{"id":260330,"date":"2025-11-04T04:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T04:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/260330\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T04:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T04:54:07","slug":"toronto-maple-leafs-erase-three-goal-deficit-in-the-third-period-to-stun-pittsburgh-penguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/260330\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs erase three-goal deficit in the third period to stun Pittsburgh Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 Bobby McMann<\/a> scored the winner as the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> roared back from a three-goal deficit in the third period to top the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> 4-3 on Monday.<\/p>\n

William Nylander<\/a> added two goals and an assist for Toronto (7-5-1), while Auston Matthews<\/a> scored and set up another. Anthony Stolarz<\/a> kept his team in the game during an ugly opening 40 minutes before finishing with 34 saves. Morgan Rielly<\/a> had two assists.<\/p>\n

Ben Kindel<\/a>, with two, and Erik Karlsson<\/a> replied for Pittsburgh (8-4-2), which got 16 stops from Tristan Jarry<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Penguins built a 3-0 lead through two periods before the Leafs exploded for three goals in three minutes 24 seconds early in the third. <\/p>\n

Matthews got things going on a breakaway. Nylander, who missed three of the Leafs’ last four games, added two more, including on a one-timer to knot the score.<\/p>\n

McMann then gave Toronto its first lead with just over six minutes to go in regulation after Nick Robertson took the puck hard to the net.<\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS <\/p>\n

Leafs: Shutdown defenceman Chris Tanev<\/a> is back in Toronto after being stretchered off in Saturday’s 5-2 road victory over the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>. Head coach Craig Berube<\/a> said the veteran blueliner “is in a good spot” following an overnight hospital stay. <\/p>\n

Penguins: Karlsson has 47 career points (12 goals, 35 assists) against the Leafs \u2014 his highest total against any opponent. <\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT <\/p>\n

Matthews moved in on a breakaway and buried a shot five-hole on Jarry at 3:31 of the third to get Toronto going after Sidney Crosby<\/a> lost his man in coverage.<\/p>\n

KEY STAT <\/p>\n

Crosby became the first 1,700-point scorer to play a game in Toronto since Pittsburgh great Jaromir Jagr<\/a> on March 28, 2017, with the Florida Panthers<\/a>. <\/p>\n

UP NEXT <\/p>\n

Penguins: Host the Washington Capitals<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Leafs: Host the Utah Mammoth<\/a> on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 3, 2025. <\/p>\n

Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Bobby McMann scored the winner as the Toronto Maple Leafs roared back from a three-goal deficit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-260330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}