NEW YORK (AP) With the score tied late in the third period Cam Ward Jersey Womens , Auston Matthews saw an opening and got himself in position. And when he got the puck from William Nylander, he was able to knock in the winning goal.Matthews deflected Nylander¡¯s pass in front with just under four minutes remaining to lift the playoff-bound Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.¡±Very good forecheck by (Zach) Hyman to free the puck up and I was able to sneak in there backdoor,¡± Matthews said. ¡±It was good for (Nylander) to see that play and make it, so great for both those guys to create space, get the puck and I just tapped it.¡±It was Matthews¡¯ 31st goal of the season and broke the fourth tie of the game.¡±A good two points for us,¡± he said. ¡±Probably not a fun game for coaches but more a fun game for the players.¡±Mitch Marner and Nazem Kadri each had a goal and an assist, and Nikita Zaitsev and James van Riemsdyk also scored for Toronto. Frederik Andersen stopped 29 shots to help the Maple Leafs win for the eighth time in 10 games and extend a franchise record with their 47th win.Toronto, which clinched a postseason berth when Florida lost in overtime at Ottawa on Thursday night, is all but locked into third place in the Atlantic Division.¡±It¡¯s nice that we¡¯ve clinched and now we just want to get ready and focused for the playoffs,¡± Nylander said.Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and an assist Matt Hunwick Jersey Womens , and Johnny Boychuk, Brock Nelson and John Tavares also scored for the Islanders, who lost for the 15th time in 18 games (3-11-4). Jordan Eberle had two assists and Christopher Gibson finished with 27 saves.¡±It was a good hockey game,¡± Islanders coach Doug Weight said. ¡±It was exciting and really, for a 5-4 game it was pretty well-played. ¡­ Yeah, a little bit of puck luck would be nice. It was a heck of a game. Guys battled but just fell short.¡±Van Riemsdyk gave the Maple Leafs their first lead of the game ¨C at 4-3 ¨C as he put in the rebound for his 36th at 2:01 of the third.Tavares tied it for the fourth time as he beat Andersen from the right doorstep for his 34th at 6:28. Tavares now has 80 points, reaching that number for the first time since he had 86 in 2014-15.¡±We didn¡¯t want the puck in our net as much as it was tonight,¡± Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. ¡±That¡¯s the way it went and we just had to find a way to keep grinding.¡±Trailing 2-1 after one period, the Maple Leafs tied the score at 7:52 of the second as Zaitsev¡¯s pass deflected off Islanders forward Mathew Barzal¡¯s stick and past Gibson for the defenseman¡¯s fifth.Nelson put New York back in front on an odd-man rush as he got a pass across the slot from Andrew Ladd and beat Andersen from the right faceoff dot for his 19th with 9:15 left.Marner then tied it again as he deflected Jake Gardiner¡¯s shot in front for his 22nd with 2:42 to go in the second.Beauvillier got the Islanders on the scoreboard with just under eight minutes remaining in the first. Eberle got the puck near the left side of the goal, skated to the corner and sent a pass in front to Beauvillier Jeff Skinner Jersey Womens , who put it past Andersen for his 18th. The goal withstood a Maple Leafs challenge for goalie interference.Toronto tied it with 3:38 left, just 7 seconds after Anders Lee was whistled for slashing, as Kadri tipped the puck out of the air in front off a pass from Marner for his 31st.Boychuk put the Islanders back in front on a power play with 1:26 to go in the opening period as he got a pass from Beauvillier near the blue line and sent a one-timer through traffic past Andersen for his sixth.NOTES: Marner has five goals and 11 assists during his points streak. ¡­ Kadri has eight goals and nine points in his last 12 games. ¡­ The Maple Leafs swept the three-game season series. ¡­ Zaitsev¡¯s goal marked the fourth straight game an Islanders player deflected the puck into his own net. Adam Pelech did it Saturday against the Blackhawks, and Brandon Davidson in each of the last two ¨C against Florida on Monday and at Ottawa on Tuesday. ¡­ Lee had an assist on Tavares¡¯ goal, giving him a career-high 22 this season. He also has career highs with 39 goals and 61 points.UP NEXTMaple Leafs: Host Winnipeg on Saturday night.Islanders: At New Jersey on Saturday night.