New York Rangers at Toronto Maple Leafs

· National Hockey League

New York Rangers

2-3-1

Final
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Toronto Maple Leafs

3-2-0

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

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

NYR		TOR
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 Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Dakota Joshua, C	Injured Reserve	Sep 30
Max Domi, C	Injured Reserve	Sep 30
Cade Webber, D	Injured Reserve	Sep 29
Elvis Merzlikins, G	Injured Reserve	Sep 29
William Villeneuve, D	Injured Reserve	Sep 28