SEATTLE — A promising start quickly got away from the Kraken, who dropped their third straight in regulation, 5-1 to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday at Climate Pledge Arena.
Martin Jones (11 saves) took over in net after Auston Matthews scored the Maple Leafs’ fourth goal. Kraken starter Philipp Grubauer exited 4:13 into the second period after 17 saves. He never looked comfortable in his seventh start in the 10 games since the All-Star break.
He wasn’t the only one. Two power-play chances went fairly smoothly, but the Kraken didn’t convert on either. As soon as the latter expired, Matthews scored his second of the night, it was 5-1 and that was officially that.
