#NJDevils and #Isles faced off in a game where penalties played a significant role. The Devils led 3-0 after the second period, with goals from Meier, J. Hughes, and Holtz. In the end, the Devils secured a 6-3 victory over the Islanders.
Semyon Varlamov made 27 saves and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period to help lift the #Isles past the Panthers on Thursday night. https://t.co/2ltxon62ZG
Giordano on his past six weeks: "There has been moments where it has been really tough with the family side of things, but Iโve been having a lot of fun being at the rink around the guys." ##Leafs
#Isles Semyon Varlamov after win: "It's amazing to win, especially here in Florida, against one of the best offensive teams in the NHL. Great feeling. A pretty good start and a great finish. Guys were battling really, really hard today."
Isles hold on for 3-2 win.
Islanders take this one, 3-2.
#Isles getting a 4:00 PP as Cal Clutterbuck gets high-sticked. Reinhart in the box. Clutterbuck in the room.
#Isles PK, which has been disastrous this season, gets a huge one here in the third, up 3-2. Varlamov stones Reinhart with the right pad as one of many on the kill.
Varlamov continues to stand tall. A few real strong blocker saves on #Isles delayed penalty. Horvat is off for slashing with 10:43 to play in the third.
Varlamov, aggressive and square, stops a point-blank shot to keep #Isles in front. 13:11 to play in the third. 3-2 NYI.
#Isles are certainly crashing the net tonight.
#Isles back on the PP with 17:27 to go in the third, as OEL is off for roughing.
Back for the third. #Isles are up 3-2 and surely need this one.
#Isles Cal Clutterbuck has made history tonight, becoming the first player to ever reach 4,000 career hits. He gets it in the second period tonight vs. #TimeToHunt @TheHockeyNews https://t.co/hqCVSrxt6u
End of two #Isles 3 (Pulock, Barzal, Pageau) #FlaPanthers 2 (Tarasenko, Barkov) Isles up on shots 19-14 Isles much better job getting bodies to the net, as they practiced. Panthers have a ridiculously good third-period goal differential of plus-30
END OF 2: Islanders 3, Panthers 2 Shots: 19-14 NYI
END OF 2: Islanders 3, Panthers 2 Shots: 19-14
Varlamov with an elite, aggressive save in the final minute of the second to keep #Isles up 3-2. NYI outshooting FLA 19-14.
3-1 #Leafs after two. Shots on goal 33-19.
#Isles 0/3 on PP tonight 2-for-29 over their last nine games, including tonight.
After review, Pageau's goal counts. Wow. #Isles up 3-2. FLA loses their challenge and NYI goes on the PP.
Islanders take the lead 3-2 with 9:18 left in the second.
#Isles now up 3-2
3-1 Leafs.
Dewar scores his first goal with the #Leafs. 3-1.
#Isles Mathew Barzal ties the game at 2-2 via a deflection with 11:17 to play in the second.
Islanders tie it again at 2-2 with 11:17 left in the second.
#Isles tie this one back up at 2-2 with 11:17 to go in the second period.
#Isles can't capitalize on their two PPs and Panthers take a 2-1 lead at 6:32 of the second as Reinhart feeds Barkov on the rush for an easy tap in
#Isles PP is now 0-for-2.
#Isles PP 0/2 tonight
#Isles back on the PP as Lundell goes off for cross checking Barzal. Barzal has drawn both PPs tonight.
Back for the second. #Isles and FLA tied at 1.
1-0 #Leafs after one. Shots on goal 19-9 Toronto. Good response to what happened against NJ on Tuesday.
#Isles and #TimeToHunt tied at 1-1 after 1 -Tarasenko off Pageau's stick -Pulock snipe FLA up 9-6 in shots. NYI dominated for most of that period but got their goal and their chances off the rush.
END OF 1: Panthers 1, Islanders 1 Shots: 9-6 FLA
Islanders get one back to tie it 1-1 with 6:40 left in the first.
