Ryan O'Reilly scores two power-play goals as the Predators win 4-3 in overtime against the Maple Leafs. Juuse Saros makes 33 saves for Nashville, while William Nylander and Mark Giordano score for Toronto.
Ryan O’Reilly scored two power-play goals and Juuse Saros made 33 saves for the Predators, who have won three of four.
William Nylander and Mark Giordano scored and Ilya Samsonov made 21 saves for Toronto, which concluded its season-high five-game road trip at 3-1-1. In overtime, Josi took a drop pass from Luke Evangelista just inside the blue line and beat Samsonov on the blocker side with a wrist shot from the high slot.
Nylander scored the game’s first goal with 6:38 remaining in the opening period, with a one-timer from the left faceoff dot on a Toronto power play. He has at least one point in each of Toronto’s eight games this season, becoming the fourth Maple Leafs player to do so.Toronto regained the lead with 7:14 left in the second on Giordano’s first goal of the season.
O’Reilly struck again on the power play with 4:52 remaining in the second for his first two-goal game since signing with Nashville as a free agent in the off-season after a brief stint with Toronto last year, following his trade there from St. Louis.Saros remains one of two NHL goalies to start every game for their team this season, along with Colorado's Alexandar Georgiev.---
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