TORONTO — Dakota Joshua batted in a rebound with 3:01 left, just eight seconds after Auston Matthews tied it, and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied past the Chicago Blackhawks for a 3-2 win Tuesday night.
Third-period goals by Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Matthews and Joshua erased Toronto’s two-goal deficit and completed a wild comeback.
Joseph Woll made 23 saves and the Maple Leafs earned just their second victory this season after trailing after two periods.
Wyatt Kaiser and Jason Dickinson, short-handed, staked the Hawks to a 2-0 lead in the first period.
Spencer Knight stopped 24 shots in the loss.
The Hawks were without third-year center Connor Bedard, who was placed on injured reserve Monday for at least two weeks because of an upper-body injury. Bedard has a team-high 19 goals and 25 assists in 31 games.
Without Bedard, the Hawks focused on the basics of the game, breaking up Toronto’s passes, getting bodies in front of Woll and shooting through traffic. Teuvo Teräväinen had a goal disallowed with 8:33 left in the first after a video replay ruled there was goaltender interference.
Up next
Blackhawks: Visit the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.
Maple Leafs: Start a three-game trip Thursday in Washington.