This #Isles goal should count - 1-1
Mark Giordano pointed to the sky after opening the scoring for the #leafs tonight. This is only the *third game he's played since his father, Paul, died in mid-February.
Mark Giordano pointed to the sky after opening the scoring for the #leafs tonight. This is only the second game he's played since his father, Paul, died in mid-February.
#Isles down 1-0 with 8:42 to play in the first. Being outshot 7-2.
Giordano scores, points skyward. 1-0 #Leafs.
1-0 Leafs.
After review, no goal for #Isles. Still 0-0.
#Isles get their first shot on the rush at 7:44 and make it 1-0 at 7:49 of the first as Pulock connects.
Ryan Pulock puts the #Isles up 1-0 with their first shot of the game 7:49 into the first.
Ryan Pulock. Seeing eye shot wrister from the point with 12:11 to play in the first. Bodies in front. #Isles up 1-0.
Islanders take an early lead with 12:11 left in the first.
#Isles 1-0 with 12:11 left 1st
#Isles get their first shot on Stolarz with 13:34 to play in the first, courtesy of Horvat.
Varlamov sharp early. #Isles spending most of this first period in own zone. No shots from them with 15:19 to play in the first.
#Isles haven't gotten out of their zone much yet this game at 4:22 of first, Panthers with only two shots.
Varlamov bails out Bortuzzo, who turned the puck over in the slot. Strong first stop for Varlamov. #Isles
Auston Matthews confirmed to play and in the starting lineup against Caps. Add Timothy Liljegren to the list of injured #Leafs D Mark Giordano activated off LTI and plays for the first time in nearly 1 month โคต๏ธ https://t.co/IxTq5FgyOX https://t.co/IxTq5FgyOX
Giordano will play for the first time since Feb. 29 #Leafs
Matthews on the ice for #Leafs warmup. Giordano as well.
#Isles Semyon Varlamov vs. #TimeToHunt Anthony Stolarz as warmups are underway here in Sunrise.
Auston Matthews is on the ice for warmups. #LeafsForever #ALLCAPS @NHLdotcom
Leafs Ice Chips - Auston Matthews missed today's morning skate due to illness, but the team believes that their top goal scorer will be in the lineup tonight against the Capitals. More from @markhmasters: https://t.co/bd4WivV270 https://t.co/9OmL2OjZYE
#Isles starting goalie Semyon Varlamov is 2-0-1 in his last three games, with a 2.66 GAA and a .909 SV%.
Matthews game-time decision for Maple Leafs against Capitals with illness โคต๏ธhttps://t.co/N6m9kp9Hiv
Auston Matthews will be a game-time decision due to an illness. #LeafsForever
Auston Matthews absent from Maple Leafs morning skate.
Auston Matthews is absent as Leafs skate gets underway Morgan Rielly (upper body) remains absent @TSN_Edge
As Leafs morning skate begins, Auston Matthews is absent. @BodogCA
#Isles Are Going With Varlamov Against Panthers https://t.co/2FjqDXIIAp
#Leafs lose 6-3.
#NJDevils with another 45 seconds of PK time with Marino in the box. Third period underway!
END 2: #NJDevils lead the Leafs 4-3.
End 2: 4-3 #NJDevils Shots: 35-20 #LeafsForever
#NJDevils PP coming up now.
Auston Matthews scores goal No. 59 and it's 3-2 Leafs.
Leafs tie it up at 2.
Underway in the second period. #NJDevils
#Leafs down 2-1 after one period. Toronto had 27 shots on goal, a season high for the period.
Shot attempts were 39-14 for the Leafs in the first period.
END 1: #NJDevils lead 2-1. Jake Allen made 24 first period saves. He stopped 1.92 above expected.
End 1: 2-1 #NJDevils, somehow (Jake Allen). Shots: 25-8 #LeafsForever
Leafs pepper 26 shots on goal (on 39 shot attempts) in the first. And are down 2-1 after 1.
#Leafs down 2-1 after one period. Toronto had 26 shots on goal. Has to be a season-high for a period.
