Matthews tied it 3-3 at 18:43 of the third period with a redirection of Mitch Marner’s pass from the right point.
“Just a great entry there,” Marner said. “[Matthews] with speed to kick out to [John Tavares], and unbelievable pass cross-ice from ‘Johnny’ to me. Saw [Matthews] going back side, tried to hit the seam. Lucky enough it worked out, and he doesn’t miss those often.”
Pastrnak had a goal and an assist, Marchand also had an assist, and Jeremy Swayman made 20 saves for Boston (4-4-1), which ended an 0-2-1 skid in a rematch of the Eastern Conference First Round last season. Boston won that Stanley Cup Playoff series in seven games.
Marner had three assists, and Matthews also had an assist for Toronto (4-4-1), which is 1-3-1 in its past five games. Anthony Stolarz made 30 saves.
“Coming back in the last minute there, I mean, that’s huge,” Stolarz said. “You got a point in this league, every point is huge. I mean, credit to them, they played a hard game tonight, and in overtime, 50-50 game. Anyone can get that extra point, and we were just on the wrong side of it tonight.”