Red Wings coach and former Lightning assistant Derek Lalonde suggested in his role as a television analyst that the Maple Leafs might have found a chink in goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy’s armor: he has trouble tracking long-distance shots and redirections. Players and coaches said after Game 4 it felt like the Lightning sat back and let the Maple Leafs take the game to them in the third period. They outshot the Maple Leafs 6-1 in overtime of Game 3, but Toronto’s one shot happened to find the back of the net. They’ve competed hard, been physical, kept their feet moving, played with speed, scored goals, made it difficult for the Leafs to enter the offensive zone and largely limited their chances. The Lightning outplayed the Maple Leafs for most of Game 3 and overwhelmed them in the first two periods of Game 4 yet surrendered third-period leads in both games before losing in overtime.ĭespite the results, the Lightning mostly seem to like the way they’ve been playing. How did they find themselves in this position? That’s the puzzling part. Maroon receives a two-minute minor for roughingīut they have to take the first step tonight. Pat Maroon hits Giordano hard into the boards at the buzzer, and Maroon and Auston Matthews goes after Maroon. Nylander has a great chance from the left post, but Vasilevskiy fights it off Nylander shot from right point saved by Vasilevskiy Knies goes down the tunnel into the locker room Kucherov shot from low in right circle hits Samsonov up high
Kucherov wrist shot deflected high over the net Nick Perbix wrist shot from right point saved by SamsonovĬirelli shot from left point knocked down by Samsonovīrayden Point hits the post with a shot from the left circle off the rush John Tavares drives the right side of the net, and his shot is deflected up out of play Matthew Knies leaves the ice after blocking a shot Hedman loses it to Marner in defensive zone, who feeds Kampf for a shot in the right circle Mikhail Sergachev loses the puck to David Kampf in the neutral zone Lightning ice the puck, bringing the faceoff back into their zone Samsonov made 34 saves on 37 attempts.Īlex Kerfoot penalized for delay of game after putting the puck over the glass in the defensive zone, and the Lightning their second power play (8:59 left in period) Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 of the 30 shots he faced, including a huge stop on Mitch Marner on a third-period breakaway. It turned out to be the winner when Auston Matthews put back a rebound of a Mitch Marner shot with 3:33 remaining, bringing the Leafs back to within 3-2.Īlex Killorn’s empty-net goal with 4.2 seconds remaining ended any further chance of a Toronto comeback. Paul scored what seemed to be an insurance goal on a second attempt from between the hashmarks with just over eight minutes left in the game. But Cirelli tied it just 25 seconds later, putting back a rebound of a Brandon Hagel shot from the top of the crease.Įyssimont put the Lightning ahead for the first time in the game when he drove to the net and beat Ilya Samsonov though the legs on the short side with a shot from below the left circle at 4:24 of the second. Rielly gave the Maple Leafs a brief 1-0 lead when he scored from the high slot off a backhand pass from John Tavares from below the goal line at 5:47. Toronto’s Morgan Rielly and Tampa Bay’s Anthony Cirelli traded goals 25 seconds apart in the first period, which ended in a 1-1 tie.
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As a result, the Lightning avoided elimination and closed their deficit to 3-2 in the best-of-seven series heading into Game 6 Saturday at Amalie Arena in Tampa.
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