Lightning strike in OT to force Game 7 vs. Maple Leafs

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Level scored on a rebound with 1:56 remaining in additional time, giving the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night time and forcing Sport 7 within the first-round playoff collection between the Atlantic Division rivals.

Ondrej Palat, Anthony Cirelli and Nikita Kucherov additionally scored for the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions, who blew a two-goal lead for the second straight recreation and trailed 3-2 coming into the third interval.

Andrei Vasilevskiy had 30 saves, 9 in additional time, to enhance to 18-0 following a loss over the previous three postseasons.

John Tavares scored twice within the final 34 seconds of the second interval to place the Maple Leafs forward 3-2. Auston Matthews additionally had a purpose for Toronto, which has been eradicated within the first spherical every of the previous 5 seasons and is winless in its final eight close-out video games.

Jack Campbell stopped 32 pictures for the Maple Leafs, who’re chasing their first playoff collection win in 18 years.

Sport 7 is Saturday in Toronto.

BRUINS 5, HURRICANES 2

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand scored one purpose and assisted on one other, and Jeremy Swayman stopped 23 pictures to guide Boston previous Carolina and ship their first-round playoff collection to a decisive seventh recreation.

The house group has received all six video games within the collection to this point — an edge for Carolina, which is able to host Sport 7 on Saturday.

Charlie Coyle additionally scored for Boston, and Erik Haula and Derek Forbort added third-period targets earlier than Curtis Lazar backhanded the puck into the empty internet with 4:17 to play.

Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and Antti Raanta made 29 saves for the Hurricanes, who’ve received three video games by a mixed rating of 15-4 and misplaced three by a complete of 14-6.

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