Matthews OT goal gives Maple Leafs 2-1 win over Rangers

TORONTO — Auston Matthews scored 58 seconds into overtime to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night at Scotiabank Arena, as Anthony Stolarz made 28 saves and William Nylander set up both Toronto goals. The Rangers’ Juuso Parssinen tipped home a Braden Schneider shot in the third period for New York’s lone goal, ending a prolonged scoring drought that had left the club winless at home.

Knies opened the scoring for Toronto on the club’s second power play of the night midway through the first period after Nylander’s pass found him in front of the net. The Rangers tied it early in the third when Parssinen redirected a point shot through traffic; that marker was the Rangers’ first goal in 170 minutes, 39 seconds of game time. Matthews finished the game in overtime on a 2-on-1 created by Nylander and Morgan Rielly, depositing Nylander’s feed at the doorstep.

Stolarz’s night included several highlight saves and one dramatic sequence in which his mask came off while he stopped a close-range chance. Play was allowed to continue before officials stopped the game, and referees later explained the stoppage rule applies when an imminent...