Overview
- The Islanders beat the Maple Leafs 4-1 Saturday night at Scotiabank Arena, with Bo Horvat scoring the game-winning goal, Simon Holmstrom scoring twice and Anthony Duclair adding a goal.
- New York finished the game with 10 forwards after Matias Maccelli and Cal Ritchie exited early with apparent lower-body injuries and the club will evaluate them on Long Island.
- Ilya Sorokin made 28 saves, helped kill three penalties and earned his 158th franchise victory to move into sole possession of second place on the Islanders’ wins list.
- Toronto outshot the Islanders and led in expected-goals metrics but scored once on 29 shots while Sergei Bobrovsky’s save percentage fell to .891 after allowing three goals.
- The loss extends Toronto’s slide and leaves both clubs facing near-term roster work: the Islanders may call up AHL forwards such as Liam Foudy or Pierre Engvall and the Maple Leafs must cope without John Tavares on a week-to-week basis.