Anthony Beauvillier, New York Islanders beat Maple Leafs for twelfth win in 13 games

. Frederik Andersen had 25 saves in the Maple Leafs’ second game since losing Mitchell Marner for at least four weeks because of a high-ankle sprain.Beauvillier scored his second of the night late in the second period when he jammed a backhander past Andersen. The play started when Beauvillier forced Toronto forward Alexander Kerfoot to turn the puck over behind Andersen. Brassard and Brock Nelson assisted.

Brassard hammered a one-timer at 9:07 of the third to give New York a 4-2 lead. Barzal and Ryan Pulock assisted on the play. Toronto erased a two-goal first-period deficit when they struck twice in the middle frame. Kapanen tapped in a goal 43 seconds into the period to cut the Islanders lead in half. Tavares picked up the primary assist and his 100th point as a Maple Leaf since leaving the Islanders in July, 2018. It was Tavares’s third trip to Nassau Coliseum as a member of the visiting team.

Nylander redirected a perfect pass from Andreas Johnsson past Varlamov at 11:22 to tie it 2-2. The Swedish forward breezed by Nelson and won a race to the front of the net preceding the goal. Jake Muzzin also assisted on the play.Barzal opened the scoring at 14:23 of the first period when he buried a feed from Jordan Eberle. The Islanders took advantage when Johnsson carelessly turned the puck over just outside the blue line.

Beauvillier gave the Islanders a 2-0 lead when he recorded a power-play goal at 19:21 of the first period. The 22-year-old wired a wrist shot from the top of the left circle to close out a strong first period for New York.Casey Cizikas added an empty-net goal for New York before Holl and Tavares scored late in the third.

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