The loss of Brock Nelson, who exited Tuesday’s 7-2 victory over Toronto late in the first period and did not return, dampened the win over the Leafs.
Nelson, who exited Tuesday’s 7-2 win over Toronto late in the first period and, was the story of an otherwise brilliant victory over the Leafs, which on any other night would have made the Isles feel great about their position in the playoff race.
Or at least it could be, if the Islanders didn’t possess an uncanny ability to rise to such occasions. But it wasn’t until Hudson Fasching’s wrister off a Leafs defensive zone turnover at 13:50 of the period to make it 2-1 that the Islanders truly started to impose themselves. Less than four minutes after Fasching’s goal, Cal Clutterbuck deflected Ryan Pulock’s shot past Ilya Samsonov to make it 3-1. It was Clutterbuck’s first goal since Jan. 5, and a fitting reward on a night when the Identity Line matched up at times against a high-powered Toronto second line of Mitch Marner, John Tavares and Michael Bunting.
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