William Nylander scored 1:00 into overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins Sunday.
William Nylander scored 1:00 into overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5 on Sunday.
William Nylander scored 1:00 into overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-5, on Sunday. Nylander, Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies each had a goal and an assist as Toronto earned its fifth consecutive win.
Just 10 minutes in, the Maple Leafs were up 2-0 with a 13-3 shot advantage, dominating a tired Penguins team playing an early game on the second leg of a back-to-back. Less than five minutes later, Toronto was down 3-2, and the team ended the first period with a 17-13 shot deficit.
Nylander potted the game-winning goal and added an assist in Sunday's 6-5 overtime win over the Penguins.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will attempt to keep a four-game win streak intact when they play the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Leafs leapfrogged the idle Florida Panthers to retake first place in the Atlantic Division and finished a four-game trip with eight points. Overall, they’ve won five in a row and eight of nine with the San Jose Sharks in town Monday night.
Rookie goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 27 saves on 33 shots for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a wild 6-5 overtime loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday at PPG Paints Arena. The result dropped Blomqvist’s record to 4-9-1.