TORONTO—William Nylander scored twice, Joseph Woll made 24 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Seattle Kraken 4-1 on Thursday night.
Matthews Knies and Auston Matthews, with a bank-shot empty-netter, also scored to help Toronto improve to 6-4-1. Matthews also had an assist.
Eeli Tolvanen scored for Seattle (5-5-1). Joey Daccord stopped 25 shots.
Knies opened the scoring late in the first period, and Nylander scored twice in the second.
Tolvanen spoiled Woll’s bid for his second career shutout with 3:28 left in regulation and Daccord on the bench for an extra attacker.
Takeaways
Kraken: Already missing Vince Dunn because of an upper-body injury, Seattle was down another defenseman with Brandon Montour back in Seattle for the birth of his second child.Maple Leafs: Knies scored in a third consecutive game to give him six goals this season. Nylander leads the team with eight.