Zuccarello's 2nd goal sends Rangers to 5-4 win over Leafs

Final

Series (Game 3 of 3)

Rangers 5

(31-16-5, 67 pts)

Maple Leafs 4

(23-28-4, 50 pts)

7:30PM,EST,February 10,2015
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

	1	2	3	T
NYR	2	2	1	5
TOR	1	1	2	4

M. Zuccarello (Rangers - RW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
M. Rielly (Maple Leafs - D): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
R. Nash (Rangers - LW): Goals: 0, Assists: 3

 

 

 

 

Associated Press

Zuccarello Lifts Rangers Past Maple Leafs

Mats Zuccarello scored twice in the Rangers' 5-4 win over the Maple Leafs.

Tags: NHL, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Kevin Hayes, Dominic Moore, Daniel Winnik, Mats Zuccarello

TORONTO -- Mats Zuccarello scored his second goal of the game with 5:56 left, snapping a tie and sending the New York Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the skidding Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.
Rick Nash had three assists, including a nice backhand pass that set up Zuccarello's game-winner after the Rangers squandered a two-goal lead in the third period. Dominic Moore added a goal and an assist for New York, and Cam Talbot made 29 saves in his fourth straight start for injured goalie Henrik Lundqvist.
Dan Boyle and Kevin Hayes also scored for the Rangers, who had lost two in a row.
Morgan Rielly scored twice, and Daniel Winnik and Stephane Robidas each had a goal for the Maple Leafs. James Reimer stopped 34 shots in his third consecutive start.
It was the 12th loss in 13 games for the Maple Leafs, who have three points during that span.
Interim coach Peter Horachek cut star Phil Kessel's ice time and demoted him to the fourth line. Kessel was on for four goals against and finished with his second-lowest ice time of the season.
Kessel played just 12:57, including some time in the third period with Trevor Smith and David Booth, after being at least partially responsible for Toronto falling behind. The Maple Leafs (23-28-4) mounted a comeback to tie the score, but Kessel was on again for Zuccarello's decisive goal.
Last week, Horachek took Kessel, Tyler Bozak and James van Riemsdyk out of their traditional white practice jerseys that denoted the first line and put them in red to take them out of their comfort zone.
At the end of two periods, Bozak had played the least of any Maple Leafs player, but by the midway point of the third Richard Panik was on the first line in Kessel's spot. Kessel got a couple of other chances with Toronto trying to tie it, but to no avail.

Game notes

Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf missed his seventh straight game with a hand injury. Clarkson was a healthy scratch for the second straight game. ... Rielly's two-goal game was the first of his career.

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Game Information

Arena: Air Canada Centre Location: Toronto, Ontario

Referees: Ian Walsh, Steve Kozari Linesmen: David Brisebois, Trent Knorr

Attendance: 18,946 (100.8% full)

Team Stat Comparison

New York		Toronto
5	Goals		4
0	Power Play Goals		1
2	Power Play Opportunities		2
1	Shorthanded Goals		0
2	Penalties		2
4	Penalty Minutes		4
39	Shots on Goal		34
28	Hits		35
27	Faceoffs Won		40

Scoring Summary

1st Period			NYR	TOR
2:57		Dan Boyle (7) Assists: Derick Brassard, Rick Nash	1	0
10:37		Mats Zuccarello (9) Assists: Rick Nash, Derick Brassard	2	0
15:39		Morgan Rielly (6) (Power Play) Assists: Cody Franson, Tyler Bozak	2	1
2nd Period			NYR	TOR
1:42		Kevin Hayes (8) Assists: Marc Staal, Kevin Klein	3	1
2:08		Stephane Robidas (1) Assist: Leo Komarov	3	2
10:33		Dominic Moore (5) (Shorthanded) Assists: Carl Hagelin, Marc Staal	4	2
3rd Period			NYR	TOR
0:20		Morgan Rielly (7) Assists: Daniel Winnik, Nazem Kadri	4	3
6:46		Daniel Winnik (5) Unassisted	4	4
14:04		Mats Zuccarello (10) Assists: Rick Nash, Dominic Moore	5	4