Toronto roared back to beat the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay 2-1 in overtime on a goal by William Nylander
Having picked the bones of bottom feeders to start the season, the Maple Leafs were confronted with a challenge at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday.
In fact, Toronto’s five wins entering the night came against teams with a combined record of 15-30-5. That fired up fans and began to inflate expectations once again. Since the start of the 2015-16 season, the Lightning are 13-7-1 overall against the Maple Leafs, including 8-4 in Toronto.Almost as quickly as Martina Ortiz Luis blows a kiss after belting outTwenty-five seconds after the opening puck drop, Travis Dermott turned the puck over to Anthony Cirelli and the Lightning centre missed an easy one from 18 feet in front of the net. Not long after that, Ondrej Palat got loose and clanked a shot off the post with the net wide open to him.
Toronto then blew a chance to tie the game and go ahead in the last two minutes before the first intermission. Toronto, which entered the night 5 for 28 on the power play, got off only one shot, a tip by Tavares, and stumbled around like actors in a slapstick comedy for much of it. They swung and missed as often as Chris Davis and Rob Deer.
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