On a delayed penalty, Stecher took a pass from Morgan Rielly and shot over Dylan Garand’s glove from the top of the right face-off circle to put the Maple Leafs up 5-4.
It was his first goal of the season in his 11th game.
Brandon Duhaime had a goal and two assists, and Teddy Blueger had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs (6-4-2), who have won three in a row. Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves for his 459th NHL win to tie Henrik Lundqvist for sixth all-time.
Adam Fox had four assists, and Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist for the Rangers (7-4-1), who are 1-2-1 in their past four. Garand made 30 saves.
Alexis Lafreniere tied it 4-4 at 14:25 of the third period when he shot past Bobrovsky’s blocker through traffic from the blue line.
The Maple Leafs went up 1-0 at 1:36 of the first period when Easton Cowan took a lead pass from Jake McCabe at the offensive blue line, springing him on a breakaway where he shot over Garand’s glove from the left hashmarks.
Zibanejad tied it 1-1 at 5:39 when he deflected a point shot just below the left hashmarks from Vladislav Gavrikov.
Blueger put the Maple Leafs up 2-1 at 10:01 when he redirected a pass at the top of the goal crease from Duhaime between Garand’s pads. The goal was his first point of the season in his 11th game.
The Rangers tied it 2-2 at 2:37 of the second period. After Justin Dowling drove to the net producing a rebound off Bobrovsky’s right pad kick save, Oliver Bjorkstrand, who scored twice on Monday in a 5-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks, got to the loose puck and shot blocker side from the slot.
Ty Kartye put the Rangers up 3-2 at 6:30 when he deflected Fox’s shot from above the right circle while battling with Marchenko in the slot.
Duhaime tied it 3-3 at 8:00 when he got to his own rebound in the slot and shot over Garand’s blocker.
Marchenko put Toronto up 4-3 at 19:09 on the power play when he skated down the slot and jammed his own rebound between Garand’s pads.
