NY Rangers break slump to beat Leafs 2-1 in overtime
Frederik Andersen had just made an amazing save on Boo Nieves on a two-on-one but the puck went to Strome who stuffed it in at 1:48.
Pavel Buchnevich had ended a scoreless deadlock 19 seconds into the third, beating Hyman to the puck in a mass of bodies in front of Andersen after a Brady Skjei shot from a bad angle produced a fat rebound. It was Buchnevich's 18th goal of the season. Mike Richter made 59 stops in an overtime tie against the Vancouver Canucks in 1991. But the 55 saves were a Madison Square Garden record by a Ranger goaltender .Toronto was coming off a 4-2 win Wednesday in Buffalo but had lost five of its last eight . The Leafs had given up the opening goal in their last six games .
Georgiev was busy from the get-go before 19,251 at Scotiabank Arena, forced to stop a dangerous wrist shot from Auston Matthews on the Leafs first shot. Toronto outshot New York 6-1 to start. The Rangers muffed a 2-on-0 chance late in the period when Mika Zibanejad lost control of the puck, allowing Andersen to grab it.Andersen returned to the Toronto goal after Garret Sparks started in Buffalo. He had been pulled in two of his last three home outings .
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