Hockey teams lose games.
Instead of scoring what would have been his first goal as a Leaf, Gustafsson was as stunned as everyone else in the building when Sorokin lunged across the crease and stopped the shot with the paddle of his stick.
The Leafs knew what they were in for, but a few days to prepare following a shootout win in Ottawa apparently were not enough.Article content Defenceman Timothy Liljegren, who had some tough moments in nearly 20 minutes of work, hesitated despite having some time to move the puck and put it on the stick of Hudson Fasching, who fired it past Ilya Samsonov. That put the home side up 2-1.
So three Islanders goals against a Leafs team that couldn’t handle the pressure. Not good, not this close to the playoffs.
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