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The Maple Leafs obviously don't have to play 60 minutes of good hockey to win.
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The Leafs scored three goals Monday night at Scotiabank Arena. Pittsburgh Penguins took the lead into the third period and won 4–3, stunning everyone in the building.
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Bobby McMann, after going eight games without a point, scored the game-winning goal at 13:43 of the third, burying Nick Robertson's rebound.
The Leafs were terrible for 40 minutes, down 3-0 and outshot 25-8.
The situation changed dramatically in the last 20 minutes. Toronto played with an urgency that wasn't there earlier in the evening.
The Leafs had nothing until the captain Auston Matthews scored at 3:31. Sent in alone by Jake McCabe, Matthews beat Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry with a shot down the ice.
Nylander gets big
At 4:47, William Nylander fobbed off Jarry and the Leafs cut the Penguins' lead to 3-2.
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The comeback was complete and the score was tied at 6:55 when Nylander fired a shot past Jarry at one point. Oliver Ekman-Larsson fed Nylander, who looked fine after missing three of the last four games with a lower-body injury.
Leaves looked to be on course for what could have been their most embarrassing defeat of the season. Coach Craig Berube's first 40 minutes produced nothing positive.
Erik Karlsson put a shot over the glove of Anthony Stolarz off a powerful pass from Sidney Crosby for the first goal of the game at the 13:08 mark. It was 2-0 at 17:56 when Morgan Rielly tried to clear the puck out of the danger zone, but it bounced off Ben Kindel.
The lead grew to three goals when Kindel scored on the power play at 11:50 of the second.
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