What time do the Maple Leafs play the Kraken?

The Maple Leafs play the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. Pacific) at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. The Leafs broadcast is on Sportsnet.

Is Kirill Marchenko playing against the Kraken?

As of Oct. 27, 2026, the Leafs had not announced a diagnosis or status for Marchenko, who left the Oct. 26 game in Calgary with a lower-body injury. Coach Jim Hiller said after the game that not being able to return was never a good sign, so he should be considered doubtful.

Is Jared McCann injured?

Yes. The Kraken placed Jared McCann on injured reserve with a lower-body injury and announced on Oct. 25, 2026, that he would miss about 10 weeks. He was hurt in a 5-3 win over Utah on Oct. 22 and had eight points in 11 games.

What are the Maple Leafs' and Kraken's records?

Toronto is 7-5-2 and Seattle is 7-4-1 heading into their Oct. 28, 2026, game. Toronto is 5-3-2 in its last 10 games and Seattle is 6-3-1, according to ESPN.

Who coaches the Seattle Kraken?

Lane Lambert is the head coach of the Seattle Kraken. He called the loss of Jared McCann a blow to the team after the 10-week timeline was announced on Oct. 25, 2026.

Who will start in goal for the Maple Leafs against Seattle?

Toronto had not named a starter as of Oct. 27, 2026. Sergei Bobrovsky started the Oct. 26 loss in Calgary, and Anthony Stolarz made 30 saves in the 7-2 win in Edmonton on Oct. 24, which makes Stolarz the logical choice in Seattle.

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Maple Leafs vs. Kraken: the essentials

The Maple Leafs vs. Kraken game on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Climate Pledge Arena is the third stop on Toronto's four-game western trip. Puck drop is 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. in Seattle), with the Leafs broadcast on Sportsnet. It is the first meeting of the season between the teams.

Toronto comes in at 7-5-2 after a 5-2 loss in Calgary that ended a four-game winning streak and cost them Kirill Marchenko to a lower-body injury. Seattle is 7-4-1 and coming off a 5-1 home loss to Minnesota on Oct. 24. Both teams are short a key forward. The Kraken have the clearer answer on theirs: Jared McCann is out for about 10 weeks.

For the full story of Monday's loss, see our Maple Leafs vs. Flames recap.

How the teams compare

The two clubs arrive with similar records and similar recent form, according to ESPN's pregame numbers.

Team	Record	Last 10	Points leader
Toronto Maple Leafs	7-5-2	5-3-2	Auston Matthews, 9 G, 11 A
Seattle Kraken	7-4-1	6-3-1	Kaapo Kakko, 2 G, 8 A

Matthews comes in fresh off his 800th career point, the fastest any Leaf has reached it, which we break down in our piece on Matthews' record-setting 800th point. Betting markets have treated this as close to a coin flip, which feels right for two teams separated by a point in the standings.

Seattle without Jared McCann

The Kraken placed McCann on injured reserve with a lower-body injury and said on Oct. 25 he would miss about 10 weeks. He was hurt in a 5-3 win over Utah on Oct. 22. Head coach Lane Lambert called it a blow to the team, and it is: McCann had eight points in 11 games and is Seattle's most reliable shooter.

Seattle is also missing defenceman Ryan Lindgren (upper body), along with Jake O'Brien and Jacob Melanson, according to ESPN's injury report. That leaves the Kraken leaning on Kakko as a playmaker and on young forwards like Berkly Catton, who scored their only goal against the Wild.

Joey Daccord is the goalie Toronto should expect to see. He made 31 saves in the loss to Minnesota and has been Seattle's starter through October, including a 6-1 opening-night win over Calgary. Daccord is the reason the Kraken have stayed in games when their skaters have not.

The way to beat him is the way Calgary beat Bobrovsky: traffic, rebounds and shots from below the hash marks, not perimeter volume. Toronto's goals in Calgary both came from in tight, Cowan on a redirect and Nylander on a cross-crease pass. That is the template. Ilya Sorokin stopped 28 of 29 shots when the Islanders beat Toronto 4-1 on Oct. 17, and the Leafs cannot afford a repeat of that night against a goalie in form.

