Matthews scores in OT, Maple Leafs rally to beat Blackhawks

Auston Matthews scored in overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs came from behind to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Monday night. Nikita Zaitsev, Connor Brown and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won their first three games. Jan Rutta, Jonathan Toews and Richard Panik had goals for the Blackhawks. Frederik Andersen made 18 saves for the win while Anton Forsberg stopped 39
shots. Outside of the opening three minutes, the first period belonged to the Blackhawks, and they went into the intermission up 2-0.
Rutta scored 3:46 into the game when he wheeled around the back of the net and tossed the puck out front, where it hit Toronto center Mitch Marner’s stick and squeaked through Andersen and the post. Toews made it 2-0 when he banged in a rebound over the left pad of Andersen
with 12:53 to play in the first. Toronto was behind 2-1 after 40 minutes despite outshooting Chicago 26-15. Shots were 40-21 for Toronto after regulation.