PITTSBURGH -- Peter Holland and P.A. Parenteau scored in the shootout to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Consol Energy Center on Wednesday.
After Maple Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier and Penguins goalie Matthew Murray each allowed a goal in the first round, Bernier made two consecutive saves and Murray allowed Parenteau's game-winning goal over his pad in the second round.
Bernier made 39 saves and is 4-10-3. He started for a second consecutive night after James Reimer, who was expected to make his first start since Dec. 3, was ruled out a few hours before the game with tightness.
Murray stopped Nazem Kadri, James van Riemsdyk and Tyler Bozak each on a breakaway to maintain a 2-2 tie through the final two periods. Murray made 34 saves but could not earn his third NHL win in his fourth start.
Toronto (14-15-7) responded to a 6-3 loss to the New York Islanders on Tuesday to hand Pittsburgh (17-15-4) a seventh loss in its past nine games.
Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf scored 3:51 into the first period. After Kadri sent the puck up the near wall, Phaneuf collected it along the blue line and prepared for a slap shot while drifting laterally. Phaneuf's shot made its way through a screen from Michael Grabner to give Toronto a 1-0 lead.
It lasted 1:44 before forward Chris Kunitz tied the game 1-1 on Pittsburgh's first power play. Evgeni Malkin slid a pass through the slot to Sidney Crosby, who sent a pass by Morgan Rielly to Kunitz at Bernier's right. Kunitz deflected the pass past Bernier's stick 5:25 into the first.
Kunitz's goal was the Penguins' first in the first period since forward Conor Sheary's first NHL goal 8:20 into a 6-2 loss to the Boston Bruins on Dec. 18.
Defenseman Jake Gardiner gave the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead 1:13 into the second period. Forward van Riemsdyk sent a wrist shot off Pittsburgh defenseman Brian Dumoulin's stick that hit Gardiner's glove before sailing over Murray's glove into the upper-right corner.
Crosby tied the game 2-2 with Malkin and Phaneuf each in the penalty box when he carried the puck into the offensive zone, set up in the middle of the right circle and took a snap shot over Rielly's stick and Bernier's glove at 4:45 of the second.
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