The Caps looked poised to beat the Maple Leafs after losing all three meetings last season before a late third-period comeback by Toronto led to an overtime defeat.

Mitch Marner tied it in the final minute, John Tavares scored the overtime winner and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3.

Strome picked up a picture-perfect pass from Protas in the slot before deking around Joseph Woll and putting the puck in the back of the net to give Washington the lead. Strome is up to 23 points on the season, the most on the Capitals, and his 15 points ...