Predators vs. Maple Leafs | NHL Highlights | Oct 6, 2026

That line will go, and that's what he's got to do tonight. Ryan O'Reilly faces off against Auston Matthews, and away we go. As Morgan Reilly swings back for Toronto. Matthews' pass ahead for Marchenko, quickly returns it. Matthews, stopped by Rosnick, centers it, backhand shot by Marchenko, which is wide. The earlier chance, Rosnick drives it wide, draws in two defenders, and Marchenko inexplicably troubles it wide, makes the right move. Perfect waiting for it, McCabe had that poked away, and in comes Edstrom on Tanev. Edstrom with the reach, shoot, and Stolars makes the stop. He's big, but with a head of steam, he can really skate. The long reach frees up Tanev, can't find an angle. Drops it back to Yossi, teed up and fired by Stankos. Rebound Forsberg, moves it back across Stankos. Saved by Stolars! He got a piece of it too! And Stankos had a couple cracks earlier, that one's a good save. Comes back across to him. Stolars gets over with the paddle. To Wood, back to Stankos. Tees it up and shoots, fired it wide up the end boards. Wood put that wide. Gonna get a clear here. Out and out. By Yossi. Wood walks in and shoots. Stolars back down the way. Rebound score! Steven Stankos. Power play goal. Nashville takes advantage of the Leafs' inability to clear. Two or three times with pretty good possession. And they just could not find a way to pick a seam out. Hey, Phillip Forsberg. No Nashville player has ever had a 50-goal season. Forsberg keeps it close to 48. Outplayed back. Mills made a shot that goes wide. Rebound score! Tapped home at the side of the goal by Mills Hoaglander. And Nashville has a 2-0 lead, 9 minutes and 8 seconds in. Advantage of the poor positioning in their own end by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Tanev gets caught low. Paul gets drawn in. Then Tavares has to clean up. And that's why shot is open. Desperation block attempt. It's just a chain reaction. Everyone falling down, sliding out of position. And Hoaglander's there to take it off the back wall and stuff it in. Missed 33 games last year with ankle surgery. Nashville took a chance on him and so far it's paying off. Stanfos centers it. Bouncing puck for O'Reilly. But that's just wide. Back at the point. Shot from Hague. Rattles wide. Stolarz with screen. Picked off by Yossi with a shot. Stolarz in. Rebound. Oh, wide. Hard to corral. Watch this move going down the wall. Again, I think she's going to seal the wall and reverse pivot. Pull to the inside. Bounced back to center ice to Kerfoot. Kerfoot blocks it. Drops it back. A marginalized shot. Stolarz a safe point blank on that. Played a shot. Back to Sean to center ice. Now picked up by Stetcher. Ekman-Larsen's fan on the clearing attempt. That is a four. Back in for Forsberg. Rolling puck. And Stolarz knocked away. Rebound. Score! Phillip Forsberg with a tap into the side of the goal. And it's 3-0 Nashville. Almost not quite cutting it. That is just a fan by Ekman-Larsen. And then in front of the net as well. Ekman-Larsen. That is a tough sequence for all of Ekman-Larsen. The first one. But the second one, he's just a little too casual. Doesn't realize. Yossi swings it back around. Nashville, really simple move of the puck out of their own end. They just stretch and strong side up the wall over and over. Now brought in by Tavares. John Tavares walks in and shoots. Scores! Come on, Tavares! Down the wing. Stabs it home and the Leafs have new life. Beauty for John Tavares. A little chip on the wall. And nice pick by Sissons. Just got to stand in the way, get in the way. John Tavares, there you see it on Trudeau. And how about this shot? You see Soros is a shorter goaltender. Even though he's far out, that goes right off the bar over the shoulder. Perfectly placed to get Toronto on the board. Radish. Back to Nylander. Feeds it right down. Soros kicks it up. Lost his stick. Loose puck. Oh, it's stopped by Soros. It's tied on Marchenko. Preds are basically playing a box, leaving John Tavares by himself in front of the net. Good pass down the wall. Better save by Soros. And it's a go on the power play. Radish drops it back to Marchenko. McKenna comes