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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Troy Stecher scored with 26.3 seconds left in regulation as the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the New York Rangers 5-4 in a back-and-forth affair for their third straight victory Thursday.
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Leafs → score → victory
Brandon Duhaime, with a goal and two assists, Teddy Blueger, Kirill Marchenko and Easton Cowan provided the rest of the offence for Toronto (6-4-2).
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Duhaime → provide → Toronto
Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves.
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Bobrovsky → make → saves
Zack MacEwen added two assists.
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MacEwen → add → assists
Blueger also had an assist for a two-point night.
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Blueger → have → night
Mika Zibanejad, with a goal and an assist, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Tye Kartye and Alexis Lafrenière replied for New York (7-4-1), which got 31 stops from Dylan Garand.
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which → reply → Garand
Adam Fox chipped in four assists.
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Fox → chip → assists
Stecher’s winner came on a delayed penalty after he took a pass from Morgan Rielly and ripped a shot upstairs.
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he → come → shot
After the teams traded goals inside the game’s first six minutes, Blueger put Toronto ahead with his first for the club at 10:01 on a shot that just dribbled over the line.
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that → trade → line
New York evened things 2-2 at 2:37 of the second when Bjorkstrand beat Bobrovsky from in tight.
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Bjorkstrand → even → Bobrovsky
The visitors nudged in front at 6:30 when Kartye tipped home a point shot, but Duhaime buried his own rebound 90 seconds later — also his first goal in blue and white — to get Toronto level again.
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Toronto → nudge → blue
Marchenko gave the home side the lead with 50 seconds left in the period on a power play, but Lafrenière knotted the score again at 14:25 of the third to set the stage for Stecher’s late heroics.
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Lafrenière → give → heroics
Bobrovsky tied Rangers legend Henrik Lundqvist for the most wins by a non-North American goaltender with 459.
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Bobrovsky → tie → 459
The pair now share sixth on the all-time list.
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pair → share → list
Shutdown defenceman Jake McCabe suited up after taking a high stick to his left eye in Tuesday’s 6-2 road victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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McCabe → suit → Jackets
Zibanejad’s next power-play goal will tie him with Daniel Sedin for second all-time among Swedish players at 138.
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goal → tie → 138
Mats Sundin leads his countrymen with 160 career goals on the man advantage.
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Sundin → lead → advantage
KEY MOMENT
Stecher’s winner came after Nick Paul was tripped in the offensive zone for a delayed penalty.
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Paul → come → penalty
The centre then won a puck battle before the Maple Leafs gained control in the offensive zone.
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Leafs → win → zone
Maple Leafs captain and star centre Auston Matthews sits two points shy of 800 for his career.
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Matthews → sit → career
The 29-year-old, who played his 701st regular-season game Thursday, is poised to become the third-fastest American to reach the mark behind Brett Hull (624 games) and Pat LaFontaine (664 games).
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who → play → Hull
COMING UP
Maple Leafs: Visit the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.
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COMING → come → Saturday
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
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report → publish → Press
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