Islanders' Brayden Schenn scores first goal with new team in win over Toronto
Islanders' Brayden Schenn celebrates his goal against the Maple Leafs during the first period of an NHL hockey game on Tuesday in Toronto. Credit: AP/Chris Young
TORONTO — Brayden Schenn scored his first goal as an Islander since being acquired from St. Louis ahead of the trade deadline in a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.
Schenn scored on a power play at 4:15 of the first period on an assist from Cal Ritchie who scored his own power-play goal later in the period. Emil Heineman also scored for the Islanders, who have won nine of 12. Mathew Barzal had assists on all three goals and Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves.
The Islanders Matthew Schaefer picked up an assist to move within one point of becoming the fourth rookie defenseman in franchise history to reach 50 in a season. The 18-year-old is looking to join Stefan Persson (56 in 1977-78), Denis Potvin (54 in 1973-74) and Vladimir Malakhov (52 in 1992-93).
Steven Lorentz scored for Toronto and Joseph Woll stopped 31 shots.
The Leafs fell to 2-1-1 since losing captain Auston Matthews for the season to a knee injury — a run on the heels of an ugly 0-6-2 slide that all but cratered their playoff hopes.
Toronto entered Tuesday with the NHL’s third-best penalty kill at 83.5%. New York’s power play was 29th at 15.9%.
The Islanders visit Ottawa on Thursday.
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