SCOREBOARD
Thursday, Oct. 10
N.Y. Islanders at Toronto (7:30 p.m. EDT). Jason Blake led the Islanders with 40 goals last season before signing with the Maple Leafs as a free agent over the summer.
IN GOOD COMPANY
Mats Sundin had assist in Toronto’s 7-1 loss to Carolina on Tuesday night for his 916th point as a Maple Leaf, tying him with Darryl Sittler for the club record. Sundin remained tied with Sittler at 389 for the club’s goals record. His assist tied him with Sittler at 527 for second place in team history. Borje Salming owns the record with 620.
POWERING UP
Carolina scored four power-play goals during Tuesday night’s 7-1 rout of Toronto.
BERARD’S BACK
up when Freddy Meyer was claimed off waivers by Phoenix on Monday.
PLAYING WITH PAIN
Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby practiced Tuesday and plans to play against Montreal on Wednesday night despite a bruised right foot.
BACKUP PLAN
Dallas recalled goalie Tobias Stephan from Iowa of the AHL on Tuesday. He will replace backup goalie Mike Smith, who bruised his arm in practice Tuesday.
SPEAKING
“I haven’t been myself, just for the fact of what’s been going on. Now that I know everything is going to be fine, I can move on and yeah, I’m ready to go.” – Toronto’s Jason Blake on his battle with leukemia.