Seattle's October so far

The Kraken have been a team of streaks. They opened the season with a 6-1 home win over Calgary, then beat the Flames 6-1 again on Oct. 4, when Kailer Samoskevich scored twice. They won 5-3 in Washington on Oct. 11, when McCann broke a tie with 5:27 left in the third. They also took an 8-3 beating in Florida on Oct. 17 and lost 3-1 in Edmonton.

The pattern is a team that can score in bunches against weaker defensive clubs and struggles against heavier, faster opponents. Before the loss to Minnesota, Seattle had points in six of seven games. Losing McCann takes away the player who most often turned their offensive zone time into goals.

For Toronto, that is an opening. The Leafs' best players are better than Seattle's best players. The Kraken's advantage is depth and structure under Lambert, and that advantage shrinks when Toronto's top line controls the play. The Leafs need Matthews and Nylander to win their minutes by a clear margin, because the rest of this lineup will not win its minutes by much.

Toronto's form on the trip

The trip opened with the best performance of Toronto's season: a 7-2 win in Edmonton on Oct. 24, with Stolarz making 30 saves and Nylander scoring his 300th career goal. Two nights later the same team looked a step slow in Calgary. Fatigue is not an excuse in late October, but the swing between those two games shows how much Toronto depends on a fast start.

The Leafs had won four straight before Calgary. The fair read is that they are a good team playing short-handed, not a bad team getting lucky. Seattle is the kind of game a good team wins on the road, even without Marchenko and Tavares.

Marchenko's status and Toronto's lineup

The biggest question for Toronto is Marchenko. He left in the second period in Calgary after a hit from Yegor Sharangovich, and Jim Hiller had no full update after the game. As of Tuesday the club had not announced a diagnosis. If there is no news, treat him as doubtful. Our Kirill Marchenko injury breakdown covers what Toronto loses and how Hiller can rebuild the lines.

The rest of the injury list has not changed. John Tavares is week-to-week with a lower-body injury and has been skating on his own. Chris Tanev has been skating in a non-contact jersey and is also week-to-week. Max Domi and Dakota Joshua remain on long-term injured reserve.

That means Toronto's forward group will again lean on Matthews, William Nylander, Easton Cowan and Gavin McKenna for offence. In Calgary, the projected lines had Cowan with Matthews and Jack Roslovic, and McKenna on the third line with Colton Sissons. Expect changes.

The goalie call: start Anthony Stolarz

Sergei Bobrovsky started in Calgary and allowed three goals on 32 shots, including a short-side goal from a sharp angle to open the scoring. Anthony Stolarz started the game before, making 30 saves in the 7-2 win in Edmonton on Oct. 24.

LeafsLurker's take: Stolarz should start in Seattle. We made the full case earlier this week that Stolarz has earned the net, and nothing in Calgary changed it. Bobrovsky was not the main reason Toronto lost, but the opening goal was one he needed to stop. With a back half of the trip that includes Vancouver on Oct. 31, Hiller can split the two games and still ride the better goalie on Wednesday.

Three things to watch

The start. Toronto trailed 2-0 inside 12 minutes in Calgary. Seattle has had trouble scoring without McCann. An early lead would let the Leafs play the game on their terms.
The power play. Marchenko had four power-play goals in his first 13 games as a Leaf. If he is out, McKenna and Nylander have to carry more of it.
Cowan's response. His turnover led to Calgary's second goal, and he scored Toronto's first. How Hiller deploys him on Wednesday will say a lot about how much the coach trusts him.

What's at stake

Before the trip, we set five of eight points as the bar. Toronto has two points from two games. Winning in Seattle keeps that target alive going into Vancouver; losing makes the trip a disappointment no matter what happens on Oct. 31.

A win would also keep Toronto in the thick of a crowded Atlantic Division race early in the season. Check where the Leafs sit on our standings page before puck drop.

After Seattle, the trip ends in Vancouver on Saturday, Oct. 31, before Toronto returns home. Watch for a Marchenko update and any recall from the Marlies at the morning skate on Wednesday. If the Leafs bring up a forward, it is a sign the news on Marchenko is not good.