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NHL Highlights | Maple Leafs vs. Islanders – March 21, 2023



Cal Clutterbuck scored twice and Ilya Sorokin stopped 23 shots as the New York Islanders dominated the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-2.
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00:00:00 – 1st Regulation Period
00:01:22 – 2nd Regulation Period
00:04:12 – 3rd Regulation Period

29 Comments

  7. Ben Prins

    Great job Isles, but I'm scratching my head

    Why didn't the Leafs show up? I mean they have Tavares, Nylander, Matthews,arner etc. More than enough talent.

    If the Leafs wanna get past the first round they better show some consistency.

  9. Марат Хасиятуллин

    Молодцы Айлендерс отличная игра 👍 Сорокин хорошо сыграл 👍 Айлендерс хочет быть в плей-офф.Айлендерс с победой 👍

  13. Orthodox

    Это не Самсонов случайно в Вашингтоне так же постоянно у борта чудил?

  19. Electric

    Самсонов видимо чем то другим занят, не видит шайбу, жаль.

  20. Alex B

    Surprise, surprise. Opposition starts hitting and the Leafs don’t know what to do.

  23. al m

    In all fairness when Leafs coach plays the Churchill speech, it doesn't mention we will fight on the ice…

  25. STNeish

    Well, I haven't done this yet this year, here we go.

    First goal against was bad luck. The puck deflected off a skate in front RIGHT onto the stick of Parise. However, there was also a problem with coverage. Liljegren left his man (Parise) to pursue the man with the puck. His defense partner. McCabe couldn't get over in time to stop the pass or cover the man. Liljegren should have stayed with Parise, and McCabe should have taken the puck carrier.
    In any case, nothing they could do about this one.

    Second goal, Liljegren loses control of it in his own zone. I hate when defensemen goof around with the puck in their own zone. Get it out FIRST. He needed to be in better control of it. However, Samsonov needs to get this one. It was just a shot, even if it was a pretty good one (JUST over the pad, but the glove should have been there). This one is on both Liljegren and Samsonov.

    Third goal is just a string of brutal play. A weak pass behind the net allows pressure on the defense, who rush the pass to the boards. The man at the boards just flat out misplays the puck and leaves it for the Isles to pick up. A long shot is deflected in front of Samsonov by the man Reilly was SUPPOSED to be covering. No chance for Samsonov, the whole team in front of him went to sleep.

    Now… not a goal, but notice how the period ends. The Isles take the puck away from TWO Leafs along the boards and just skate in on Samsonov. When the period ends, there's THREE of them all around Samsonov. Where's the defense?

    The Leafs get one back, a nice rip from Marner.

    The next goal starts with a bad pass at the offensive blue line, trapping Reilly. This leads to a breakaway and a great shot in the top corner. Tough shot to stop, but it was from far enough out, I think Samsonov needed to get this one too. He's not having a great game.

    The next goal, Samsonov tries to clear the puck, but it ends up coming back to the front of the net as the Leafs mishandle it (again). With the puck sitting right in front of Samsonov, ALL the Leafs are looking at him and EVERY player on the ice is trying to hit the puck while Samsonov is trying to freeze it. What the Leafs needed to do here is KNOCK THE ISLES AWAY. MOVE them. They're just SO DAMN SOFT in front of their net. Where's Luke Schenn when we need him? Isles bang away at it unopposed, and it squirts in. Samsonov has to take some heat for this one too, as he started the comedy of errors with a bad pass (to be fair, it hit the ref, which was just bad luck), but the team offered him no help to prevent the goal.

    Sixth goal is an empty net goal. No fault here, just unfortunate they didn't get possession.

    The seventh goal is embarassing. A SOFT shot from the point, and a deflection by a player the Leafs player was SUPPOSED to be covering. The man should have been tied up, his stick held down. SOMETHING. Again, no chance for Samsonov with another deflection right in front of him.

    This was a BRUTAL performance by the whole Leafs team. The offense was anemic, the defense was nonexistent, and the goaltending was vaporous. Awful. Just awful.

  28. PQV

    This Leafs team has been disappointing its fans for decades and this year is no exception. They've been playing like crap the past few months now. Getting beaten by teams like the Sens and destroyed by the Islanders was unacceptable. I said it before, it's another loss in the first round. The disappointment continues and frankly it hurts to say this as a diehard Leafs fan. There's no end to this.

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