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Tampa Bay is 29-0-2 in games it led after two periods. Recently acquired Toronto players Tim Erixon and Joakim Lindstrom are from the same small city in Sweden. NOTES: The Lightning have won five of their past six home games against the Maple Leafs. The Leafs broke through Tuesday with a 3-2 triumph against the Florida Panthers, whose top two goaltenders were injured in the game. Toronto has won only once on the road since New Year's Eve. Tampa Bay has won 14 of its past 16 home games to match a single-season record for home victories with 25. Rookie Andrei Vasilevskiy notched his first NHL shutout that night, a 3-0 home victory against Buffalo. Leading 2-1 after two periods, Namestnikov and Killorn scored in the third against Bernier, who finished with 27 saves.īishop played for the first time since a lower-body injury after getting hit by a puck during Tuesday's morning skate. Panik closed out the scoring with 2:18 left in the game. The goal spoiled Tampa Bay's bid for a third consecutive shutout on home ice.
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Kucherov opened the scoring at 4:25 of the first, snapping a wrist shot past Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier into the upper-left corner of the net.Ĭallahan added a first-period goal on a deflection off the stick of defenceman Eric Brewer for his 21st of the season.īooth made it 2-1 early in the second period, redirecting a backhand pass from Peter Holland. Steven Stamkos added two assists.ĭavid Booth and Richard Panik scored for the Leafs. Nikita Kucherov, Ryan Callahan, Vladislav Namestnikov and Alex Killorn scored for Tampa Bay. Ben Bishop made 25 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning earned a 4-2 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.