Darcy Tucker scored the only goal in a shootout and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.

Mats Sundin scored twice and had an assist, and Bryan McCabe also scored and had an assist to help Toronto win back-to-back games for the first time since Feb. 4-7.

With the victory, the Maple Leafs remained tied with the New York Islanders for 10th place in the Eastern Conference - five points behind eighth-place Montreal for the final playoff spot. The Bruins are tied for 12th, 10 points behind Montreal.

Jason Allison also scored for Toronto.

Tucker scored on Toronto's second attempt in the shootout, faking right and then shooting it past goalie Tim Thomas.

Marco Sturm scored twice, and Marty Reasoner and Glen Murray added goals for the Bruins, who have lost six straight.

Sturm missed the net on Boston's final attempt, giving Toronto the victory.

Backup goalie Mikael Tellqvist stopped Brad Boyes and Patrice Bergeron in the shootout. Tellqvist had 28 saves in place of Ed Belfour, who is day-to-day with a sore back.

Tellqvist robbed Boyes with a glove save at the end of overtime.

Toronto rallied from 3-1 and 4-2 deficits.

Reasoner gave Boston a 1-0 on the power play at 5:49 of the first, but Sundin tied it by converting Tomas Kaberle's drop pass at 15:14 of the first.

But just 31 seconds later, Sturm skated in front of the net untouched before putting the puck past Tellqvist.

Sturm made it 3-1 36 seconds into the second by scoring from the side of the net.

But Allison redirected Tie Domi's pass into the net at 7:39 of the second after jumping over the boards.

Murray stole the puck from Allison and scored at 12:47, giving Boston a 4-2 lead.

But Toronto scored twice on a two-man advantage after Hal Gill received a cross- checking penalty and Nick Boynton a minor and 10-minute misconduct for arguing with the officials.

McCabe followed with a shot that hit off the post and back to Sundin, who scored on the rebound at 15:08. Just 35 seconds later, McCabe tied it at 4 with a hard shot.