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New York Rangers at Toronto Maple Leafs

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Auston Matthews scores in OT to lift the Maple Leafs past the Rangers, 2-1

Auston Matthews wins it for Leafs in OT

Matthew Knies also scored for Toronto, William Nylander had two assists and Anthony Stolarz made 28 saves.

Juuso Parssinen scored for New York. Igor Shesterkin stopped 22 shots.

Matthews took a pass from Nylander on a 2-on-1 in the extra period after Rangers center Mika Zibanejad fanned on a terrific chance at the other end.

Knies opened the scoring on Toronto’s second power play of the night midway through the first period off Nylander's setup to snap the Maple Leafs’ 0-for-9 stretch on the man advantage to start the season.

Parssinen tied it early in the third period for New York’s first goal in 170 minutes 39 seconds.

Up next Rangers: At Montreal on Saturday night.

Maple Leafs: Host Seattle on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

TOR leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 11:48 Matthew Knies Goal (2) Deflected, assists: William Nylander (6), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (3)
Goal 3rd Period 4:51 Juuso Parssinen Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Braden Schneider (2)
Goal 4th Period 0:58 Auston Matthews Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: William Nylander (7), Morgan Rielly (4)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nyr.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originNYR https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tor.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originTOR
10 Blocked Shots 13
22 Hits 18
6 Takeaways 2
29 Shots 24
0 Power Play Goals 1
3 Power Play Opportunities 2
0.0 Power Play Percentage 50.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
29 Faceoffs Won 26
52.7 Faceoff Win Percent 47.3
13 Giveaways 21
2 Total Penalties 3
4 Penalty Minutes 6
Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Joseph Woll, G Day-To-Day Feb 19
Chris Tanev, D Injured Reserve Jan 28
Dakota Joshua, C Injured Reserve Jan 28
New York Rangers New York Rangers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Adam Edstrom, C Injured Reserve Feb 4
Adam Fox, D Injured Reserve Jan 6
Igor Shesterkin, G Injured Reserve Jan 6
Conor Sheary, LW Injured Reserve Jan 1

Game Information

Scotiabank Arena

Location: Toronto, ON
Attendance: 18,267 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 36 15 78 6
Pittsburgh 29 15 70 12
NY Islanders 32 21 69 5
Columbus 29 20 65 7
Washington 29 23 65 7
Philadelphia 25 20 61 11
New Jersey 28 27 58 2
NY Rangers 22 29 50 6

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 37 14 78 4
Montreal 32 17 72 8
Detroit 33 19 72 6
Buffalo 32 19 70 6
Boston 32 20 69 5
Ottawa 28 22 63 7
Toronto 27 21 63 9
Florida 29 25 61 3
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