Toronto Maple Leafs looked at Monday’s matchup against the NHL’s top team as a measuring stick
Tyler Johnson and Cedric Paquette had two goals each as the Tampa Bay Lightning took advantage of some fortunate bounces early on the way to thumping the listless Leafs 6-2.“We didn’t come ready to play,” Toronto centre Auston Matthews said. “They pretty much just slapped us.”
The first team to clinch a playoff spot, Tampa continues to run away with things atop the Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference and NHL standings with 110 points – now 17 better than the Boston Bruins and 21 up on Toronto. Minus winger Kasperi Kapanen because of illness, as well as injured defencemen Jake Gardiner and Travis Dermott , the Leafs were playing the first game back at Scotiabank Arena after grabbing five of six points on their annual trip through Western Canada.
Toronto, which was 6-1-1 over its previous eight, fell behind by three at 4:20 of the second when the rebound of McDonagh’s shot off Andersen’s mask fell to Brayden Point, who kicked the puck into Johnson’s path for a tap-in. But any thought of a comeback was put to rest with 1:44 left in period on a sequence that summed up the Leafs’ performance.The No. 1 power-play unit – save for defenceman Morgan Rielly – changed as Tampa threw the puck into the corner short-handed where Sparks was unable to touch it, leading to a shocking 3-on-1 down low that Paquette finished off for his 13th.
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