David Kampf, Steven Lorentz and John Tavares scored as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Tuesday to move into a tie with idle Florida for the top spot in the Atlantic Division.

Steven Lorentz scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting New York Islanders 3-1 on Tuesday afternoon.

David Kampf, Steven Lorentz and John Tavares scored as the Maple Leafs beat the skidding Islanders​ 3-1 on Tuesday.

TORONTO -- Steven Lorentz ended a 23-game goal drought when he scored the go-ahead goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 3-1 win against the New York Islanders at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday. David Kampf and John Tavares scored, and Joseph Woll made 30 saves for the Maple Leafs (23-13-2), who were 1-3-0 in their past four games.

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John Tavares’ former team came out ahead in their previous five matchups, but Joseph Woll found a way to outduel Ilya Sorokin in a low-event New Year’s Eve matinee. David Kämpf and Steven Lorentz scored to give the Leafs a 2-1 lead through 40 minutes, and Tavares secured the win with an empty net goal.

The Toronto Maple Leafs were up 2-1 late against New York when Patrick Roy made a shocking call that would ultimately cost the Islanders any chance of victory.

The Toronto Maple Leafs (23-13-2) defeated the New York Islanders (14-17-7) 3-1 on Tuesday afternoon in Toronto. It’s the first leg of a home-and-home for the teams, starting today and finishing on Thursday evening in UBS Arena.

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Woll stopped Nelson on a short-handed breakaway late in the third period. Tavares iced the win with an empty-net goal with 34 seconds left.

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