Tampa Bay Lightning (52-13-4 108pts) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (42-21-5 87pts)
Game Recap:
Maple Leafs get dominated in Toronto, as the Lightning show just why they are the best team in the league. The Leafs had no answer for stopping the onslaught that was Tampa Bay. Matthews had a brilliant goal but it did make anything easier as the Lightning would go on to score 2 more goals after.
Lineups:
Toronto:
Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen
Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman
Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander
Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Connor Brown
Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey
Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev
Martin Marincin – Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Garrett Sparks
Scratched: Justin Holl
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Jake Gardiner (Back) and Travis Dermott (Shoulder)
Suspension: None
Tampa:
Ondrej Palat – Steven Stamkos – JT Miller
Tyler Johnson – Brayden Point –Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn – Anthony Cirelli – Mathieu Joseph
Yanni Gourde – Cedric Paquette – Ryan Callahan
Victor Hedman – Mikhail Sergachev
Ryan McDonough – Erik Cernak
Brayden Coburn – Jan Rutta
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
Scratched: None
Injuries: None
Suspension: None
GameDay:
First Period:
Toronto Penalty – 5:56 – Jake Muzzin, 2 minutes for Interference
Tampa Bay Goal – 10:07 – Tyler Johnson (23) assisted by Ryan McDonagh (27) and Nikita Kucherov (78)
Tampa Bay Goal – 18:38- Anthony Cirelli (14) assisted by Mikhail Sergachev(20) and Alex Killorn (21)
End of 1st – TBL – 2 TOR – 0
Shots 14 9
Faceoffs 10/20 10/20
Hits 8 7
PP 0/1 0/0
Second Period:
Tampa Bay Goal – 4:20 – Tyler Johnson (24) assisted by Brayden Point (46) and Ryan McDonagh (28)
Tampa Bay Goal – 4:50- Ondrej Palat (8) assisted by Brayden Coburn (16) and Jan Rutta (5)
Toronto Goal – 11:49- Auston Matthews (31) assisted by Andreas Johnsson (18) and Nikita Zaitsev (8)
Tampa Bay Penalty – 17:03 – Erik Cernak, 2 minutes for Interference
Tampa Bay SH Goal – 18:16- Cedric Paquette (11) assisted by Victor Hedman (35) and Yanni Gourde (22)
End of 2nd – TOR- 0 TOR- 0
Shots 27 19
Faceoffs 20/40 20/40
Hits 15 9
PP 0/1 0/1
Third Period:
Tampa Bay Goal – 5:59- Cedric Paquette (12) assisted by Yanni Gourde (23) and Jan Rutta (6)
Tampa Bay Penalty – 13:27 – Mathieu Joseph, 2 minutes for Tripping
Toronto Goal – 19:55- Connor Brown 6) assisted by Patrick Marleau (21) and Nazem Kadri (22)
End of 3rd – WAS – 0 WAS – 0
Shots 42 28
Faceoffs 29/64 35/64
Hits 20 14
PP 0/1 0/2
Next Up:
Chicago Blackhawks (30-30-9 69pts) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (42-22-5 89pts)
Tampa Bay Lightning (53-13-4 110pts) @ Detroit Red Wings (24-35-10 58pts)