on. In comes Marchenko. Pass picked off by Yossi. Matthew takes the puck away from him. Marchenko. Back around to McKenna. Down to Marchenko to McKenna. In for Nylander with a look back across. Matthew's kicked out by Soros. Rebound. Nylander scores! William Nylander. Power play goal at Toronto. It's within one. Movement frees up some opportunities to take it to the net. Marchenko into the slot and a nice little give and go from Nylander over to Matthews who puts it, I don't know if that's a pass off the pads, but he puts it off the far pad and it spits right onto the stick of William Nylander who steps in and wrists it over top of Soros. Now Stolar is back to pick it up. He's got guys in the middle. Looking for a change instead. Shea. Lead pass to O'Reilly with Stamkos. Stamkos! A shot scored! And Stamkos strikes again to restore Nashville's two goal lead. Not a great neutral zone forecheck by Toronto. That leaves their two defensive with a terrible gap. And backing up. O'Reilly pushes them back. Morgan O'Reilly can't get over fast enough to challenge and that's a bit of distance by Stamkos' standard but he can certainly do that still. Pivots back to the corner for Roslevic. That's picked up by Stamkos. Roslevic back with it. Skipped away from him. Now Roslevic fights to win that putt back and sends it in deep for Matthews. Matthews shoves Stamkos off the puck. Now McKenna with a shot. Scores! Get his first National Hockey League goal! Effort by Roslevic to keep it alive. Foster Matthews shoulder check battling Stamkos. And he kicks it out. Oh man! That is, for a guy who's not known as a shooter board, that is a pretty good catch and release. This game is... Gathered back up by Roslevic. That was Marchenko. And Tavares jumping in. Roslevic a drive. Shoots! Torres the save. Rebound skips away. Gathered back up. Moved up later and just... The Nationals done a pretty good job of keeping this game in the neutral zone. Here we go. McKenna. Sends it for Paul. In comes Nick Paul! Oh! Shoots! Soros makes a stop on that. Another nifty play by McKenna. Looks ahead for Nylander. Tied up by Wood. Now Nylander. To Matthews. That centering pass was ticked away. Perfect to a long shot. McKay tip wide by Nylander. For Matthews. He finds Roslevic. Scores! Jack Roslevic with a great hands play. Ties the game at four. The line juggler paid dividends. He's been looking for tighter support. Connectivity in the offensive zone. This is what he's talking about. Everyone in tight. Everyone moving. Oh, that's delicious. Sounds like he's going backhand. Pulled it back forehand. And it only works if you put that thing in the top of the net. And watch where he puts it. Far. Down. He's all the way back to tie the game. What a finish. No, it's just Nylander anyways. Right. Will not count. They're reviewing the play. Larsen. Up for Tavares with Marchenko. Driver! Marchenko! Kicked out by Soros. Loose ******* foot. And Soros has that. And what a pass. And the poke check. Blade turned over. To start the OT. Bad job. Here comes Stankos flying in. Gets a step and shoots. Short side. One on one with Shane. Now he's got Morgan Rielly jumping in. Cowan. To Rielly. Morgan Rielly in. Shoot. Kicked out by Soros. And now Stankos back the other way. Matthews back defending. Three on one. Nashville. Stankos. Back across. Morgan Rielly. And Austin Matthews. And he's going to give it to him. Morgan Rielly. It's a three on O. To Matthews. To Rielly. To Cowan. Shoot. Soros the save. What? Rielly kicked out by Soros. Three on O. I thought Morgan Rielly was just going to give it to Matthews for the breakaway. But they played it all the way out. Soros. Never is forced to move when it gets to Cowan. What a play by Usy Soros staring down three on O. Loose puck on the side of the goal. Yossi back with it. Now picked up by Nylander. Nylander picked the pocket of Yossi there. Nylander. Nifty move around O'Reilly. Here comes Nylander. Rolls it back. Rebound score. Austin Matthews. Overtime winner. And the Leafs come all the way back. The effort by Nylander. Outmuscling Yossi. Keeping it alive. And then take it on Ryan O'Reilly to take it to the net. And the puck just over to Austin Matthews. And he puts it in.