Tavares, Maple Leafs defeat Golden Knights in OT for Babcock’s 700th win
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John Tavares scored 2:33 into overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 2-1 win against the Vegas Golden Knights at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday.
Tavares took a pass from Mitchell Marner and one-timed a shot past Malcolm Subban from the bottom of the right face-off circle.
Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock became the eighth coach in NHL history to reach 700 wins.
Auston Matthews scored, and Frederik Andersen made 37 saves for Toronto (9-5-3), which has won three in a row for the first time this season.
Max Pacioretty scored, and Subban made 35 saves for the Golden Knights (9-5-3), who extended their point streak to five games (2-0-3).
Pacioretty made it 1-0 at 4:08 of the third period when he intercepted Cody Ceci’s clearing attempt at the side of the net and put it past a sprawling Andersen.
Matthews tied it 1-1 at 8:14 on Toronto’s sixth power play of the game when he shot over Subban’s glove from the right face-off dot.