Jake McCabe's goal in overtime secures victory for the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Auston Matthews scores his 65th goal of the season and adds an assist. The Penguins continue their strong performance in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
TORONTO — Jake McCabe scored at 1:30 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Monday.
The Penguins, who could have leapfrogged the Detroit Red Wings for the second wild-card spot with a win, got 20 stops from Alex Nedeljkovic. The Penguins and Red Wings are both tied for the final wild-card berth with 84 points each. The Toronto sniper has scored six times in the last five games, and remains on pace to put up 69 goals with five contests left on the regular-season schedule as he looks to become the first player to hit 70 in more than three decades.
The Penguins sat nine points below the playoff cutline on March 27, but have dragged themselves back into the fight thanks to that eight-game point streak heading into Monday — and some pedestrian performances from the teams above and around them in the standings. Toronto, which has already secured a post-season berth, tilted the ice to start the second with a couple of dominant shifts in the offensive zone before T.J. Brodie found Knies at the lip of the Pittsburgh crease to redirect his 15th past Nedeljkovic.
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