Matthews has 3 goals, Maple Leafs beat Lightning 6-2
TAMPA, Fla (AP) — Auston Matthews had three targets to tie the franchise single-season file for targets with 54, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Monday night time.
Matthews, who additionally had an help and prolonged his aim streak to 6 video games. accomplished his seventh profession hat trick — and fourth this season — from the slot to present Toronto a 5-2 lead at 7:08 of the third. The middle equaled Rick Vaive’s mark set in 1981-82.
Mitchell Marner had a aim and two assists, giving him 22 factors (six targets, 16 assists) throughout a 10-game level streak. He additionally recorded his sixth straight multi-point sport because the Maple Leafs took a two-point lead over Tampa Bay for second place within the Atlantic Division. Marner scored his aim at 11:24 of the third.
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Pierre Engvall and Alexander Kerfoot had the opposite Toronto targets. Jack Campbell had 32 saves.
Tampa Bay bought targets from Nikita Kucherov and Jan Rutta, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 pictures.
Matthews put Toronto up 2-1 with a wrist shot from the left circle 1:46 into the second.
After Rutta scored 4 minutes later, the Maple Leafs took a 4-2 benefit on Matthews’ low-slot redirection with 10:03 left within the second and Kerfoot’s in-close aim 2:28 later.
Engvall opened the scoring on Toronto’s first shot 1:59 into the sport.
Kucherov tied it at 1 from the left circle proper off a faceoff win by Steven Stamkos at 6:24 of the primary.
Stamkos had two assists. He prolonged his level streak to a season-high seven video games (six assists, 11 factors).
NUMBERS
Matthews (253) moved previous Bob Pulford (251) into ninth place on Toronto’s all-time targets record. He has some extent in every of his final 13 video games. … Marner joined Matthews (seven video games, 2018-19) as the one Toronto gamers to have streaks of six or extra multi-point video games. … Kucherov has two targets and 10 factors throughout a five-game level streak.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Maple Leafs RW William Nylander (sickness) didn’t play. … Lightning D Ryan McDonagh took half within the morning skate however sat out this sixth consecutive sport with an upper-body harm.
UP NEXT
Maple Leafs: At Florida on Tuesday night time.
Lightning: At Washington on Wednesday night time.
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