National Post

MATTHEWS SCORES OT WINNER

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Auston Matthews scored in overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs came from behind to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Monday. Nikita Zaitsev, Connor Brown and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Maple Leafs (3-0-0). Jan Rutta, Jonathan Toews and Richard Panik had goals for the Blackhawks (2-0-1) Frederik Andersen made 18 saves for the win while Anton Forsberg stopped 39 shots. Toews made it 2-0 when he banged in a rebound over the left pad of Andersen with 12:53 to play in the first. Toronto was behind 2-1 after 40 minutes despite outshootin­g Chicago 26-15. Leafs coach Mike Babcock started shuffling his lines late in the third and it paid off with two goals in less than three minutes.

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