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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
Chris Tanev, D Day-To-Day Oct 21
Joseph Woll, G Injured Reserve Oct 6
Marshall Rifai, D Injured Reserve Oct 6
Scott Laughton, C Injured Reserve Oct 6
New York Rangers New York Rangers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Brandon Scanlin, D Out Oct 20
Vincent Trocheck, C Injured Reserve Oct 15

Game Information

Scotiabank Arena

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

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
New Jersey 0 1 10 5
Carolina 0 1 10 5
Pittsburgh 0 2 10 5
Washington 0 2 10 5
Philadelphia 1 2 7 3
NY Rangers 1 4 7 3
Columbus 0 3 6 3
NY Islanders 0 3 6 3

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Detroit 0 1 10 5
Montreal 0 2 10 5
Florida 0 4 8 4
Toronto 1 3 7 3
Boston 0 5 6 3
Ottawa 1 4 5 2
Buffalo 0 4 4 2
Tampa Bay 2 3 4 1
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