When a team’s season effectively is over, when conventional victories are scarce, it has to take wins, however small, where it can find them. And so it was Sunday, when the Penguins didn’t allow a goal on their opponent’s first shot for the first time in four games.

William Nylander scored 1:00 into overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5 on Sunday. Nylander, Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies each had a goal and an assist as Toronto earned its fifth consecutive win.

William Nylander scored a minute into overtime to help the Toronto Maple Leafs escape with a 6-5 road win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.