Leo Komarov's third-period goal meant a whole lot to the Toronto Maple Leafs forward even before it turned out to be the game-winner against the New York Rangers.  Komarov hadn't scored in his first 13 games back with the Maple Leafs. His first of the season, scored with 5:34 left in the game, was the difference in Toronto's 5-4 on Saturday night.  "It's still in your head when you got zero goals," Komarov said.  In his second stint with the Maple Leafs, the 27-year-old Komarov has already matched the nine points in 42 games he had in his rookie year.  "Coming here, getting an opportunity to play for us for 48 games, it was kind of like a baptismal," coach Randy Carlyle said. "It seems like he's a lot more confident with the puck right now."  Confidence and instinct helped Komarov create two goals.  On the penalty kill in the first period, he got in the passing lane to disrupt play and forced the puck up the ice before feeding Peter Holland for a short-handed goal.  "They just missed the pass there, and that was the only way I could do it," Komarov said of taking the puck from defenseman Matt Hunwick. "It was a lucky pass I gave to him."  The winning goal wasn't lucky.  Defenseman Jake Gardiner waited out the defense before getting the puck to Komarov, who fired it past backup goalie Cam Talbot.  "It's always nice to score," Komarov said. "But I know I'm not going to score that much. It feels great to see the puck go in, but I think the win feels much better."  Roman Polak also scored in the third period to lift the Maple Leafs into a 4-4 tie. Phil Kessel and Richard Panik added goals for Toronto, which squandered a 3-1 lead.  Jonathan Bernier made 31 saves.  Chris Kreider, Mats Zuccarello, Carl Hagelin and Rick Nash scored for New York, and Talbot stopped 26 shots.  Rangers coach Alain Vigneault took issue with what he considered a couple of questionable penalty calls, but didn't absolve his team of blame.  "We made some poor decisions that led to goals," Vigneault said. "This is the NHL. They've got a good team and they can score a lot of goals. You'd think four goals on the road is enough to win, but it wasn't enough."  Just 53 seconds into his season debut, Stepan beat Holland on a faceoff to give the Rangers possession. Zuccarello tipped Kevin Klein's shot from the point past Bernier to make it 1-0.  Penalties to New York's Conor Allen (roughing) and Carl Hagelin (hooking) put Toronto on a 5-on-3 power play for 1:38. It only took 36 seconds for James van Riemsdyk to find Kessel with a cross-crease pass for his eighth goal of the season at 8:27.  Komarov found Holland streaking toward the net for the goal at 15:11 to make it 2-1.  At 18:59, Panik scored on a rebound to give Toronto a two-goal lead. It was Panik's second goal in two games.  The Rangers cut it to 3-2 with 39.9 seconds left in the first when Kreider's shot went between Bernier's pads.
Buoyed by two-point performances from Leo Komarov and Nazem Kadri, the Leafs beat the New York Rangers 5-4 Saturday night at Air Canada Centre in an entertaining, back-and-forth affair.