William Nylander scored on the power play at 3:43 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday night to pick up their fourth straight win.
John Tavares had the other goal for Toronto , which got 24 stops from Jack Campbell. Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner had two assists each.
Tavares was slashed on a breakaway by Lightning captain Victor Hedman in the extra period, and Nylander blasted his team-leading fifth goal of the season on a one-timer to secure the win. The Lightning would go onto win the Stanley Cup in Edmonton against the Dallas Stars before repeating in July against the Montreal Canadiens.
Toronto didn't have much energy until late in the period when Hedman hooked Marner before blue-line partner Mikhail Sergachev immediately followed with an illegal check to the head on the Leafs winger. Simmonds had another great opportunity with under a minute to go in the period when he was sprung on the breakaway, but the Tampa goaltender denied his move to the backhand.
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