Toronto finds its rhythm

The Toronto Maple Leafs put together the perfect response to a big rally by Tampa Bay. They got right back to work. William Nylander had two goals and an assist and James van Riemsdyk scored a tiebreaking goal in the third period, sending streaking Toronto to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Lightning on Monday night.

“We’ve found a rhythm and this is what we want to stick to,” Nylander said.

The Maple Leafs jumped to a 3-0 lead, but the Lightning tied the game on goals by Nikita Kucherov and Yanni Gourde 20 seconds apart in the third.

Van Riemsdyk then put Toronto in front again when his shot just squeezed past Andrei Vasilevskiy’s pad at 4:37.

Jake Gardiner also scored for the Leafs (34-19-5), who extended their home win streak to five with their eighth win in nine games overall. Toronto also pulled six points back of Eastern Conferenceleading Tampa Bay for the top spot in the Atlantic Division.

Coyotes 6, Blackhawks 1: Max Domi, Clayton Keller, Alex Goligoski and Tobias Rieder each had a goal and an assist, and host Arizona pounded slumping Chicago. The Coyotes ended a nine-game losing streak to the Blackhawks and sent Chicago to its season-high sixth straight loss.

Panthers 7, Oilers 5: Vincent Trocheck had three goals in the third period, Evgenii Dadonov scored twice and Florida beat host Edmonton. Aaron Ekblad and Denis Malgin also scored for the Panthers, who have won five of their past six games.