Maple Leafs fall to Islanders 5-4 in OT

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Lubomir Visnovsky scored 1:55 into overtime as the New York Islanders outlasted the Toronto Maple Leafs in a wild 5-4 contest Thursday night.

Visnovsky’s winner came after Anders Lee scored two tying goals for the Islanders in a see-saw third period in which the teams combined for five goals in a nine-minute span. Evgeni Nabokov made 18 saves for New York, which improved to 5-1-2 in their last eight games against Toronto.

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Joffrey Lupul put Toronto ahead 4-3 with just over six minutes left in the third before Lee knotted the score at 17:20 with his second of the game. Lupul’s 18th of the season at 13:54 came just over a minute after Lee tied it at 3 with his first of the season.

Lee’s power-play goal came after Dion Phaneuf had put Toronto ahead 3-2 at 11:26.