Matthew Schaefer scored twice, including at 4:11 of overtime, and the Islanders beat the Maple Leafs 4-3 on Saturday night.

We're now halfway through Toronto's 2025-26 season, and the Leafs still find themselves near the bottom of the Atlantic Division.

The Toronto Maple Leafs (19-15-6, 44 points) have won two straight and four of five as they visit the New York Islanders (22-15-4, 48 points) at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on Saturday night.

Just when the Toronto Maple Leafs looked like they were down and out with key injuries, the team has rallied and has put together a string of impressive performances coming out of the Christmas break.

This is one of the most anticipated regular-season matchups in some time, in my opinion, as two of the top teams in the League face off. The Bruins (32-5-4) have the best record in the NHL and the Maple Leafs are close behind (26-10-7).

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Matthew Knies opens up about the "hard decision" that left him off the Olympic squad and why he’s refusing to let the snub distract from his breakout year with the Leafs.