David Kampf, Steven Lorentz and John Tavares scored as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Tuesday to move into a tie with idle Florida for the top spot in the Atlantic Division.
This Islanders team has run its course. It's time for New York to act like it heading into a crucial trade deadline and offseason.
It had been nearly four years on the calendar since Marcus Hogberg led an NHL team out of the tunnel for warmups.
The New York Islanders closed out the 2024 portion of the season with a 3-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on New Year's Eve. They were without Simon Holmstrom for the first time this season, as he is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
In the Maple Leafs vs Islanders matchup, Mitch Marner's power play points prop is the best bet to target in the New Year's Eve showdown.
Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll appeared to have tweaked something during Tuesday's game against the New York Islanders, but grinded out the win anyway.
The New York Islanders sit seventh in the Metropolitan Division with a 14-16-7 record. It’s been a while since they’ve found postseason success, with their last two playoff appearances ending in lopsided losses to the Carolina Hurricanes.
On the final day of 2024, it became the Year of the Fourth Line for the Maple Leafs. The lesser lights among the bottom six forwards supplied the offence to support Joseph Woll’s 30 saves in Tuesday afternoon’s 3-1 win over the New York Islanders at festive Scotiabank Arena.
That Patrick Roy makes some interesting coaching decisions could be labeled an understatement. He has a reputation as a coach willing to break traditional hockey norms, particularly when pulling his goalie.
Maple Leafs forward Steven Lorentz has an unusual warm-up routine of jumping into the glass by the end boards before each game.
The Toronto Maple Leafs (23-13-2) defeated the New York Islanders (14-17-7) 3-1 on Tuesday afternoon in Toronto. It’s the first leg of a home-and-home for the teams, starting today and finishing on Thursday evening in UBS Arena.