Toronto at Seattle

Seattle lost 5-1 to Minnesota on Saturday, putting 24 shots on goal for one score and going 0-for-3 on the power play. Jared McCann had three goals and five assists through the Kraken's first 11 games, and he is out for the next 10 weeks with a lower-body injury suffered against the Mammoth last Thursday. Seattle has taken 314 shots in 12 games, 26.2 a game. I count two or fewer regulation goals in four of those 12, and two of its wins came in shootouts after regulation ended tied at 2-2 and 3-3. Shootout goals never count toward a total. Toronto averages 3.71 goals a game, sixth in the NHL, on 28.6 shots a game (400 in 14). The Maple Leafs have been held to two goals or fewer in five of their 14 games, most recently Monday at Calgary. John Tavares, last season's team leader with 31 goals, is out with a lower-body injury, and Chris Tanev is out of the Toronto defense with an upper-body injury. That leaves Toronto without last year's top goal scorer, facing a Seattle offense that has been thin on volume. With each club missing one of its top goal scorers, I'm taking the UNDER in Seattle tonight.