Tavares scores twice as Maple Leafs beat Rangers 4-3

Bobby McMann and Matthew Knies additionally scored to assist Toronto win its third straight sport. Jake McCabe had three assists and William Nylander contributed two.

Will Borgen, Artemi Panarin and Chris Kreider scored for the Rangers, who misplaced their third sport in a row at dwelling in regulation and fell to 2-5-2 of their final 9 general.

Tavares opened the scoring by rocketing a excessive shot previous Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin at 12:30 of the primary interval, with assists to McCabe and Nylander. The help was Nylander’s 600th profession level.

Borgen tied it along with his fifth objective at 19:12, however McCann put Toronto again on prime 38 seconds later along with his nineteenth.

Panarin tied it once more along with his team-leading thirty first objective at 1:22 of the second earlier than Tavares added his second of the evening and twenty ninth this season at 4:16.

Knies elevated the result in 4-2 along with his twenty fifth objective at 14:26 of the second.

Kreider made it 4-3 at 19:25 of the third.

New York has dropped the primary three of a four-game homestand towards Western Convention opponents.

Shesterkin made 24 saves and fell to 23-25-4. Takeaways

Rangers: Dropped to 16-17-3 at dwelling, a precipitous fall from final season after they have been 30-11-0 at Madison Sq. Backyard.

Maple Leafs: Have received three straight after a 1-4-1 stretch as they jockey with Florida and Tampa Bay for first place within the Atlantic Division. Key second

Tavares scored lower than three minutes after Panarin tied the sport early within the second, giving Toronto a momentum surge it maintained. Key stat

Tavares reached 1,100 profession factors. The 34-year-old ahead has 485 targets and 615 assists. Up subsequent

Maple Leafs: Go to the Nashville Predators on Saturday.

Rangers: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.

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