Maple Leafs Spoil Rangers’ Home Opener

Joffrey Lupul and Clarke MacArthur scored 4:22 apart in the third period as the Toronto Maple Leafs broke open a tie game and spoiled the New York Rangers' long-awaited return to renovated Madison Square Garden with a 4-2 victory on Thursday night.

Lupul scored off a rebound in a scrum in front of Henrik Lundqvist to make it 2-1 with his fifth of the season, and MacArthur made it a two-goal edge with his first -- firing a shot from the left circle during a 2-on-1 break that eluded Lundqvist's leg at 6:33.

Matthew Lombardi scored his first in the second period, and Mike Brown made it 4-1 in the third.

Dan Girardi scored in the first, and Michael Del Zotto got it to 4-2 with 4:34 remaining for the Rangers, who went 3-2-2 on a season-starting road trip because of the work being done at their home rink.