Nylander gets 2 goals, McMann breaks tie for Toronto; Kindel scores 2 for Pittsburgh
Penguins at Maple Leafs | Recap
TORONTO — Bobby McMann broke a tie at 13:43 of the third period, and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied from a three-goal deficit in the third period to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 at Scotiabank Arena on Monday.
McMann, who had not had a goal or point in his previous eight games, got to a rebound in the slot after Nicholas Robertson had cut to the net from the corner, and shot past Tristan Jarry’s glove to give Toronto the 4-3 lead.
William Nylander had two goals and an assist, and Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs (7-5-1), who have won three of their past four. Anthony Stolarz made 34 saves.
Ben Kindel scored twice for his first multigoal game in the NHL for the Penguins (8-4-2), who are 6-2-2 in their past eight. Jarry made 16 saves.
The Penguins outshot the Maple Leafs 25-8 through two periods, but Toronto scored three times in 3:24 in the third period to tie it.
Matthews started the Toronto comeback to cut it to 3-1 at 3:31 of the third period. He got behind Sidney Crosby at the blue line on a lead pass from Jake McCabe and shot between Jarry’s pads from the slot on a breakaway.
Nylander, who returned after missing two games with a lower-body injury, made it 3-2 at 4:47 when he corralled a loose puck in midair in the slot and backhanded a shot off the post from the bottom of the left face-off circle which banked in off Jarry’s back.
The Maple Leafs tied it 3-3 at 6:55 with Nylander one-timing a pass from Oliver Ekman-Larsson at the blue line.
Erik Karlsson put the Penguins up 1-0 at 13:08 of the first period. He took a cross-ice pass from Crosby and shot over Stolarz left shoulder from the right face-off dot for his first goal of the season.
Pittsburgh made it 2-0 at 17:59. Stolarz attempted to make a glove save on Ryan Shea but mishandled the shot, which led to a rebound in midair. Morgan Rielly tried to swat it away but the puck ended up banking off Kindel and into the net.
Kindell pushed it to 3-0 at 11:50 of the second period on the power play. The 18-year-old forward, who was selected No. 11 by the Penguins in the 2025 NHL Draft, took a cross-ice pass from Evgeni Malkin and shot blocker side from the left dot on Stolarz, who was screened by Brandon Carlo.
Penguins forward Noel Acciari left the game at 5:43 of the first period with an upper-body injury.
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