{"id":943155,"date":"2026-10-23T09:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/943155\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T09:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:14:09","slug":"stecher-scores-in-final-minute-maple-leafs-edge-rangers-for-third-win-in-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/943155\/","title":{"rendered":"Stecher scores in final minute, Maple Leafs edge Rangers for third win in row"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toronto\u2019s fourth line of Duhaime, Blueger and Zack MacEwen<\/a> (two assists) combined for seven points (two goals, five assists).<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody always loves it when those guys get rewarded with goals and points because they do the dirty work, blocking shots, getting forechecks going,\u201d Toronto coach Jim Hiller said. \u201cI think that\u2019s what makes the night extra special. And then a guy like Stecher who quietly gives you everything he can and then scores a big goal in a moment like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rangers tied it 2-2 at 2:37 of the second period. After Justin Dowling<\/a> drove to the net producing a rebound off Bobrovsky\u2019s right pad kick save, Oliver Bjorkstrand<\/a>, who scored twice on Monday in a 5-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks, got to the loose puck and shot blocker side from the slot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tye Kartye<\/a> put the Rangers up 3-2 at 6:30 when he deflected Fox\u2019s shot from above the right circle while battling with Kirill Marchenko<\/a> in the slot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Duhaime tied it 3-3 at 8:00 when he got to his own rebound in the slot and shot over Garand\u2019s blocker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marchenko put Toronto up 4-3 at 19:09 on the power play when he skated down the slot and jammed his own rebound between Garand\u2019s pads.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really liked our game,\u201d Hiller said. \u201cThat was probably our best game of the year through 60 minutes for me. The Rangers played good, pushed us hard but we didn\u2019t have those lulls and dips, in fact I thought we ended up pushing and got momentum back.\u201d<\/p>\n

NOTES: Stecher’s goal was Toronto’s latest go-ahead goal since Nov. 13, 2021 (Rielly at 59:48). … Maple Leafs defenseman Marshall Rifai<\/a> was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury sustained in a 6-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. Hiller said he is week to week. \u2026 The Rangers signed forward Luke Glendening<\/a> to a one-year, $850,000 contract. \u2026 Fox had his third career four-assist game. Only two Rangers defensemen have as many: Brian Leetch<\/a> (six) and Brad Park<\/a> (five).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto\u2019s fourth line of Duhaime, Blueger and Zack MacEwen (two assists) combined for seven points (two goals, five…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":943156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":["post-943155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943155","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=943155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/943156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}