TORONTO — John Tavares was among six Islanders who scored in a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night for a split in a home-and-home set.
Brock Nelson, Frans Nielsen, Nikolay Kulemin, Matt Martin and Anders Lee also scored for the Islanders (20-12-5). Thomas Greiss turned aside 30 shots.
Toronto’s Jonathan Bernier again had trouble, getting beaten by the second shot of the game and giving up six goals on just 15 shots through two periods before James Reimer took over to start the third.
Brad Boyes, Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau and Shawn Matthias had goals for the Maple Leafs (13-15-7), who beat the Islanders, 3-1, on Sunday at Barclays Center.