Toronto Maple Leafs Oliver Ekman-Larsson, left, celebrates with Easton Cowan after scoring on Saturday.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson had a goal and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-2 on Saturday.

Ekman-Larsson extended his point streak to a career-best nine games, tied for second-longest by a defenceman in team history. He has three goals and seven assists during the streak.

Toronto won in regulation for the first time since Nov. 5. It improved to 3-6-2 in its last 11 games.

Auston Matthews, Nicolas Roy and Bobby McMann also had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs. Morgan Rielly had two assists to become the third defenceman in team history with 100 multi-point games.

Toronto goaltender Dennis Hildeby, making his first start since Nov. 13, stopped 32

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