Islanders 4, Maple Leafs 1: Holmstrom Twice, Sorokin Holds Toronto

October 17, 2026 - Toronto - Calum Ritchie lasted one shift. Matias Maccelli lasted until 16:36 of the first, then caught Darren Raddysh's trip and put almost no weight on the left knee walking off. Bo Horvat still found a rebound at 18:33 of the second, and Scotiabank Arena had a 2-0 Islanders game with two forwards already gone.

The New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1. New York is 4-3-1, alternating wins and losses through eight games. Toronto is 3-4-2, 1-2-2 in its last five. Shots were 29-20 Toronto. Duclair, Kyle Palmieri, Colton Sissons, Easton Cowan, Troy Stecher, Sergei Bobrovsky, Calum Ritchie, Ryan Pulock, and Nick Paul are not seeded on AthX player pages, so those names stay unlinked.

Simon Holmstrom scored twice. Horvat had a goal and an assist. Ilya Sorokin stopped 28 of 29. Sissons scored. Bobrovsky stopped 16 of 19. John Tavares missed, week to week with a lower-body injury from Thursday, the NHL recap said.

Duclair through Paul, Horvat on the rebound

Duclair put New York up 1-0 at 8:18 of the first. Jean-Gabriel Pageau from the right boards. Duclair stepped left on Nick Paul in the slot and beat Bobrovsky glove side. Maccelli left later in the period after stepping on Raddysh's stick, the Associated Press recap said. Peter DeBoer had no update on Ritchie or Maccelli.

Horvat made it 2-0 at 18:33 of the second. Palmieri threw it at the net. Bobrovsky's right pad. Horvat in the slot. He told NHL.com it was a forecheck, Holmstrom getting in, himself sealing the wall. Kirill Marchenko had looks. Sorokin turned them aside. Gavin McKenna, benched for half of Thursday, fired high and wide on a partial breakaway late in the second, the AP recap said. New York went the other way and Horvat scored.

DeBoer told NHL.com it was probably their most complete game of the year. Horvat said it was not easy against that talent, and that people stepped up with two guys down.

Sissons, then Holmstrom twice

Sissons cut it to 2-1 at 3:54 of the third, redirecting Stecher from the right point, Cowan the other helper. Toronto outshot New York 13-3 in the third, the NHL recap said. New York killed two early penalties in the period and finished 3-for-3 on the kill.

Holmstrom restored two goals at 14:08, Horvat to the slot, glove side. Matthew Schaefer the other assist. Holmstrom scored into the empty net at 17:55. 4-1. He told NHL.com everyone played for each other. DeBoer credited Bob Boughner and named Adam Pelech and Pulock on the kill.

Jim Hiller told NHL.com you have to get inside against Sorokin and those defensemen, and Toronto did it two or three times, then stopped. Auston Matthews said they passed up shots and lived on the perimeter. Matthews and Marchenko each had a six-game point streak end, the NHL recap said.

New York hosts Anaheim on Tuesday. Toronto hosts San Jose on Monday.

AthX Engine on a 19.80 road hold

AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) scored Holmstrom at 9.20 (two goals, two shots). Horvat is 7.70. Sissons is 5.10. Schaefer is 5.00. Sorokin's win, 28 saves, and one goal against land at 13.00. Bobrovsky is 2.80.

New York's team line is 19.80. Toronto's 1-4 is 0.00 at the floor. Boston also landed at 19.80 (4-1 at Los Angeles). Holmstrom's 9.20 beat David Pastrnak's 8.30, so this game took the sixth recap.

Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay for a Sorokin night in a building that had just lost Tavares, and for a Leafs group that put 13 shots on in the third and one goal on the board. They are not the same number.

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*Sources: AP recap (ESPN), ESPN box score, NHL.com recap, NHL.com scoreboard, ESPN NHL scoreboard. AthX Engine fantasy points scored from NHL gamecenter box 2026020125. Information only; not financial advice.*