Early surge sends Leafs past Lightning in Game 3

Toronto’s Morgan Rielly, Colin Blackwell and David Kampf scored the primary three objectives of the sport because the Maple Leafs defeated the host Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Friday night time to take a 2-1 lead in a first-round Japanese Convention playoff collection.

Toronto’s Ilya Mikheyev added two empty-net objectives within the third interval, and Pierre Engvall had three assists. Jack Campbell made 32 saves for the win.

Ondrej Palat had a purpose and an help for the Lightning, and Ross Colton additionally scored. Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 photographs.

Sport 4 of the best-of-seven collection shall be performed Sunday in Tampa.

Toronto led 2-0 and had a 15-9 edge in photographs on purpose after one interval.

Rielly scored a power-play purpose at 4:54, placing within the rebound from a shot blocked by Mikhail Sergachev. Mitchell Marner and Michael Bunting earned assists. Pat Maroon was serving a delay-of-game penalty.

Ilya Lyubushkin joined the push after leaving the penalty field to assist arrange Blackwell, who scored from the left circle at 9:14. Engvall additionally assisted on the purpose that resulted from a breakout after Colton had an opportunity on the Toronto purpose.

The Maple Leafs began the second interval with two energy performs, together with 25 seconds with a five-on-three benefit, however managed just one shot in that span.

Kampf put Toronto forward 3-0 at 5:52 of the second after a turnover within the impartial zone.

Colton scored a power-play purpose from the proper circle at 11:03 of the second on a cross from Sergachev, slicing the deficit to 2. Justin Holl was off for holding.

Colton had an open internet and hit the publish at 15:22 of the second.

In a single sequence early within the third interval, Vasilevskiy stopped Auston Matthews on a breakaway and once more on the rebound earlier than Marner hit the purpose publish.

Palat scored on a excessive shot from the left circle at 5:43 of the third to drag Tampa Bay inside 3-2.

Campbell made an excellent save on Steven Stamkos at 13:18 of the third with the Lightning urgent on an influence play.

Mikheyev scored on an empty internet at 18:20 and 19:55.

Jason Spezza and Holl had been added to Toronto’s lineup, changing Wayne Simmonds and Timothy Liljegren, who each performed the primary two video games of the collection.

–Area Stage Media