Bo Horvat scored 46 seconds into time beyond regulation because the New York Islanders spoiled a milestone evening for his or her former captain John Tavares, who recorded a aim and an help for the Toronto Maple Leafs to succeed in 1,000 profession factors.
Tavares turned the 98th participant in NHL historical past to hit the 1,000-points mark (435 objectives, 565 assists) on the play.
“Joyful that it got here in a very good second for the staff and it has been an awesome journey to this point, nice journey,” Tavares mentioned. “Clearly you wish to have fun in a win, however very happy with it.
“And clearly, for me, the distinctiveness of doing it the place I performed my first 9 years of my profession and a giant a part of who I’m. And, the way in which this place impacted me it was great. Actually distinctive and funky to do it right here. You recognize, place means loads.”
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Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri every had a aim and an help, and Casey Cizikas additionally scored to assist the Islanders win their third straight recreation. Noah Dobson had three assists and Ilya Sorokin completed with 36 saves.
Within the additional interval, Horvat scored on a feed from Mathew Barzal to push the Islanders forward of Philadelphia into second place within the Metropolitan Division — trailing solely the rival New York Rangers.
“You are attempting to skate as arduous as you possibly can to make a transparent lower two-on-one,” Horvat mentioned after the Islanders improved to 8-1-2 of their final 11 video games. “With a saucer cross like that you do not wish to simply whack at it and hope for one of the best. You type of obtained to let it sit slightly bit and choose your spot. You are attempting to think about all that in a matter of half a second and fortunately it labored.”
The Islanders led 3-1 earlier than Tavares pulled the Maple Leafs inside one as he redirected a shot from defenceman Conor Timmins at 7:43 of the second interval.
Rielly tied it with seven seconds remaining in regulation. Nylander fired a puck towards the online that bounced off Tavares and Rielly managed the unfastened puck.
“It hurts however on the identical time you are sitting there with so little time left and also you’re banking one [point],” Nelson mentioned of the staff’s mindset following the late equalizer.
Matthews had a power-play aim to open the scoring at 5:50 of the primary interval. He deftly obtained a fast cross from Mitch Marner on his backhand and shortly fired the puck along with his forehand previous Sorokin into the highest nook of the online for his nineteenth.
Nelson tied it at 9:20 of the primary along with his twelfth. Palmieri noticed Nelson darting towards an open space within the slot and slid a backhand cross to arrange the one-timer.
Cizikas fought off a examine from Maple Leafs ahead Max Domi and roofed a backhand previous Samsonov to provide the Islanders a 2-1 lead with 1:27 remaining within the opening interval.
