TORONTO— Previous Toronto Maple Leafs onward Pierre Engvall and 24-year-old New york city Islanders novice Kyle MacLean appreciated meeting homecomings on Monday evening.
Engvall racked up the victor on a rebound with 2:02 staying in the 3rd duration of a 3-2 New york city Islanders success in his very first video game at Scotiabank Field considering that being traded by the Maple Leafs a year back.
MacLean, a previous junior standout with the neighboring Oshawa Generals, scored his very first objective in his 6th NHL video game, placing the Islanders in advance 2-1 in the 2nd duration.
MacLean’s daddy is previous New Jacket Devils sniper and present Islanders assistant instructor John MacLean.
“( John) had a little response, yet do not inform any person,” brand-new Islanders instructor Patrick Roy claimed with a smile.
The win evened Roy’s document at 2-2-1 and stopped the Maple Leafs three-game winning touch.
” I played in Toronto for a very long time,” Engvall claimed. “To obtain that win benefited us.”
Mathew Barzal additionally racked up for the Islanders. Goalkeeper Ilya Sorokin made 35 conserves.
Toronto captain John Tavares connected the video game on the power play with 4:48 left in the 3rd duration, rerouting a Morgan Rielly fired from the port. Mitch Marner additionally racked up for Toronto.
The Maple Leafs had an outstanding chance to connect the video game in the opening min of the 3rd duration, yet Auston Matthews’ shot sounded off both articles behind Sorokin.
Ilya Samsonov made 26 conserves in his 4th successive begin as Toronto outshot the site visitors 37-29.
The Islanders started the 2nd duration on the power play. They shed their guy benefit when Bo Horvat combated Maple Leafs protector Simon Benoit after he banged right into Barzal along the sideboards.
Marner connected the video game while four-on-four, taking a rink-wide pass from Tavares to score his 21st of the period.
Matthews got the second aid on Marner’s objective to expand his factor touch (7 objectives, 4 aids) to 7 video games.
2 mins later on, the Islanders restored the lead when the novice MacLean leapt out of package after offering the added small to Horvat to take a breakaway pass from Cal Clutterbuck.
” It’s been a lengthy trip,” the undrafted MacLean claimed. “I constantly had that internal idea, yet it’s trendy currently, and you sort of seem like the effort is starting to repay.”
John MacLean played 18 NHL periods, winning a Stanley Mug with the 1994-95 New Jacket Devils. He remained tranquil after his kid racked up, yet Kyle MacLean made sure they would certainly share the unique minute on the charter trip home.
” This is a special circumstance and we’re still attempting to figure points out,” the more youthful MacLean claimed. “We’re attempting to maintain a player-coach partnership as long as feasible throughout the period.”
Marner carried out together with Matthews, William Nylander and Rielly on the winning side in the three-on-three occasion at the NHL all-star weekend break in Toronto.
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Islanders: Beginning a four-game homestand versus Tampa bay Bay on Thursday.
Maple Leafs: Host Dallas on Wednesday.
