New York Islanders at Toronto Maple Leafs

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New York Islanders

0-1-0

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Toronto Maple Leafs

1-1-0

Maple Leafs beat the Islanders 2-1 to rebound from opening loss

New York Islanders vs. Toronto Maple Leafs: Game Highlights

The Maple Leafs rebounded from a 3-2 home loss to Montreal in their opener Tuesday night, spoiling the Islanders' first game of the season.

Colton Sissons also scored for Toronto, and Anthony Stolarz made 26 saves.

Emil Heineman scored in the third period for New York. Ilya Sorokin stopped 24 shots.

Sissons redirected his first goal for Toronto at 7:14 of the first period off Nick Paul's setup. Cowan then shoveled home a power-play rebound with 8:05 left in the period.

Reunited with fellow netminder Sergei Bobrovsky after winning the Stanley Cup together with Florida in 2024, Stolarz was perfect until Heineman scored short-handed with 5:51 left.

Up next Islanders: Host New Jersey on Saturday night.

Maple Leafs: Host Ottawa on Saturday night.

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Regular Season Series

TOR leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 7:14	Colton Sissons Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Nicholas Paul (1), Easton Cowan (2)
Goal	1st Period 11:55	Easton Cowan Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: John (Jack) Roslovic (1), Morgan Rielly (2)
Goal	3rd Period 14:09	Emil Heineman Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Bo Horvat (1)

Statistics

NYI		TOR
11	Blocked Shots	21
24	Hits	19
4	Takeaways	4
27	Shots	26
0	Power Play Goals	1
4	Power Play Opportunities	4
0.0	Power Play Percentage	25.0
1	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
20	Faceoffs Won	30
40.0	Faceoff Win Percent	60.0
12	Giveaways	15
4	Total Penalties	4
8	Penalty Minutes	8

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
John Tavares, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 17
Dakota Joshua, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 17
Miles Wood, LW	Injured Reserve	Oct 15
Chris Tanev, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 15
Max Domi, C	Injured Reserve	Sep 30