“Need some time for things to settle to know exactly what’s happening and what his status might be.” “More precautionary than anything,” Keefe said. Leafs defenseman Rasmus Sandin (neck) left in the second period after assisting on Matthews’ goal. Toronto and Tampa Bay observed a moment of silence before the game for the victims. The Leafs announced before puck drop that Vittorio Panza, the grandfather of defenseman Victor Mete, was one of five people killed in a shooting in Vaughan, Ontario, during the weekend. But, Engvall iced it into an empty net for his sixth of the season and Nylander added an empty-netter with 32 seconds left for his 19th goal of the season. Murray and the Maple Leafs held on late as the Lightning pressed. Namestnikov scored off his own rebound for his second of the season at 4:09. The Maple Leafs outshot Tampa 29-8 through two periods. Matthews got the better of a screened Vasilevskiy 61 seconds into the middle period and scored with a high shot on a power play.
3, opened Tuesday’s scoring at 16:45 of the first, when Bunting took a pass from William Nylander and fired past Vasilevskiy’s blocker for his eighth goal of the season. Toronto, which lost 4-3 in OT in Tampa on Dec. The two-time defending champion Lightning reached their third straight Stanley Cup Final before falling to the Colorado Avalanche. This was a matchup of a first-round playoff series last spring when Toronto led the Lightning 3-2 before Tampa won Game 6 in double overtime at home and eventually took the series. The Maple Leafs were coming off regulation road defeats to the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals after collecting at least a point in 15 straight games (12-0-3), one short of the franchise record. “That was painfully evident, because we did not show up tonight.” “But note to self, don’t come to Toronto three days before the game. “I don’t know what part of the game they reinvented that had us perform like that,” Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 36 shots for the Lightning, who lost in regulation for just the fourth time in their last 17 games (13-4-0). Vladislav Namestnikov scored for Tampa Bay, which had its five-game winning streak halted. “We were a little tentative early there in that third, but then we found our legs.” “Important game,” Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe said. Engvall and Nylander, who added assists, scored into an empty net late. Michael Bunting, who had his 100th NHL point, Pierre Engvall and William Nylander also scored for Toronto. TORONTO - Auston Matthews's goal in the second period proved to be the winner as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Tuesday night. NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs, Tampa Bay Lightning Maple Leafs win 4-1, end Lightning's 5-game winning streak
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