The Islanders rolled into Toronto on a hot streak — 14-6-1 in their previous 21 coming in — but the Leafs were ready for the challenge, even on the second night of a back-to-back and without Auston Matthews. They erased two separate Islander leads before surging ahead in the second period and shutting the door in the third.
David Kämpf broke his goalscoring drought, the team snapped its power-play skid, William Nylander equaled his career-high in goals, and Mitch Marner matched his career-high in points. The Leafs did all of this while navigating new forward lines and defense pairings that were jumbled around in-game.