Tavares scores against former team as Maple Leafs clinch playoff berth

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John Tavares scored against his former team and the Toronto Maple Leafs clinched a playoff berth with a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Monday night.

Calle Rosen also had a goal for Toronto, which needed just one point to secure its post-season spot and won for the fourth time in 11 games . Frederik Andersen stopped 28 shots.

New York squandered a chance to pull within a point of first-place Washington in the Metropolitan Division. Instead, the Islanders remained three points behind the Capitals and two ahead of third-place Pittsburgh. The Capitals, who lost 5-3 at Florida, and the Islanders each have two games remaining -- including the season finale at Washington on Saturday night. The Penguins have three games left.

Tavares was greeted by a chorus of boos when the Maple Leafs took the ice for pregame warmups, when his name was announced for the starting lineups, and when Toronto came out for the start of the game. He was booed nearly every time he stepped on the ice in the first period, and again serenaded with chants of "We Don't Need You" about three minutes into the game.

Lehner gloved a shot by Tavares on a 3-on-1 break for the Maple Leafs nearly eight minutes into the middle period, drawing chants of "Leh-ner! Leh-ner!" from the sold-out crowd.

 

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