Maple Leafs vs Islanders

The Toronto Maple Leafs stay on the road and visit the New York Islanders. The pregame narrative: New York typically plays low-scoring games at UBS Arena, ...

The Isles have a horrendous 16.5% success rate on the man advantage, the third-worst mark in the NHL. The Islanders are a solid 20-12-3 in their own barn this season, winning four of their last six. The veteran netminder has allowed four goals in each of his last six starts and has a .861 save percentage during this run. The Islanders have gone below this total in five consecutive home games and nine of their last 11. But we’re also fading them on the man advantage. [ Islanders under 0.5 power-play goals (-129) ](http://online.northstarbets.ca/page?key=ej0xMzUzNDc2NCZsPTEzNTM0Nzg5JnA9MTcxMjg%3D&utm_source=thestar&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=NorthStarBetsawareness2023_NorthStarBets_&utm_content=custom/tracking_textlink): Although we’re picking New York to win, don’t expect the power-play to be the reason why.

After winning back-to-back games despite being heavily out-chanced in both contests, the Maple Leafs head to Elmont to face an Islanders team who've won ...

It’s a little different, we haven’t played a while lot together but something we talked about is that we both like to be around the net, so we need to make sure we still have good spacing and read off of each other. We’ve got a team here in the Islanders that has done a good of putting themselves in a good position, so they want to stay there. Just playing well — being good with my habits in the D-zone and details that you need in all three zones to feel like your game is in sync. Another tough road trip for us here in terms of the amount of games and the challenge. We don’t need to make a bigger deal of it then it is. In the three games since he has two goals, two assists, and seven shots on goal while averaging 15:46 of ice time. Honestly, putting Mitch on that line is something that will help — we did it the other day in the third period at home. At forward, Noel Acciari is ready to go after missing a game and will rejoin one of Sheldon Keefe’s favourite pairings in David Kampf and Zach Aston-Reese. There are only so many examples of goalies that have posted truly fantastic numbers on rather average teams this season, and Semyon Varlamov and Ilya Sorokin are two of them. While Pierre Engvall’s start in Long Island hasn’t exactly been seamless, he has thus far been a very worthwhile investment for Lou Lamoriello and his staff. Ryan O’Rielly’s injury was the tipping point, as it arguably made it easier for the coaching staff to play seven defensemen, which then took away most of the consistency and normalcy at forward. Tonight, with T.J Brodie scratched after sustaining a minor injury while blocking a shot against Ottawa, it’s the d-corps that will have to deal with some shakeups.

The NY Islanders and Kyle Palmieri welcome William Nylander and the Toronto Maple Leafs to UBS Arena on Tuesday night.

He may skate on the third line with lower-profile players, but he gives that line all the reason for the Islanders to emphasize stopping them. He registered an assist against the Ducks and Sharks, and the Islanders will need him to get hot at the right time. The Toronto Maple Leafs are coming off a 5-4 win against the Ottawa Senators in a game that was decided in a 9-round shootout. The marathon was ended by Alex Kerfoot at the bottom of the 9th inning to get Matt Murray the win against the team that traded him last offseason. William Nylander dominated the blue and orange, scoring two goals and two assists in the win. Pageau to tie the game at one off a beautiful fake to slide it past Kaapo Kahkonen.

An action-packed hockey night in North America continues as the Toronto Maple Leafs head to the Big Apple to take on the New York Islanders.

In addition, the key to covering the spread and ultimately coming out victorious for the Islanders will only occur if they can receive tremendous goalie play from net-minder Ilya Sorokin. Believe it or not, New York happens to kill off an extremely productive 82% of extra-man attacks, as it has become extremely difficult for other teams to score on the power-play versus the Islanders. With back-to-back multi-point games versus the Senators and Hurricanes, there is no doubt that Matthews will be involved in some great opportunities to be a part of the scoring for Toronto on this Tuesday. From here on out, the desperation to continue winning games will be higher than ever for this New York Islanders crew. On average, Toronto usually connects on 25% of their extra-man attacks on the season, which is the second-highest mark in the league. While it remains to be seen whether or not Toronto can finally get over the hump come playoff time remains to be seen, but this Maple Leafs’ roster is surely no joke!

He gives the team a chance to win every night and can steal games when the offense struggles. The Islanders will need Sorokin to bring his A-game on Tuesday ...

The one issue the Islanders can’t seem to figure out is the power play. The Islanders need to come out with a jump and find a way to get two crucial points at UBS Arena. General manager (GM) Kyle Dubas went all-in to make a run this season, and this game will be a major test for the Islanders’ defense. The newly acquired Engvall has been a welcome addition to the team, with three goals and two assists in just seven games, and he has developed good chemistry with Nelson and Palmieri. [Mat Barzal](https://thehockeywriters.com/docs/mathew-barzal/), the Islanders are getting enough offense to win games. The second line of Kyle Palmieri, Brock Nelson, and [one of the busiest teams at the 2023 NHL Trade Deadline](https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2023/03/02/maple-leafs-trade-tracker-whos-in-whos-out-all-the-moves-kyle-dubas-has-before-the-deadline.html). He gives the team a chance to win every night and can steal games when the offense struggles. The Islanders will need Sorokin to bring his A-game on Tuesday against the Maple Leafs’ high-power offense. [According to Islanders statistician Eric Hornick](http://www.nyiskinny.com/), they have outscored the opposition 21-6 over the last 14 third periods. Ilya Sorokin has had an outstanding season, ranked in the top five in both goals-against average (GAA) and save percentage (SV%). They are just one point ahead of the Florida Panthers and two points in front of the Pittsburgh Penguins.