Phil Kessel's end-to-end goal with 4:41 remaining propelled the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 2-1 home victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.

Clarke MacArthur had a first-period goal and James Reimer turned aside 28 shots for the Maple Leafs (26-27-7), who won for the third time in four games.

Matt Moulson countered with his sixth goal in three games for the Islanders (23-31-7), who lost to Toronto for the second time in two weeks.

With the Leafs pinned in their own zone late in the tight defensive battle, Kessel eluded several Islanders before snapping a quick shot past a surprised Al Montoya. The unassisted goal was Kessel's fourth in four games since ending a 14-game drought.

MacArthur opened the scoring midway through the first period. After the Islanders' Jack Hillen fanned on the puck at the Toronto blue-line, the Leafs gained control and Nikolai Kulemin fed MacArthur, who beat Montoya just beneath the crossbar for his career-best 18th goal of the campaign.

Moulson evened the score eight minutes into the second, backhanding a loose puck past a sprawling Reimer to end the goaltender's shutout streak at 102 minutes, 49 seconds.

Montoya made 23 saves in defeat.