Maple Leaf offence goes into a collective slumber in 3-1 loss to New York Islanders
See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Never mind sitting Gavin McKenna, the whole Maple Leafs’ offence was a near no-show on Saturday night. The offensively-challenged New York Islanders, despite two early game injuries, put the clamps on Toronto, in its first game without injured second-line centre John Tavares. The […]
The New York Islanders defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Saturday night, according to Global News. Anthony Duclair opened the scoring for New York in the first period, followed by a goal from Bo Horvat at 18:33 to give the visitors a 2-0 lead. Simon Holmstrom scored twice, including an empty-net goal, while Colton Sissons recorded the lone goal for Toronto. Ilya Sorokin made 28 saves for the Islanders, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 16 shots for the Maple Leafs.
The Toronto Sun noted that the Maple Leafs' offense struggled during the game, which marked the team's first contest without injured second-line centre John Tavares. Global News reported that the loss marks Toronto's third consecutive defeat and four losses in their last five games. During the second period, Global News reported that Kirill Marchenko had chances turned aside by Sorokin, and Gavin McKenna missed a late opportunity to tie the game by firing wide on a partial breakaway.
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- Bo Horvat scores winner and adds assist in Islanders’ 4-1 win over Maple Leafs winnipegfreepress.com
- Horvat leads Islanders past Maple Leafs globalnews.ca
