Alexander Wennberg scored at 2:49 of overtime Thursday night as the visiting San Jose Sharks came back to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2.
Wennberg knocked in the rebound after a 2-on-1 with William Eklund.
John Klingberg’s goal tied the game for San Jose late in the third period to force overtime.
Wennberg added two assists and Klingberg also had an assist. Dmitry Orlov scored the other goal for the Sharks.
Alex Nedeljkovic, making his third straight start, stopped 28 shots.
Dakota Joshua and Auston Matthews scored for the Maple Leafs, William Nylander added two assists and Dennis Hildeby made 29 saves.
Toronto’s Morgan Rielly hit the goal post with a shot at 11:17 of the first period. Rielly then hooked Ty Dellandrea, who had a breakaway 36 seconds later, and a penalty shot was called. Hildeby made the save on Dellandrea’s penalty shot.
The Maple Leafs took the lead at 14:33 of the first when Joshua tipped Jake McCabe’s shot from the left circle after Nylander passed from behind the goal. The puck deflected off Sharks defenseman Timothy Liljegren’s knee before entering the net.
Toronto pressed through the first 10 minutes of the second period with Nedeljkovic rising to the occasion.
Matthews scored on a one-timer after a diagonal pass from Nylander at 14:32 of the second. Macklin Celebrini was serving a hooking penalty.
San Jose answered 59 seconds later when Orlov scored on a quick-release, short-side shot from the left circle.
Hildeby preserved the lead with a lunging save on Philipp Kurashev at the end of the period.
San Jose put the puck in the net at 8:54 of the third period, but it was disallowed after a review that determined the play was offside.
Hildeby reached behind him to make a spectacular save at 16:37 of the third.
Klingberg tied the game on a shot from the point at 18:35 of the third.
Toronto defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson left the game at 3:22 of the third period with an apparent left ankle injury. He became tangled with San Jose’s Adam Gaudette along the end boards in the Toronto zone.
–Field Level Media
