The Toronto Maple Leafs game against the New York Islanders ended in a 7-2 defeat, but it wasn’t quite as bad as it might seem.
The Toronto Maple Leafs started out well, dominating the first period, and could easily have been up by several goals if not for the heroics of Islander goalie Ilya Sorokin.
Unfortunately, instead of getting a 5-3 for diving, the referee’s evened up the one penalty they deigned to call against New York 17 seconds in, and after that it was not pretty. The Islanders tied it at 4v4 then went on to score three more times in the second.