TORONTO - William Nylander swung his stick at a fluttering puck before watching it carom into the net.

There was only one issue. The Maple Leafs winger was in front of his own goal.

A team that has been a mess defensively, without a victory in two weeks, and icing a lineup minus seven injured regulars, Toronto found itself in an early hole Tuesday against the St. Louis Blues.

"It could have been like, 'Oh (crap), here we go again,'" said defenceman Jake McCabe. "But we stuck with it."

And then Nylander made amends.

The Swede scored the winner on a mesmerizing solo effort in overtime after some terrific work down low from John Tavares as Toronto picked up a pressure-releasing 3-2 victory that snapped a five-game slide that included four regulation losses.

"A nice win after the tough s

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