New York Islanders at Toronto Maple Leafs

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New York Islanders

39-24-5

Final
3 - 1

Toronto Maple Leafs

29-28-12

Calum Ritchie has early power-play goal and assist as Islanders top Maple Leafs 3-1

New York Islanders vs. Toronto Maple Leafs: Game Highlights

Brayden Schenn scored his first goal since being acquired from St. Louis ahead of the trade deadline, and Emil Heineman also scored for the Islanders, who have won nine of 12.

Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves for New York, and Mathew Barzal had three assists.

Steven Lorentz scored for Toronto. Joseph Woll stopped 31 shots.

The Leafs fell to 2-1-1 since Auston Matthews for the season to a knee injury — a run on the heels of an ugly 0-6-2 slide that all but cratered their playoff hopes.

New York's Matthew Schaefer picked up an assist to move within one point of becoming the fourth rookie defenseman in franchise history to reach 50 in a season. The 18-year-old is looking to join Stefan Persson (56 in 1977-78), Denis Potvin (54 in 1973-74) and Vladimir Malakhov (52 in 1992-93).

Schenn scored on the game's first power play at 4:15 of the first. Ritchie doubled New York's lead at 9:43, also with the man advantage.

Toronto entered Tuesday with the NHL’s third-best penalty kill at 83.5%. New York’s power play was 29th at 15.9%.

Up next Islanders: Visit Ottawa on Thursday.

Maple Leafs: Host Carolina on Friday.

Regular Season Series

NYI lead series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 4:15	Brayden Schenn Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Calum Ritchie (12), Mathew Barzal (43)
Goal	1st Period 9:43	Calum Ritchie Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Mathew Barzal (44), Matthew Schaefer (29)
Goal	2nd Period 4:40	Steven Lorentz Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Bo Groulx (1)
Goal	2nd Period 11:57	Emil Heineman Goal (19) Slap Shot, assists: Tony DeAngelo (27), Mathew Barzal (45)

Statistics

NYI		TOR
8	Blocked Shots	13
9	Hits	20
5	Takeaways	1
34	Shots	27
2	Power Play Goals	0
6	Power Play Opportunities	3
33.3	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
35	Faceoffs Won	33
51.5	Faceoff Win Percent	48.5
11	Giveaways	13
4	Total Penalties	6
11	Penalty Minutes	17

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Anthony Stolarz, G	Day-To-Day	Mar 21
Morgan Rielly, D	Out	Mar 21
Auston Matthews, C	Out	Mar 19
Chris Tanev, D	Injured Reserve	Mar 4

New York Islanders Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Maxim Shabanov, RW	Out	Mar 21
Alexander Romanov, D	Injured Reserve	Mar 12
Pierre Engvall, LW	Injured Reserve	Mar 12
Semyon Varlamov, G	Injured Reserve	Mar 12
Kyle Palmieri, C	Injured Reserve	Nov 30