Leafs top Devils in Giordano's debut

TORONTO — Pierre Engvall scored short-handed with 4:42 left in regulation as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Wednesday night.

The winger moved in on a 2-on-1 rush with Ilya Mikheyev off serving a double minor for high-sticking, delayed and then fired his 11th goal of the season short side on Nico Daws.

Mikheyev, also with the Leafs playing short-handed, and Mitch Marner provided the rest of the offence for Toronto (40-18-5), which got 20 saves from Petr Mrazek.

Nico Hischier, with a goal and an assist, and Damon Severson replied for New Jersey (24-35-5). Daws stopped 28 shots.

Leafs defenceman Mark Giordano debuted for his hometown team following Sunday’s trade that brought the 38-year-old and forward Colin Blackwell over from the Seattle Kraken.

Giordano played on the third pair with Timothy Liljegren, while Blackwell skated on the fourth line with Jason Spezza and Wayne Simmonds.

Toronto sported the team’s black Next Gen uniform Wednesday — a look created in collaboration with Canadian pop star and big-time Leafs fan Justin Bieber.

The Devils, who beat the New York Rangers 7-4 on Tuesday, opened the scoring following a low-event first period at 5:03 of the second on a power play when Severson’s pass to Jack Hughes at the side of the net glanced off a sliding Ilya Lyubushkin and through Mrazek’s pads for the defenceman’s ninth.

Coming off Saturday’s 6-3 loss to the Predators in Nashville, the Leafs evened things up short-handed at 12:30 when Mikheyev blew past P.K. Subban and beat Daws for his 13th.

The visitors retook the lead at 13:56 shortly after an Auston Matthews penalty expired when Hischier poked a loose puck home in the crease.

But Toronto responded 58 seconds later when Marner