New York Islanders @ Toronto Maple Leafs
07:30 PM at Scotiabank Arena
Watch on: Prime, MSGSN

The Leafs last game was at home on September 29 against the Montréal Canadiens, which Toronto lost by a score of 3-2 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 0-1-0 for a 0 Points %.

The New York Islanders are playing their first game tonight.

Them

No Mat Barzal yet for the Islanders, but the rest of the team is available to play their opener tonight.

Matthew Schaefer with the A on the jersey and a job on PP1.

Lines

Andrew Gross via Daily Faceoff

Simon Holmstrom - Bo Horvat - Kyle Palmieri
Matias Maccelli - Calum Ritchie - Brayden Schenn
Victor Eklund - Jean-Gabriel Pageau - Emil Heineman
Ondrej Palat - Casey Cizikas - Anthony Duclair

Adam Pelech - Matthew Schaefer
Alexander Romanov - Ryan Pulock
Logan Stanley - Tony DeAngelo

Ilya Sorokin - starter
Semyon Varlamov

Us

The Leafs held an optional skate attended by two scratches, one of whom is drawing in:

While the lines below do represent the way the game started, there was a lot of Easton Cowan on the second line. Expect to see that again. I'm not sure where they'll put Bo Groulx here, but I'll assume in for Zack MacEwen.

Lines

Last Game (2026-09-29) via Daily Faceoff

Kirill Marchenko - Auston Matthews - Jack Roslovic
Gavin McKenna - John Tavares - William Nylander
Easton Cowan - Nick Paul - Colton Sissons
Brandon Duhaime - Teddy Blueger - Bo Groulx

Morgan Rielly - Darren Raddysh
Jake McCabe - Chris Tanev
Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Troy Stecher

Anthony Stolarz - starter
Sergei Bobrovsky

The Game

Lots of good things happened in the first game, most obviously a lot of speed. What comes now is the start of the long grind to see how sustainable the first game excitement can be.

Go Leafs Go!

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