Noel Acciari scored the go-ahead goal late in third period, Joseph Woll made 22 saves and the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Thursday night in the regular season finale for both teams.
Rangers forward Filip Chytil appeared to tie it with 1.9 seconds left, but officials ruled he kicked the puck into the net. Timothy Liljegren and William Nylander also scored for Toronto.
Artemi Panarin and Kaapo Kakko scored for the Rangers. Panarin put the Rangers up 2-1 at 6:26 of the third with assists to Adam Fox and Mika Zibanejad, but Nylander scored his 40th for Toronto at 7:48. WATCH | Nylander scores 40th goal of season: Kakko scored at 1:38 of the second as he beat Woll for his 18th of the season with an assist to Vincent Trocheck.
Liljegren tied it at 3:09 of the third with his sixth. The Rangers finished 47-22-13, third in the Metropolitan Division with 107 points.