Horvat leads Islanders past Maple Leafs

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Digital, G. (2026, October 18). Horvat leads Islanders past Maple Leafs. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/news/12106751/horvat-leads-islanders-past-maple-leafs/

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Bo Horvat scored a goal and assisted another as the New York Islanders defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 in an NHL game on October 14, 2026. Goals were also scored by Simon Holmstrom (two) and Anthony Duclair for the Islanders, while Colton Sissons replied for the Maple Leafs. The victory put the Islanders' record at 4-3-1, compared to the Maple Leafs’ 3-4-2 following their third straight loss. Notably, Matias Maccelli left the game early with a lower-body injury and John Tavares is out week-to-week for Toronto due to injuries sustained in earlier games.
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📰 Bo Horvat Leads Islanders Past Maple Leafs
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Toronto Star · 0.99 cosine similarity
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 20 📰 publisher trust 63
“Both articles describe the exact same hockey game, with identical scores, player performances, and details.”
New York Post
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 4% hedged 1 of 23 📰 publisher trust 67
“Both articles describe the same ice hockey game between the New York Islanders and Toronto Maple Leafs on October 18, 2026, with the final score of 4-1 in favor of the Islanders.”
New York Post
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“The articles describe different games; one refers to an earlier game in Ottawa, while the other is about a victory against the Maple Leafs on Saturday night.”
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Islanders Maple Leafs New York TORONTO the New York Islanders

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Islanders ORG · 4× TORONTO GPE · 4× Maple Leafs ORG · 3× New York GPE · 3× Bobrovsky PERSON · 2× Horvat PERSON · 2× Bo Horvat PERSON · 1× Simon Holmstrom PERSON · 1× the New York Islanders ORG · 1× the Toronto Maple Leafs ORG · 1×

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Get daily National news Sissons got Toronto — which topped New York 2-1 at Scotiabank Arena on Sept. 30 — within one at 3:54 on a tipped shot through traffic, but Holmstrom restored the two-goal lead at 14:08 off a Horvat setup before firing into the empty net with just over two minutes remaining in regulation.
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Bo Horvat scored the winner and added an assist as the New York Islanders cruised past the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Saturday night. asserted
Islanders → score → night
Simon Holmstrom with two, including one into the empty net, and Anthony Duclair had the other goals for New York (4-3-1). asserted
Duclair → include → York
Ilya Sorokin made 28 saves. asserted
Sorokin → make → saves
Colton Sissons replied for Toronto (3-4-2). asserted
Sissons → reply → Toronto
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 16 shots for the Maple Leafs, who have dropped three straight games, and four of their last five. asserted
who → stop → five
The Islanders jumped out to a 1-0 lead at 8:18 of the first period when Duclair took a pass in the slot and changed the angle before firing through a partial screen on Bobrovsky. asserted
Duclair → jump → Bobrovsky
Coming off a hat trick in Thursday’s 5-4 home shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres, Maple Leafs winger Kirill Marchenko had a couple of chances that Sorokin turned aside in the second. asserted
Sorokin → come → second
No. 1 overall pick Gavin McKenna, who was benched for the second half of Thursday’s contest, had an opportunity to tie things late in the period on a partial breakaway, but fired high and wide. asserted
who → bench → breakaway
The Islanders raced the other way, with Horvat eventually beating Bobrovsky at 18:33 to double the visitors’ lead. asserted
Horvat → race → lead
Get daily National news Sissons got Toronto — which topped New York 2-1 at Scotiabank Arena on Sept. 30 — within one at 3:54 on a tipped shot through traffic, but Holmstrom restored the two-goal lead at 14:08 off a Horvat setup before firing into the empty net with just over two minutes remaining in regulation. asserted
Holmstrom → get → regulation
Matias Maccelli left the game in the first and didn’t return with an apparent lower-body injury. asserted
Maccelli → leave → injury
The winger, who spent last season with Toronto, stepped on the stick of defenceman Darren Raddysh and fell awkwardly. asserted
who → spend → Raddysh
The club announced veteran centre John Tavares is out week-to-week with a lower-body injury suffered Thursday. asserted
Tavares → announce → injury
The 36-year-old has two goals and five assists in seven games this season. asserted
old → have → games
KEY MOMENT New York killed off a delay-of-game penalty after defenceman Matthew Schaefer fired the puck over the glass midway through the third period with his team up 2-1. asserted
team → kill → period
KEY STAT Schaefer, who won last season’s Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year and has yet to score this season, remains one goal shy from tying Tim Connolly for the most by a teenager in franchise history with 24. asserted
who → win → 24
Bryan Trottier tops the list with 32. asserted
Trottier → top → 32
Islanders: Host the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday. Maple Leafs: Host the San Jose Sharks on Monday. asserted
Leafs → host → Monday
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2026. asserted
report → publish → Press
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