Bobby McMann scored two goals, including the game-winning power-play goal with 2:59 remaining, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday night in Elmont, N.Y.
McMann’s third two-goal game of the season provided all the offense that Joseph Woll (32 saves) needed. Nicholas Robertson, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, and Maxi Domi each recorded an assist.
Scott Mayfield scored for the Islanders, with Mathew Barzal and Adam Pelech assisting. Ilya Sorokin stopped 29 shots for the Islanders, who have lost three straight games (0-3-0).
Once again, special teams hurt the Islanders, who are last in both power play and penalty kill. New York went 0-for-3 on the power play and hasn’t scored a power-play goal since Dec. 8, failing to convert on their last 20 chances.
Meanwhile, the Islanders allowed the Maple Leafs to score on their second power-play opportunity. New York has allowed power-play goals in five straight games and eight out of their last nine.
A tripping penalty on Pelech with 4:41 left gave Toronto the chance they needed, and McMann was in position to score after Ekman-Larsson’s shot went wide. The puck bounced off the boards right to McMann, who beat Sorokin.
McMann put Toronto ahead midway through the game, skating in alone on Sorokin from the goalie’s right side.
Domi wasn’t credited with an assist on that goal, but he contributed by hitting Islanders defenseman Isaiah George near New York’s goal. George went off the ice, and Toronto took advantage during the long line change.
George did not return to the game.
Mayfield tied it for the Islanders with 1:45 left in the second period when Barzal passed across the ice to him for a goal.
Earlier in the period, the Islanders failed to take advantage of two penalties by Toronto, which came 101 seconds apart.
Toronto again played without Auston Matthews, who remains out with an upper-body injury.
