Phil Kessel scored two goals and the Maple Leafs beat the Islanders 5-2 on Tuesday for Toronto's second win in a row.
Trevor Smith, Mason Raymond and David Clarkson also scored for the Maple Leafs. Jonathan Bernier made 35 saves for the win.
Smith had a goal and two assists and Joffrey Lupul had three assists.
Casey Cizikas and Frans Nielsen scored for New York. Kevin Poulin stopped 19 shots in the loss.
Toronto opened the scoring just 22 seconds in the game.
Lupul carried the puck along the right side into the Islanders zone. As he was about to go around the net he sneaked a pass to the side of the net, catching Poulin moving the other way and Smith easily tapped the puck in.
The game remained 1-0 until midway through the second period.
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With Cal Clutterbuck off for tripping, Kessel took a pass from Lupul, curled inside the Islanders blue line and snapped a shot from inside the right circle past Poulin's blocker hand.
It was Kessel's team-leading 11th goal of the season.
Toronto kept New York off the board until there were 12 seconds left in the second period. Cizikas got a breakaway behind the defense, deked to his left and slid the puck through Bernier's legs to cut the Leafs' lead to 2-1.
Toronto regained its two-goal lead 3:39 into the third period.
A mix-up at the New York blue line by the Islanders defense gave the Leafs short a 2-on-0 break. Nikolai Kulemin was stopped by Poulin, but Raymond was able to backhand the rebound in for his eighth goal of the season.
Clarkson put the game away at 12:52, snapping a shot top corner by Poulin's glove hand.
It was Clarkson's first goal as a Maple Leaf.
Nielsen cut the lead to 4-2 at 15:14, but Kessel snapped home his second of the game — 12th of the season — less than two minutes later on a 2-on-1 break with James van Riemsdyk to make it 5-2.
