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Visnovsky scores in OT to lead Islanders past Maple Leafs 5-4

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Toronto Maple Leafs\' Paul Ranger (15) checks New York Islanders\' Anders Lee (27) in front of Jonathan Bernier (45) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Lubomir Visnovsky scored 1:55 into overtime as the New York Islanders outlasted the Toronto Maple Leafs in a wild 5-4 contest Thursday night.

Visnovsky’s winner came after Anders Lee scored two tying goals for the Islanders in a see-saw third period in which the teams combined for five goals in a nine-minute span. Evgeni Nabokov made 18 saves for New York, which improved to 5-1-2 in their last eight games against Toronto.

Joffrey Lupul put Toronto ahead 4-3 with just over six minutes left in the third before Lee knotted the score at 17:20 with his second of the game. Lupul’s 18th of the season at 13:54 came just over a minute after Lee tied it at 3 with his first of the season.

Lee’s power-play goal came after Dion Phaneuf had put Toronto ahead 3-2 at 11:26.

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