Islanders continue downward spiral, fall apart defensively against Maple Leafs

TORONTO -- William Nylander had two goals and two assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the slumping New York Islanders 5-2 on Monday night.

John Tavares had a goal and an assist, Calle Jarnkrok and Auston Matthews also scored and Justin Holl had two assists for Toronto, which is 3-0-1 in its last four and 6-2-1 in its last nine. Ilya Samsonov had 31 saves.

Anders Lee scored twice for New York in its ninth loss in 10 games (1-6-3). Ilya Sorokin had 33 saves.

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Trailing 2-1 in the second period, Toronto tied it on a power play at 7:53 when Samsonov caught the Islanders on a long change with a stretch pass.…