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15	Januar 2019

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NEW YORK (AP) With the score tied late in the third period Adidas Jonathan Bernier Jersey , Auston Matthews saw an opening and got himself in position. And when he got the puck from William Nylander, he was able to knock in the winning goal.Matthews deflected Nylander�s pass in front with just under four minutes remaining to lift the playoff-bound Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.�Very good forecheck by (Zach) Hyman to free the puck up and I was able to sneak in there backdoor,� Matthews said. �It was good for (Nylander) to see that play and make it, so great for both those guys to create space, get the puck and I just tapped it.�It was Matthews� 31st goal of the season and broke the fourth tie of the game.�A good two points for us,� he said. �Probably not a fun game for coaches but more a fun game for the players.�Mitch Marner and Nazem Kadri each had a goal and an assist, and Nikita Zaitsev and James van Riemsdyk also scored for Toronto. Frederik Andersen stopped 29 shots to help the Maple Leafs win for the eighth time in 10 games and extend a franchise record with their 47th win.Toronto, which clinched a postseason berth when Florida lost in overtime at Ottawa on Thursday night, is all but locked into third place in the Atlantic Division.�It�s nice that we�ve clinched and now we just want to get ready and focused for the playoffs,� Nylander said.Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and an assist, and Johnny Boychuk, Brock Nelson and John Tavares also scored for the Islanders, who lost for the 15th time in 18 games (3-11-4). Jordan Eberle had two assists and Christopher Gibson finished with 27 saves.�It was a good hockey game Adidas Paul Thompson Jersey ,� Islanders coach Doug Weight said. �It was exciting and really, for a 5-4 game it was pretty well-played. � Yeah, a little bit of puck luck would be nice. It was a heck of a game. Guys battled but just fell short.�Van Riemsdyk gave the Maple Leafs their first lead of the game � at 4-3 � as he put in the rebound for his 36th at 2:01 of the third.Tavares tied it for the fourth time as he beat Andersen from the right doorstep for his 34th at 6:28. Tavares now has 80 points, reaching that number for the first time since he had 86 in 2014-15.�We didn�t want the puck in our net as much as it was tonight,� Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. �That�s the way it went and we just had to find a way to keep grinding.�Trailing 2-1 after one period, the Maple Leafs tied the score at 7:52 of the second as Zaitsev�s pass deflected off Islanders forward Mathew Barzal�s stick and past Gibson for the defenseman�s fifth.Nelson put New York back in front on an odd-man rush as he got a pass across the slot from Andrew Ladd and beat Andersen from the right faceoff dot for his 19th with 9:15 left.Marner then tied it again as he deflected Jake Gardiner�s shot in front for his 22nd with 2:42 to go in the second.Beauvillier got the Islanders on the scoreboard with just under eight minutes remaining in the first. Eberle got the puck near the left side of the goal, skated to the corner and sent a pass in front to Beauvillier, who put it past Andersen for his 18th. The goal withstood a Maple Leafs challenge for goalie interference.Toronto tied it with 3:38 left, just 7 seconds after Anders Lee was whistled for slashing, as Kadri tipped the puck out of the air in front off a pass from Marner for his 31st.Boychuk put the Islanders back in front on a power play with 1:26 to go in the opening period as he got a pass from Beauvillier near the blue line and sent a one-timer through traffic past Andersen for his sixth.NOTES: Marner has five goals and 11 assists during his points streak. � Kadri has eight goals and nine points in his last 12 games. � The Maple Leafs swept the three-game season series. � Zaitsev�s goal marked the fourth straight game an Islanders player deflected the puck into his own net. Adam Pelech did it Saturday against the Blackhawks, and Brandon Davidson in each of the last two � against Florida on Monday and at Ottawa on Tuesday. � Lee had an assist on Tavares� goal, giving him a career-high 22 this season. He also has career highs with 39 goals and 61 points.UP NEXTMaple Leafs: Host Winnipeg on Saturday night.Islanders: At New Jersey on Saturday night.�Follow Vin Cherwoo at https://twitter.com/VinCherwooAP� LOS ANGELES (AP) � Buffalo Sabres coach Phil Housley had to shake things up, shuffling his lines against the Los Angeles Kings an effort to revive an offense that was held to one goal in three of the past four games.The moves paid off Adidas Troy Brouwer Jersey , especially the new first line of Jeff Skinner, Jason Pominville and Jack Eichel.Skinner scored three goals for his fifth career hat trick and the Sabres� reconfigured top line keyed a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.Pominville had a goal and two assists for his 700th career point, and Eichel added three assists as he centered Skinner and Pominville for the first time.�I think that�s the spark we�ve been looking for,� said Zach Bogosian, who also scored.Linus Ullmark made 19 saves for Buffalo.Drew Doughty had a goal and Jonathan Quick made 21 saves for the Kings, who lost their fourth straight game. Quick has allowed 10 goals on 54 shots in two starts since returning from a lower-body injury.Skinner put the Sabres ahead 2-0 at 3:31 of the second period and made it 3-0 with 4:08 left in the middle period. Pominville got his milestone point with a secondary assist on Skinner�s second goal.Pominville is the third member of the 2001 draft class to reach the 700-point mark, joining Ilya Kovalchuk and Jason Spezza.�A guy that plugs away every day, as professional as he is, he�s a good example for the younger players and seeing him get rewarded with 700, that�s awesome for him,� Bogosian said.Bogosian scored with 15 seconds left in the second, the eighth straight goal allowed by the Kings in 56:40 of game time after giving up four goals in the third period of a 7-2 loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday.Doughty got the Kings on the scoreboard with 7:44 left in the third. It was Los Angeles� third power-play goal in two games after starting the season 0 for 22, but little else has gone right for them recently.Outscored 21-5 during their current losing streak Adidas Michael Hutchinson Jersey , the Kings held a closed-door meeting that lasted nearly 20 minutes after their latest defeat.Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin said the team did not have �enough passion and fire to win games right now.�We�ve accepted being okay. It�s not okay. It�s not working. It�s going to be a long year, guys will be moved if this continues,� Muzzin said.The Sabres were more than happy to take advantage of the Kings� struggles, with Skinner completing his first hat trick since Dec. 15, 2015, with an empty-netter with 25 seconds remaining.The Sabres took a 1-0 lead at 10:24 of the first. Pominville scored on the rebound of a shot by Eichel. The goal withstood a review after the Kings challenged for interference as Pominville�s stick and skate made contact with Quick�s right leg as the goalie was sprawled on the ice.�It was great that it worked out,� Housley said of his new first line, �but I think if you looked throughout all the lines they all contributed in one way or another.�NOTES: The Sabres had nine players with a point and 13 players with a plus-1 rating or better. . Sabres D Jake McCabe had an assist to extend his point streak to three games. � Kings LW Alex Iafallo had an assist for the third straight game, a new career-high.UP NEXTSabres: Wrap up their five-game road trip at Anaheim on Sunday.Kings: Open a two-game road trip at Dallas on Tuesday.