TORONTO — Simon Holmstrom scored twice late as the Maple Leafs lost 4–1 to the New York Islanders at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday, October 17.

Toronto's third consecutive defeat came after Colton Sissons briefly cut a two-goal deficit in half. New York then pulled away in the closing minutes for its first road victory of the season.

Late goals halt Toronto's comeback

Anthony Duclair opened the scoring 8:18 into the first period. Bo Horvat made it 2–0 at 18:33 of the second, finishing a rebound after Sergei Bobrovsky stopped Kyle Palmieri.

Sissons redirected Troy Stecher's shot at 3:54 of the third to bring Toronto within one. Horvat then set up Holmstrom at 14:08, and Holmstrom added an empty-net goal at 17:55.

Ilya Sorokin finished with 28 saves for the Islanders. Bobrovsky stopped 16 shots for Toronto, which fell to 3–4–2.

The Leafs played without John Tavares after the earlier announcement that he was week to week with a lower-body injury.

Sources: Official NHL game centre and scoring; Field Level Media's full October 17 report; Associated Press report via iNFOnews.

Lead image: the arena's west entrance under its former Air Canada Centre name, August 18, 2011 file photograph by Raysonho / Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Venue context, not a photograph of the October 17 game.