Off of an offensive-zone face-off, Montour took a pass from Jordan Eberle at the top of the right circle, wound up and fired a slap shot that squeezed through Sergei Bobrovsky’s pads.
Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist, Berkly Catton, Josh Mahura and Ryker Evans scored, and Mackie Samoskevich had two assists for the Kraken (8-4-1), who have won three of four. Philipp Grubauer had 18 saves.
Gavin McKenna had his first two-goal game in the NHL and added an assist for his first three-point game. Auston Matthews had a goal and two assists and Jack Roslovic had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs (7-6-2), who have dropped their past two after winning their previous four. Darren Raddysh had two assists and Bobrovsky had 12 saves.
Catton made it 1-0 at 1:59 of the first period, deking around Toronto defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson in the slot and chipping a backhander past Bobrovsky’s glove. The shot hit the crossbar but bounced off Bobrovsky’s pants and in.
McKenna tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 19:14 when Matthews passed from the bottom of the right circle to McKenna at the right dot, and he snapped it off the far post and in.
Mahura put the Kraken back ahead 2-1 16 seconds into the second period, finishing a 2-on-1 rush with Ben Meyers with a one-timer into an open net from the left circle.
McKenna scored his second power-play goal to tie it again 2-2 at 1:46, one-timing Matthews’ no-look pass from the slot to the right circle past Grubauer’s left skate.
Stephenson scored a power-play goal to make it 3-2 at 3:33 when his pass from the top of the right circle intended for Matty Beniers bounced off Toronto defenseman Troy Stecher’s skate and past Bobrovsky’s right pad.
Evans pushed it to 4-2 off a rush at 10:58, taking a pass from Samoskevich at the blue line, racing in and snapping it off the far post and in from the left dot.
Roslovic cut it to 4-3 at 8:02 of the third period. Playing 4-on-4, Easton Cowan sent a wrist shot from the top of the slot which hit Grubauer’s pad and skipped to Roslovic in the left circle. Roslovic snapped it under the crossbar.
Matthews tied it 4-4 from the bottom of the right circle with 1:30 left in the third and the Maple Leafs skating 6-on-5 with an empty net, one-timing Raddysh’s pass from the point under Grubauer.
