Nylander, who additionally had an help, had simply come off the bench and took a stretch cross from Mitch Marner on the offensive blueline, capturing previous Jacob Markstrom’s glove on a breakaway.
“I think we gained our momentum,” Nylander mentioned. “We had a lot of hard work and that started paying off, started getting more high-quality scoring chances so just try to build off that. I just saw an opening and he just put it right there and I was able to walk in.”
Auston Matthews scored twice, and Joseph Woll made 21 saves for the Maple Leafs (28-16-2), who had misplaced three in a row in regulation. Marner and Jake McCabe, who returned after lacking the previous 4 video games with an upper-body harm, every had two assists.
“Battling,” Toronto coach Craig Berube mentioned. “I thought we battled hard all game, that was the biggest thing for me. Our battle, our second and third effort in all zones.”
Jack Hughes scored and had two assists, Nico Hischier scored twice and Markstrom made 37 saves for the Devils (26-15-6), who’re 2-4-3 of their previous 9.
“The way we managed the overtime, that was against everything that we’ve talked about in terms of managing,” New Jersey coach Sheldon Keefe mentioned. “One hits the post and could go in and changes everything but we had the puck again and just how we managed that was just unacceptable.”
After controlling the puck for many of the first minute, the Devils took a low share shot, turning over possession, and have been within the midst of a change when Nylander snuck behind the protection to take the cross that led to the breakaway.
The Maple Leafs have been with out ahead John Tavares, who’s week to week with a decrease physique harm sustained in observe on Wednesday.
Matthews tied it 3-3 at 15:47 of the third interval when he shot over Markstrom’s proper shoulder from beneath the left face-off dot.
“I think it was just one shift at a time, not losing our composure, staying focused and being really competitive all over the ice,” Matthews mentioned. “I thought the second and third periods were really good periods by our group and even when we tied the game and gave up the lead again, I thought we just stayed with it, rolled it shift after shift and were able to tie it up and finish the job in overtime.”
Hughes put the Devils up 1-0 at 2:21 of the primary interval. Johnathan Kovacevic stored the puck in on the blueline and located Hughes, who had fallen earlier within the play, alone in entrance of the web. He deked to the backhand to beat Woll glove aspect.
