Points for the Leafs at the Christmas Break. Last season they had 28 at this time.
Reimer stopped 30 shots while Clarke MacArthur scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Maple Leafs to a 5-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.
``I'm pretty pleased that we got five out of six points this past week,'' Reimer said. ``It's nice to get some results.''
``Christmas is miserable any time you lose,'' Toronto coach Ron Wilson said. ``We found a way to win.''
Kyle Okposo, Franz Neilsen and John Tavares scored, and Evgeni Nabokov made 23 saves for the Islanders in their second straight loss.
Toronto wasted little time getting on the board as MacArthur headed to the right crease and knocked a loose puck past Nabokov just 1:43 into the game.
Kadri scored near the end of a Toronto power play to double the lead at 4:22.
LEAFS REMARKS
Ron Wilson on heading into the break with a win:
"To get five of the last six points was huge for us. To start moving ahead and being confident because we have a tough road trip right after Christmas with one practice. But I don't think everyone's mind is going to be in it for that first practice. But now this helps a little bit. Now you can go and relax a little bit and enjoy Christmas. It's going to be three tough games going to Florida, Carolina and Winnipeg but it will be easier going in not on a losing streak."
The Maple Leafs pushed it to 3-0 with 8:45 to go in the first when Gunnarsson beat Nabokov with a slapshot from the centre point for his first goal of the season.
``We came out strong,'' Reimer said. ``They may have had some holiday distractions, but I feel we were just more determined.''
New York finally broke through with 4:15 to go as Okposo came in on a break and beat Reimer to the glove side with a wrist shot. Nielsen connected on a power-play rebound 40 seconds into the second period to trim the deficit to 3-2.
Crabb put the Leafs back up by two with his sixth goal of the season, which came on a 2-on-1 short-handed break.
The Islanders pulled back within one when Tavares buried a rebound with 9:10 to go in the game.
Lupul closed the scoring on an empty-netter with 8.9 seconds left.
``We were a little sluggish,'' Tavares said. ``We battled back, but we made too many mistakes and dug ourselves too deep a hole early.''
Notes: The Maple Leafs opened a four-game road trip. After the New Year, Toronto plays nine of ten at home. ... Islanders F Matt Martin threw a check about halfway through the game and went down. He was taken to the dressing room.
NEXT GAME:
Tuesday, December 27
@ Florida Panthers
7 PM ET (Sportsnet, AM640)
The Maple Leafs begin a three-game road trip against the surprising Florida Panthers who sit in third place in the Eastern Conference at the Christmas Break.
The Panthers were crushed 8-0 by the Boston Bruins Friday. They are 0-2-1 in their last three games.
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