Maple Leafs’ streak at 4, thanks to Rielly

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Toronto center Auston Matthews, right, battles for the puck with Philadelphia defenseman Jamie Drysdale. FRANK GUNN — THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP

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Morgan Rielly scored 2:25 into overtime and the Maple Leafs extended their winning streak to four games with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night in Toronto.

Rielly converted a feed from Auston Matthews for his fifth goal of the season and first in two months.

Matthew Knies and Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored for Toronto, which leads the Atlantic Division and is second in the Eastern Conference, a point behind Washington. Dennis Hildeby finished with 30 saves.

Tyson Foerster and Scott Laughton scored for the Flyers, who closed out a six-game, 10-day trip. Ivan Fedotov made 22 saves.

Rangers 6, Blackhawks 2 >> Filip Chytil scored twice, Jonny Brodzinski, Will Borgan, Reilly Smith and Vincent Trochek added goals for New York in Chicago.

The Rangers won for the second time in three games and are 2-5 over their last seven games. The Blackhawks lost for the sixth time in seven starts.

Brodzinski and Borgan scored in the final five minutes of the first period to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead. Both shots beat Chicago goaltender Arvid Soderblom (28 saves) from the high slot, Brodzinski’s was aided by Mika Zibanejad’s screen.

Chytil made it 3-1 on a wrist shot 3:28 into the second, then added New York’s last goal on a double-deflection with 11:24 to play.

The Blackhawks took an early lead on Tyler Bertuzzi’s 14th goal of the season, set up by Connor Bedard’s pass following a steal from Zibanejad, at 5:37. Chicago’s Wyatt Kaiser scored his first NHL goal late in the second period.

Rangers goaltender Louis Domingue, called up from Hartford on New Year’s Eve, stopped 25 shots in his first start of the season and first NHL win since Nov. 9, 2023.

Hurricanes 4, Penguins 3 (OT) >> Sebastian Aho’s goal at 1:30 in overtime led host Carolina. Aho added two assists. Seth Jarvis had two goals and Jalen Chatfield also scored for the Hurricanes, who improved to 3-0 against Pittsburgh this season. Dustin Tokarski had 16 saves for the Hurricanes.

Kevin Hayes, Michael Bunting and Erik Karlsson scored for the Penguins. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 26 shots for Pittsburgh.

The Penguins built a 2-0 lead in the first six minutes of the game. Hayes and Bunting beat Tokarski for the early advantage.

Islanders 5, Bruins 4 (OT) >> Bo Hovart scored his second goal of the game on a breakaway 3:10 into overtime and visiting New York snapped a three-game skid.

Anders Lee scored twice, and Ryan Pulock had a goal and an assist for the Islanders.