Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs

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Tampa Bay Lightning

39-18-4

Final
5 - 2

Toronto Maple Leafs

27-26-11

Nikita Kucherov’s 4 assists power Lightning over slumping Maple Leafs 5-2

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Toronto Maple Leafs: Game Highlights

Jake Guentzel and Brandon Hagel, with a goal and an assist each, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Ryan McDonagh and the newly reacquired Corey Perry scored for Tampa Bay, which snapped a four-game slide.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves. Brayden Point and Anthony Cirelli added two assists.

Matias Maccelli and Nick Robertson scored for Toronto. Anthony Stolarz stopped 28 shots.

The Maple Leafs, who started the night eight points back of the final Eastern Conference playoff spot and were booed off the ice, have dropped seven straight since returning from the NHL’s Olympic break.

Tampa Bay tops the East and the Atlantic Division with 82 points, which put them 17 clear of Saturday’s opponent.

Toronto captain Auston Matthews, who hit the post in the third period on a shot that glanced off Vasilevskiy, has now gone 11 games without scoring, and has just one goal in his last 15 games.

Perry was reacquired from L.A. and arrived in Toronto at 4 a.m. Saturday. The 40-year-old played two seasons with the Lightning from 2021 through 2023, including a trip to the Stanley Cup final in 2022.

Up next Lightning: End a four-game road trip in Buffalo on Sunday.

Maple Leafs: Visit Montreal on Tuesday.

Regular Season Series

TB wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 4:50	Matias Maccelli Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: William Nylander (38)
Goal	1st Period 5:36	Ryan McDonagh Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (65), Brayden Point (23)
Goal	1st Period 12:30	Jake Guentzel Goal (27) Backhand, assists: Brayden Point (24), Nikita Kucherov (66)
Goal	1st Period 13:48	Corey Perry Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (28), Anthony Cirelli (21)
Goal	1st Period 15:06	Oliver Bjorkstrand Goal (11) Slap Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (67), Jake Guentzel (40)
Goal	3rd Period 15:41	Brandon Hagel Goal (29) Wrist Shot, assists: Anthony Cirelli (22), Nikita Kucherov (68)
Goal	3rd Period 19:29	Nicholas Robertson Goal (13) Wrap-around, assists: none

Statistics

TB		TOR
11	Blocked Shots	11
26	Hits	22
5	Takeaways	4
33	Shots	29
1	Power Play Goals	0
4	Power Play Opportunities	3
25.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
22	Faceoffs Won	31
41.5	Faceoff Win Percent	58.5
12	Giveaways	15
4	Total Penalties	5
11	Penalty Minutes	13