Period 1 Shots: 26-8 Leafs Goals: 2-1 Devils
End of one. #NJDevils have the 2-1 lead on the Leafs, despite a huge discrepancy in shots. ๐จ L. Hughes (Bratt, Hischier) ๐จ Hischier (Bratt, Meier) Shots 25-8
Nico Hischier ties Jack Hughes for the lead in goals for #NJDevils with his 24th of the season. Goal is assisted by Jesper Bratt (his 71st point) and Timo Meier.
Nico Hischier. 2-1, #NJDevils. How.
This first period has been quite a ride in the #NJDevils defensive zone. Let me tell you. Leafs up to 20 shots (coming from just about everywhere on the ice) but Jake Allen has been thwarting them away any which way he can.
Moves like Bertuzzi. 1-0 #Leafs
1-0 Leafs
Leafs score first.
Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly will not be available for tonightโs game due to injury (upper body)
Morgan Rielly not on the ice for warmups (injury) and is out of the lineup tonight. @BodogCA
๐ฅ Jake Allen leads the #NJDevils onto the ice in Toronto. He starts against the Leafs. Kahkonen backs up.
Maple Leafs injury updates, courtesy of Sheldon Keefe: Mitch Marner โ day-to-day (ankle) Ilya Samsonov โ day-to-day (expected in practice tomorrow) Morgan Rielly โ day-to-day (could play tonight) Joel Edmundson โ day-to-day (not available tonight, wouldn't expect him this week)
Keefe on Marner: "Mitch is no longer day to day from day to day. He is just day to day. He is progressing very well." Plan for Marner for the rest of the week will be determined tomorrow. #Leafs
Per Keefe, Rielly is not ruled out for tonight. Minor injury, not illness. If he does not play today, will be day to day. Edmundson dealing with an injury as well but is not available tonight and "wouldn't expect him this week." #Leafs
Morgan Rielly day to day with undisclosed injury. Sheldon Keefe says he is not ruled out for game vs #NJDevils Joel Edmundson likely not available this week Keefe says with undisclosed injury. #LeafsForever @NHLdotcom
Underway in the third period. #NJDevils lead 3-0.
Nico Hischier returns for the third period. #NJDevils
Nico Hischier has returned for the start of the third period. #NJDevils
End of two #NJDevils 3 (Meier 5/3 PP, J. Hughes, Holtz) #Isles 0 Devils up on shots 23-22. That was an awful period for Isles, who look nothing like the team they were yesterday. They are 0-5-3 in the second game of back to backs.
End of two. #NJDevils take a 3-0 lead into the third period against the Islanders: 2: ๐จMeier (J. Hughes, L. Hughes) 2: ๐จJ. Hughes (Meier, Bratt) 2: ๐จHoltz (Nemec) Shots 23-22, NJ
END 2: #NJDevils lead Islanders, 3-0.
#Isles down 3-0, getting a third PP at 13:37 of the second.
#Isles get the second kill but allow the 5-on-3 and are down 1-0.
Underway in the second period. #NJDevils have a 1:12 5v3.
Back for the second. No score between #Isles and #NJDevils. NYI has to kill 1:12 of a 5-on-3 off to begin the period with Clutterbuck and Cizikas in the box, two penalty killers. #Isles
#Isles will have 1:12 of 5-on-3 to kill off when we return for the second period. Outshooting #NJDevils 13-5. Pelech stopped by Kahkonen on a shorthanded breakaway attempt before Kahkonen played the puck, which eventually led to more NJD o-zone time and Cizikas' penalty.
End of one #Isles 0 #NJDevils 0 Isles up on shots 13-4, four of those shots on two failed power plays. Devils still with 1:12 of five-on-three to start the second.
End 1: 0-0 Shots: 13-5 #isles #NJDevils
#NJDevils about to get the 5v3 PP for 1:15.
#NJDevils will get a 5-v-3 power play for 37 seconds. 49 seconds left in the period.