5-5	2W
4 Utah	53	28	21	4	60	0.566	21	28	167	146	21	15-7-2	13-14-2	0-0	8-2	1W
5 Nashville	52	24	23	5	53	0.51	17	21	150	177	-27	14-12-2	10-11-3	3-0	5-5	2L
6 Chicago	53	21	23	9	51	0.481	16	18	144	168	-24	11-13-5	10-10-4	3-5	3-7	3L
7 Winnipeg	52	21	24	7	49	0.471	19	20	153	161	-8	12-10-5	9-14-2	1-2	6-4	1W
8 St Louis	53	19	25	9	47	0.443	18	18	130	183	-53	12-10-6	7-15-3	1-3	2-8	5L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	52	25	14	13	63	0.606	18	24	173	164	9	12-7-6	13-7-7	1-5	6-4	2L
2 Edmonton	54	27	19	8	62	0.574	21	27	186	175	11	14-8-4	13-11-4	0-3	5-5	2W
3 Anaheim	53	28	22	3	59	0.557	16	22	177	188	-11	15-8-1	13-14-2	6-0	7-3	1L
4 San Jose	51	27	21	3	57	0.559	16	25	161	176	-15	14-9-3	13-12-0	2-1	7-3	2W
5 LA Kings	51	22	16	13	57	0.559	14	18	137	144	-7	8-10-7	14-6-6	4-6	4-6	3W
6 Seattle	52	24	19	9	57	0.548	18	23	148	155	-7	13-9-5	11-10-4	1-4	4-6	2W
7 Calgary	52	21	25	6	48	0.462	17	19	132	156	-24	13-9-4	8-16-2	2-2	3-7	4L
8 Vancouver	53	17	31	5	39	0.368	11	13	141	196	-55	5-17-3	12-14-2	4-1	1-9	3L

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Starting Goalies

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Seattle Kraken Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

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Correct Score Prediction

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Player Goals

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Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

Toronto Maple Leafs Injury Table

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Starting Lineups

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