Leafs continue playoff push, Islanders top Rangers

Leo Komarov, Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Nazem Kadri and Nikita Zaitsev scored goals, and the Toronto Maple Leafs continued their late surge toward the postseason with a 5-2 road victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night at Nationwide Arena.

The surging Maple Leafs moved past the Boston Bruins into third place in the Atlantic Division. Frederik Andersen finished with 32 saves for Toronto, which is on a 6-1-1 run since returning from a West Coast trip.

David Savard and Brandon Saad scored in the second period and Joonas Korpisalo made 27 stops for the Blue Jackets. Columbus missed a chance to move into a tie atop the Metropolitan Division and Eastern Conference standings with the Washington Capitals.

In other NHL action, Andrew Ladd scored a power-play goal with 7:22 remaining in the third period as the New York Islanders rallied for a crucial 3-2 victory over their city-rival Rangers.

Thomas Greiss made 34 saves to move the Islanders to within two points of the Boston Bruins for the final wild-card spot in the East. Lee and Nikolay Kulemin had the other Islanders goals.

Also, Josh Manson and Rickard Rakell scored in the second period as the Anaheim Ducks rallied for a 4-3 triumph over the Edmonton Oilers.

Connor McDavid recorded a goal and two assists while Leon Draisaitl had one of each for the Oilers, whose fourgame winning streak ended. McDavid has 59 assists and 85 points – both league highs – and Draisaitl has notched 11 points in his past five games.