What Happened
Bo Horvat scored the winner and added an assist as the New York Islanders defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Saturday night. Simon Holmstrom scored twice, including an empty-net goal, and Anthony Duclair also scored for New York. Ilya Sorokin made 28 saves. Colton Sissons scored for Toronto, which got 16 stops from Sergei Bobrovsky. The Maple Leafs have now lost three consecutive games and four of their last five.
Key Details
- Duclair opened the scoring at 8:18 of the first period.
- Horvat doubled the lead at 18:33 of the second.
- Sissons made it 2-1 at 3:54 of the third.
- Holmstrom restored the two-goal lead at 14:08, then scored into the empty net.
- Islanders winger Matias Maccelli left in the first period with an apparent lower-body injury and did not return.
What It Means
Toronto's early-season slide continues with a third straight defeat, dropping the club to 3-4-2. The Islanders, now 4-3-1, got a balanced attack and a 28-save outing from Sorokin. New York also lost Matias Maccelli to an apparent lower-body injury in the first period, leaving his status uncertain.