Bo Horvat leads New York Islanders to 4-1 win over Toronto Maple Leafs

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Clipperton, J. (2026, October 18). Bo Horvat leads New York Islanders to 4-1 win over Toronto Maple Leafs. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/bo-horvat-leads-new-york-islanders-to-4-1-win-over-toronto-maple-leafs/article_b1f75909-bd6d-5386-bef3-12a494629475.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-18 · by Joshua Clipperton

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Bo Horvat led the New York Islanders to a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in an NHL game on Saturday night. Horvat scored and assisted on goals as Simon Holmstrom and Anthony Duclair also found the net for New York, who improved their record to 4-3-1. The Maple Leafs dropped their third straight game, falling to 3-4-2 with Colton Sissons scoring their only goal. Ilya Sorokin made 28 saves for the Islanders while Sergei Bobrovsky had 16 for Toronto.
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“Both articles describe the exact same hockey game, with identical scores, player performances, and details.”
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“Both articles describe the same hockey game between the New York Islanders and Toronto Maple Leafs on October 18, 2026, with a final score of 4-1.”
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“The articles describe different games; Article A discusses an earlier game against Ottawa, while Article B covers a later game against Toronto.”
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Joshua Clipperton
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🔮 Matthews took a pass from William Nylander in the extra period to end a wild night at Scotiabank Arena.
🔮 The 18-year-old also added an assist on Toronto’s opener off the stick of William Nylander for his first NHL point.
🔮 The Maple Leafs’ high-flying attack featuring Auston Matthews, William Nylander and Kirill Marchenko looked primed for a late onslaught, but the Senators kept their structure and didn’t allow Toronto to get goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky out of the net for an extra attacker in the final minutes.
🔮 But at the end of the day, I thought this would be a great opportunity.”
🔮 “I don’t know what it is, but you could tell at the end of last year he was growing his game a lot,” Rielly said.
🔮 TORONTO - Gavin McKenna has known for quite some time his NHL debut would come Tuesday night.
🔮 William Nylander replied with both goals for Toronto.
🔮 The Maple Leafs also got goaltender Elvis Merzlikins — currently on long-term injured reserve with a shoulder injury expected to keep him out roughly another five months — and winger Miles Wood.
🔮 Crosby said that while the formula is effective for that group, it’s not one every organization could replicate despite the NHL often being a copycat league.
🔮 TORONTO - William Nylander was hanging out up top in a private suite.
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Topics

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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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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2026-10-18 · Toronto Star
Bo Horvat leads New York Islanders to 4-1 win over Toronto Maple Leafs · assertive framing

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TORONTO - 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
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
minutes → 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
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. asserted
Islanders → host → 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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