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Toronto Maple Leafs: Matthews Nets Overtime Winner

15 goals in 14 games. That is what Auston Matthews ended his night with as he sniped a bar-down overtime winner with 2.7 seconds remaining in the extra frame to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

In what was essentially a home game for the Maple Leafs (The KeyBank Center was dominated by members of Leafs Nation), the boys in blue and white overcame a 41-30 shot deficit by utilizing their offence to overcome adversity late in the third period.

The win gives the Maple Leafs their fifth straight win, improving them to 20-8-0 and giving them 40 points and sole possession of second place in the Atlantic Division, putting them three points behind the first place Tampa Bay Lightning with a game in hand.