Tavares, Rosen score as Leafs clinch playoff berth with win over the Islanders Globe_Sports
. He added to the negative response by depositing Mitch Marner’s drop pass into the top-left corner of the net for his team-leading 46th goal to give Toronto a 2-0 lead 3 minutes 50 seconds into the third period.
The Islanders scored on the power play to trim the deficit with 5:05 remaining in the third. Defenceman Devon Toews, who hit the post earlier in the period, sent the puck toward the net and Brock Nelson settled it before backhanding a feed for an easy conversion for Eberle. Rosen, who was recalled from the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League on Sunday, wristed a shot from the point that floated past Lehner to open the scoring 2:17 into the second period. The 25-year-old Rosen was playing in his fifth career NHL game, with the previous four coming last season.
Toronto star forward Auston Matthews crumbled in a heap after he was hit in the foot by a shot from New York defenceman Adam Pelech in the second period. He skated slowly to the bench, but remained in the game.
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