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But they loaded up for the final assault and, while it took a minute to get possession of the puck and Samsonov to the bench, William Nylander fired to the net from the side and got the hoped-for rebound that O’Reilly kicked to his stick and jammed in.
But three of the unit’s principal members were in the box counting O’Reilly and the Leafs couldn’t cash. Point returned a couple of minutes later.Defenceman Victor Hedman’s return after an early Game 1 injury meant the world to the Lightning. He played close to 30 minutes with the Leafs getting very little room after their two-goal first period.
The Leafs did just about everything right in the first period, but still came away in a frustrating tie, vexed by the third last-minute goal against in seven periods.Article content Matthews picked up his first goal of these playoffs, fighting off Darren Raddysh to tip a Marner drive high on Vasilevskiy. Marner became the 17The Leafs had killed their second minor of the period, but couldn’t clear before an unfortunate deflection off TJ Brodie’s stick from Brandon Hagel and in and out of Samsonov’s glove. Though the whistle had gone, video review verified the continuous play rule. It came with 32 seconds to play in a period.
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