7
0
Lightning hold high-powered Leafs down.
TB-4
TOR-1
Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 29 shots for the victory.
First Period
10:03 TB Hedman (13), (Kucherov, Hagel)
19:00 TOR Matthews (63), (Rielly, Tavares)(PP)
Second Period
2:54 TB Point (43), (Kucherov, Duclair)
8:47 TB Stamkos (32), (Hagel, Fleury)
Third Period
14:19 TB Paul (20), (Raddysh, Kucherov)
Vasilevskiy, Nikita Kucherov, and Brandon Hagel were the game’s three stars.
The Lightning are renowned for their offense, especially with the way Nikita Kucherov has put up points this season. Fair. Put it aside, though. Toronto’s been seemingly scoring at will lately and Matthews may hit 70 goals by season’s end and the Lightning held them to (checks notes) one goal and under 30 shots in their own barn in a rivalry game. The offense draws the headlines. The defense is what gives you hope this team has he substance to make another deep postseason run.
Mitchell Chaffee was +1 with 6 hits in 12:01.
Emil Lilleberg was +1 with 5 hits and 1 blocked shot in 14:35.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
