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Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point spark win over Toronto

Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov had two goals and two assists and Brayden Point added two goals and one assist in his season debut as the Lightning beat the Maple Leafs 7-3 in Toronto on Thursday.

Steven Stamkos had a goal and three assists and Ondrej Palat also scored for Tampa Bay.

Anthony Cirelli had three assists and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves as the Lightning snapped a two-game slide.

Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist, and John Tavares and Andreas Johnsson also scored for Toronto.

Frederik Andersen allowed seven goals on 28 shots before being replaced by Michael Hutchinson seven minutes into the third period.