But Auston Matthews scored with an empty net in the final two minutes and goalkeeper Joey Daccord turned to an extra attacker.

Montour, who grew up in neighboring Brantford, Ont., ended up missing the game due to the birth of a daughter; his absence came just one game after he scored the Kraken’s first hat trick by a defenseman on a four-point night. him in Montreal. With Dunn, born in the adjacent suburb of Mississauga and raised in the nearby city of Lindsay, already out for several weeks with an injury, the Kraken found themselves down two power-play “quarterbacks” and forced to rely on a call-up. from AHL that is rarely used. Cale Fleury in that role.

While Fleury did what he could, the power play was held scoreless, while his teammates seemed to get caught in coverage on their own end too many times.

For the Kraken, a well-played first half was ultimately in vain as they gave up a goal with just four seconds left off a faceoff in the defensive zone.

Auston Matthews took that tie, immediately stepped up to take control of the puck and then passed it in front to Mitch Marner, who completed the tic-tac-toe play by giving Knies an easy goal from close range.

Nylander then went to work in the second period, taking an uncovered pass from Morgan Rielly to Joey Daccord’s right and easily depositing it into an empty left side of the net.

Midway through the period, Nylander led an odd run into the Kraken zone, passed the puck to Max Pacioretty and then snuck into the back of the net. Pacioretty’s initial shot was blocked, but John Tavares grabbed the rebound and passed the puck to Nylander (again discovered to Daccord’s right) for another easy goal on an open left side.

Things were pretty even the rest of the way, although the Kraken only had one shot in the first half of the fourth period and did little to threaten Toronto goaltender Joseph Woll’s shutout attempt from there until Tolvanen’s 31-foot final shot. through a heavy screen.