Game #9 Review: New York Islanders 5 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 1

The Toronto Maple Leafs left a weekend back-to-back empty handed after a 5-1 loss to the New York Islanders on Sunday night.

The Leafs got off on the wrong foot in Brooklyn, conceding a goal on the second shift. After Tyler Bozak lost a defensive zone faceoff, the Leafs were scrambling and wound up collapsed down on the slot before Travis Hamonic’s shot from the top of the right circle took a deflection off of JVR’s stick and snuck in on Enroth’s short side.

JVR’s stick detail on the play was poor; he would’ve been much better off letting the shot go through clean than extending his stick into the lane with the blade angled like so:

The Leafs got their feet under them and responded reasonably…