![]() Even though the lead was still two goals, it didn’t look good for the Bolts. ![]() Well, not so much whittle as chopped away.įirst it was Auston Matthews who launched a shot from the top of the slot that a screened Johansson never saw. Yup, Woll was pretty much a brick wall the rest of the way, stopping 18 of 19 while the Maple Leafs whittled away at the lead. In their careers against the Lightning prior to tonight: Let’s take a second to look at some numbers and wonder why Joseph Woll wasn’t starting. Just like that it was 4-1 and Samsonov (8 saves on 12 shots) was skating to the bench and was, well, not happy: Point had all day to dig the puck out, turn and roof it into the net. Kucherov had two or three beautiful set-up passes that just missed before putting one in Brayden Point’s skates in the slot. ![]() Less than four minutes later the Bolts were back on the man-advantage and absolutely worked the Toronto defense. After spending the last few games ripping shots from this spot hide or wide, Kuch slammed this one home to make it 3-1. Nor was it a good idea to leave Kucherov wide open at the right circle on the power play. Then the Leafs decided it would be a good idea to start taking penalties. Kucherov, coming off a five-point game against Ottawa, picked up his second point as he whipped a shot from the slot past Samsonov just under two minutes later. ![]() The Big Swede took it wide and then beat Ilya Samsonov to the glove side to tie the game at one goal a piece. Just after the Nylander chance, the Bolts sped into the zone and Nikita Kucherov hit Hedman in stride. Just as Lightning fans were consigning themselves to a night of watching the Leafs flood the ice with chance after chance, Tampa Bay struck back and struck often. Then William Nylander slipped behind the defense and had a breakaway, but slid the puck just wide. It wasn’t the greatest start of the game for the Lightning as Matthew Knies slipped in front of Jonas Johansson (27 saves on 33 shots) and backhanded a shot past the goaltender for the early 1-0 lead. ![]()
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