Oilers beat Maple Leafs on Nurse’s goal in OT

Darnell Nurse scored 17 seconds into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Monday in the ninth and final regular-season meeting between the teams.

After Oilers goalie Mike Smith stopped Auston Matthews on a 2-on-1 break right off the faceoff of the extra period, the Oilers broke the other way, with Connor McDavid passing to Nurse for his 12th goal of the season, and second in as many games.

Josh Archibald and Kyle Turris scored in regulation for visiting Edmonton, while Smith stopped 29 shots.

Matthews, with his NHLleading 23rd goal, and Mitch Marner, with a goal and an assist, scored for Toronto, which got 20 saves from Michael Hutchinson.

McDavid, who tops the league with 63 points, extended his point streak to 11 games.

PENGUINS 2, ISLANDERS 1 >> Casey DeSmith made 19 saves after starter Tristan Jarry’s mysterious exit and Pittsburgh held off New York.

Jarry left after the first period and DeSmith filled in by holding the visiting Islanders at bay as Pittsburgh pulled even with New York for second place in the East Division by beating New York for the sixth time in eight meetings.

Jared McCann scored his eighth goal of the season — and fifth in his last 10 games — and Anthony Angello got the first powerplay goal of his career. John Marino had two assists as Pittsburgh finished off a scorching March with an NHL-best 25 points (12-31).

FLYERS 4, SABRES 3 >> Ivan Provorov scored 42 seconds into overtime, and Philadelphia overcame a threegoal deficit to pull out a win and extend Buffalo’s winless skid to 18. The Flyers scored three times in the third period to overcome a 3-0 deficit, with Sean Couturier forcing overtime by tipping in Provorov’s point shot with 1:29 left, and Philadelphia’s net empty for an extra attacker.