¡ªFollow Vin Cherwoo at https://twitter.com/VinCherwooAP¡ª BOSTON (AP) ¡ª Tuukka Rask always tries to focus on the next win. This time, he made an exception.The 31-year-old goaltender tied a Boston record with his 252nd career victory as the Bruins beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Thursday night.Rask made 28 saves and matched the franchise mark set by Cecil ¡°Tiny¡± Thompson, who was 252-153 with 63 ties. Rask, the 2014 Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL¡¯s top goalie, is 252-145-56 in 474 games over 12 seasons with Boston.Thompson won his 252nd game in his 11th and final season with the Bruins in 1938-39. He died at age 77 in 1981, six years before Rask was born.¡°It¡¯s an Original Six franchise. I¡¯ve had the luxury to be here for many Jaycob Megna Jersey Womens , many years, so it obviously means a lot,¡± Rask said. ¡°Many more to come, hopefully.¡±Chris Wagner scored 5:27 into the third period to give the Bruins a 3-2 lead. Brad Marchand and Sean Kuraly added some insurance after earlier Boston goals from Torey Krug and David Backes.¡°We got the go-ahead goal and after that we were flying and didn¡¯t give them a whole lot,¡± said Rask, whose team had lost three of four (1-2-1) after a season-high five-game winning streak.Ryan O¡¯Reilly and Carl Gunnarsson had the goals for St. Louis. Jake Allen made 22 saves.Blues left wing David Perron extended his NHL-leading and career-best point streak to 13 games (six goals, 10 assists) with a secondary assist on O¡¯Reilly¡¯s goal.St. Louis had won four of six (4-1-1) and earned at least one point in each of its previous five road games. The Blues finished a 2-1-1 trip after starting it with back-to-back wins over Dallas and Washington.¡°It¡¯s a disappointing loss,¡± O¡¯Reilly said. ¡°We could have turned this into a great road trip and we didn¡¯t.¡±Wagner¡¯s tiebreaking goal came after Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson¡¯s pass from the opposite blue line put him a step in front of Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo. Wagner deked to put Allen off balance before tucking the puck under his glove.¡°He kind of just chipped it to me, I tried to knock it around Pietrangelo and fortunately got by him and made a nice move and just tucked it in,¡± Wagner said.Marchand ripped in a rebound after Charlie McAvoy¡¯s wraparound attempt bounced off Allen¡¯s pads to make it 4-2 with 6:48 remaining.Kuraly tacked on an empty-net goal with 51.5 seconds left.¡°(We) still had a chance in the third there Max Jones Jersey Womens ,¡± Pietrangelo said. ¡°I can¡¯t let that guy get behind me on the breakaway.¡±Krug¡¯s uncontested wrister from the slot gave Boston a 1-0 lead 3:31 into the second period.St. Louis tied it 53 seconds later when O¡¯Reilly tucked in his own rebound from the right of the crease after Rask got a glove on his first attempt.Gunnarsson gave the Blues a 2-1 lead when he capped a give-and-go with Jaden Schwartz with a one-timer from the left circle with 6:24 to play in the second.Backes, a former Blues captain, got a piece of Zdeno Chara¡¯s slap shot to tie it again with four minutes left in the period. Backes¡¯ goal came with four seconds left on a Bruins power play following Robert Bortuzzo¡¯s cross-checking penalty.NOTES: Gunnarsson missed the previous three games with an illness. ¡­ St. Louis LW Zach Sanford (concussion protocol) did not play after being slammed into the boards during Tuesday¡¯s game against the New York Islanders. ¡­ Boston C Ryan Donato received several stitches to close a cut under his nose after taking a hit from Philadelphia center Jordan Lehtera on Wednesday. ¡­ Bruins C Joakim Nordstrom (fractured fibula) had a maintenance day after skating Wednesday and could return after the bye week. ¡­ Backes, who returned after sitting out Wednesday as a healthy scratch, spent his first 10 NHL seasons (2006-16) with St. Louis. The 34-year-old Backes ranks sixth on the Blues¡¯ career goals list (206) and seventh in points (460). ¡­ The Bruins held ¡°Hockey Is For Everyone Night,¡± celebrating diversity throughout the sport.UP NEXTBlues: Host the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.Bruins: Host the New York Rangers on Saturday night.