“New York Islanders “We beat it in overtime.”Toronto “(4:3 OT) in an NHL regular season game.
Brock Nelson, Casey Cizikas, Kyle Palmieri scored among the winners and Bo Horvat scored the decisive goal in the 46th second of overtime. Ostno Matthews, John Tavares and Morgan Riley scored for the Maple Leafs.
Tavares, who finished with 2 points (1+1), reached the 1,000 point mark in his NHL career. He became the 98th hockey player to reach this level. Additionally, Tavares is only the sixth player in NHL history to score his 1,000th point in a game against his former team. Another such hockey player is Russian Alexander Mogilny, who scored his 1,000th point in 2004, playing for Toronto against his former club Buffalo.
Islanders Russian goaltender Ilya Sorokin reflected 37 of 40 shots on his own goal, his opponent in the Toronto goal Ilia Samsonov made 25 of 29 shots. Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov played more than 24 minutes, made 4 shots and finished the match with a “+1” utility.
The Islanders won their third straight victory and scored 33 points, while Toronto had the same number of points. Both teams are in the top 3 of their division, which gives them the right to participate in the playoffs.
NHL. Regular season
New York Islanders (New York) – Toronto Maple Leafs (Toronto) – 4:3 OT (2:1, 1:1, 0:1, 1:0)
Goals: Nelson, 9:20 a.m. Cizikas, 6:33 p.m. Palmieri, 9:10 p.m. Horvath, 60:46. — Matthews, 5:50 (bolt). Tavares, 27:43. Riley 59:53.
Source : MatchTV
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