NHL LIVE Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Islanders 21st March 2023 Game Reaction + Kraken vs Stars

There are no worries about missing the playoffs for the Maple Leafs (42-18-9, 93 points), who entered Monday 16 points clear of the ninth-place Panthers in the Eastern Conference and are likely headed for a rematch with the Tampa Bay Lightning, who earned a seven-game win in the first round of the playoffs last season. Toronto leads the Lightning by three points in the race for second place in the Atlantic Division and home-ice advantage in the first round. But winning both ends of a back-to-back, home-and-away set was key to establishing some momentum for the Maple Leafs, whose 55-year Stanley Cup drought is the longest in the NHL. Toronto beat the visiting Carolina Hurricanes -- who lead the Metropolitan Division -- 5-2 on Friday night before withstanding a late comeback by the Senators. Brady Tkachuk scored twice in the final 10 minutes of the third -- including the game-tying goal with 11 seconds left -- to force overtime. Following a scoreless five minutes, the teams battled through a nine-round shootout before Alexander Kerfoot finally recorded the game-winning goal. The New York Islanders will return home Tuesday night in a sturdier playoff position than the last time they played at UBS Arena on March 11 -- and focused on ensuring the home schedule continues beyond the end of the regular season. The Islanders (36-27-8, 80 points) recovered from last Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings to go 2-1-0 on a West Coast trip. New York beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-3 before scoring the final four goals in the win over the Sharks. Both teams will have one game in hand on the Islanders after Monday. Maple Leafs projected lineup Forwards Alexander Kerfoot - Auston Matthews - Calle Jarnkrok Michael Bunting - John Tavares - Mitchell Marner Bobby McMannn - Sam Lafferty - William Nylander Zach Aston-Reese - David Kampf - Noel Acciari Defencemen Morgan Rielly - Erik Gustafsson Mark Giordano - Justin Holl Jake McCabe - Timothy Liljegren Goalies Ilya Samsonov Matt Murray Scratched: Luke Schenn, Wayne Simmonds, Conor Timmins Injured: Jake Muzzin (cervical spine injury), Ryan O'Reilly (broken finger), Nicholas Robertson (shoulder surgery), TJ Brodie (undisclosed) Islanders projected lineup Forwards Anders Lee - Bo Horvat - Simon Holmstrom Pierre Engvall - Brock Nelson - Kyle Palmieri Zach Parise - Jean-Gabriel Pageau - Hudson Fasching Matt Martin - Casey Cizikas - Cal Clutterbuck Defencemen Adam Pelech - Scott Mayfield Alexander Romanov - Ryan Pulock Samuel Bolduc - Noah Dobson Goalies Ilya Sorokin Semyon Varlamov Scratched: Josh Bailey, Ross Johnston, Parker Wotherspoon Injured: Sebastian Aho (undisclosed), Mathew Barzal (lower body), Oliver Wahlstrom (lower body) The Dallas Stars and Seattle Kraken could very well meet in the NHL's Western Conference playoffs, perhaps even in the opening round. The Kraken (38-24-7, 83 points) are atop the wild-card race, two points ahead of Winnipeg. The Kraken are 1-3-1 in their past five games after a 6-4 loss to visiting Edmonton on Saturday. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer left early in the second period with what the team called a "non-COVID illness," and his status for Tuesday's game is uncertain. Seattle has called up Joey Daccord from its American Hockey League affiliate in Coachella Valley just in case. In addition, forward John Hayden suffered a lower-body injury in a fight late in the same period and apparently won't make the trip. Kraken projected lineup Forwards Jared McCann - Matty Beniers - Jordan Eberle Eeli Tolvanen - Yanni Gourde - Oliver Bjorkstrand Jaden Schwartz - Alex Wennberg - Brandon Tanev Ryan Donato - Morgan Geekie - Daniel Sprong Defencemen Vince Dunn - Adam Larsson Jamie Oleksiak - Will Borgen Carson Soucy - Justin Schultz Goalies Joey Daccord Martin Jones Scratched: Cale Fleury, Jaycob Megna, Jesper Froden Injured: Joonas Donskoi (upper body), Andre Burakovsky (lower body), Philipp Grubauer (illness), John Hayden (lower body) Stars projected lineup Forwards Jason Robertson - Roope Hintz - Joe Pavelski Jamie Benn - Wyatt Johnston - Evgenii Dadonov Max Domi - Radek Faksa - Ty Dellandrea Joel Kiviranta - Luke Glendening - Fredrik Olofsson Defencemen Miro Heiskanen - Colin Miller Esa Lindell - Jani Hakanpaa Ryan Suter - Joel Hanley Goalies Jake Oettinger Remi Poirier Scratched: Nils Lundkvist Injured: Mason Marchment (lower body), Tyler Seguin (lower body), Scott Wedgewood (undisclosed) Special Thanks To My Channel Members Dougy fresh Richards FakeTtEllie Cr7_King_ 123 Cracked Screen Productions Nathan hardie karlosdub3 James Sunderland Turtle jay thomas Sonny Bimbo Moe Sizzlak colton32 TV Joined By Co-Host Dave Dave:    / crackedscreenproductions   Donate: https://streamlabs.com/allthingswrest... Member: https://www.youtube.com/allthingswres... #LeafsNation #LeafsVsIslanders #ATW #NHL #TorontoMapleLeafs #NewYorkIslanders