- NEW YORK: The undefeated Toronto Maple Leafs bounced back from a blown third-period lead to beat New York 4-3 in overtime on Friday, spoiling the Rangers NHL season home opener.
Just 20 seconds after Rangers defenseman Marc Staal went off for interference, Phil Kessel scored his second goal of the game at 3:08 of overtime to ensure Toronto remained the early-season pacemaker.
Clarke MacArthur, who signed with Toronto as a free agent during the offseason, became the first player to score in his first four games with the Maple Leafs. His fifth goal of the season started a spurt of three Toronto goals in quick succession in the second that turned a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 lead.
Mike Komisarek and Kessel also scored in the second for Toronto, which is 4-0 for the first time since the Leafs won 10 straight to open the 1993-94 season.
The Rangers got two goals from Brian Boyle in the third to force overtime and salvage a point. Michael Rozsival scored New York's opener.
In Los Angeles, the hosts avenged their first-round playoff loss by beating Vancouver.
Jonathan Quick made 25 saves, and captain Dustin Brown scored two third-period goals for the Kings.
Jarret Stoll and Justin Williams also scored for L.A..
Vancouver's Daniel Sedin scored his fourth goal of the young season.
A year after setting Los Angeles' franchise record for victories by a goalie, Quick has allowed just three goals in his first three starts.
In Newark, Craig Anderson made 41 saves to help Colorado hold off New Jersey.
Anderson had 17 of his saves in a one-sided first period.
Chris Stewart had a goal and an assist, and tough-guy Cody McLeod and T.J. Galiardi added goals for the Avalanche.
Devils' rookie Matt Taormina scored his first NHL goal and assisted on Ilya Kovalchuk's third-period tally.
In Buffalo, Carey Price made 22 saves as Montreal edged Buffalo.
Alexandre Picard and Josh Gorges scored for the Canadiens.
Derek Roy scored for the Sabres, who have dropped four straight - all at home - since a season-opening win at Ottawa. Before Roy's third-period goal, the Sabres hadn't scored in 118 minutes, 55 seconds.
In Pittsburgh, Alex Goligoski scored on a power play at 1:51 of overtime to lift Pittsburgh over New York.
Goligoski's shot just under the crossbar from the left circle, giving Pittsburgh its first power-play goal of the game after seven unsuccessful tries.
Eric Tangradi scored his first career goal and Mike Rupp also scored for the Penguins.
Josh Bailey and Radek Martinek scored for the Islanders, who have lost nine consecutive games in Pittsburgh.
In Columbus, Patrick Sharp broke open a one-goal game with two second-period scores for Chicago in the win over Columbus.
Blackhawks goalie Marty Turco followed a mediocre performance in his first two games with 30 saves. Marian Hossa and Tomas Kopecky each added a goal and an assist and Viktor Stalberg also scored.
R.J. Umberger's short-handed goal drew Columbus to 2-1 early in the second period, but Sharp countered with his second and third goals of the season, the first also coming short-handed.
Kristian Huselius added a goal in new Columbus' coach Scott Arniel's home debut.
In Anaheim, Anthony Stewart completed his first career hat trick with a tying power-play goal that was upheld by video replay late in the third period, and Atlanta went on to beat Anaheim in a shootout.
Stewart, who had only four goals in 105 games entering this season and none this campaign, got the equalizer with 5:22 left in regulation.
Chris Thorburn also scored in regulation for Atlanta, and Nigel Dawes had the lone shootout score.
Teemu Selanne, Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf and Toni Lydman scored for Anaheim.

