The Toronto Maple Leafs topped the Tampa Bay Lightning 4 – 3 in their second meeting of the season. Tying the regular season series. Whether the Toronto Maple Leafs face Tampa or Boston (first), it will be a tight and exciting playoff series.
In the “battle of Vezina“, Frederik Andersen had the best of Andrei Vasilevskiy, who had some unfortunate moments in the game.
Toronto Maple Leafs Defense
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly played 16 minutes, which is far below his season average of 21:54 before the game against Tampa. His partner Ron Hainsey had some more ice-time (one minute to be exact), which can be explained due to his time on the PK.