They got right back to work.
William Nylander had two goals and an assist and James van Riemsdyk scored a tiebreaking goal in the third period Adidas Alex Ovechkin Jersey , sending streaking Toronto to a 4-3 victory over Tampa Bay on Monday night.
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”We’ve found a rhythm and this is what we want to stick to,” Nylander said.
The Maple Leafs jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but the Lightning tied the game on goals by Nikita Kucherov and Yanni Gourde 20 seconds apart in the third. Van Riemsdyk then put Toronto in front again when his shot just squeezed past Andrei Vasilevskiy’s pad at 4:37.
”Everybody kind of just took a deep breath and went back to playing how we did in the first two periods Authentic Jaleel Scott Jersey ,” said Auston Matthews, who picked up three assists. ”(We) took care of the puck a little more, (we) just got in deep and obviously a big goal by James there.”
Jake Gardiner also scored for the Leafs (34-19-5) Natrell Jamerson Super Bowl LI Jersey , who extended their home win streak to five with their eighth win in nine games overall. Frederik Andersen made 28 saves in his 28th win of the season.
Toronto also pulled within six points of Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay for the top spot in the Atlantic Division.
Alex Killorn also scored for Tampa Bay (38-15-3), and Vasilevskiy made 19 saves.
”We played well enough to get points out of this one, that’s probably a little discouraging Adidas Justin Faulk Jersey ,” Lightning coach John Cooper said. ”I thought their goaltender got them points.”
Toronto jumped in front 11:55 into the first on Nylander’s one-timer off a pass from Matthews. It was Nylander’s 13th goal of the season.
Nylander scored again 3:08 into the second, beating Vasilevskiy on the blocker side. Nylander then picked up an assist when Gardiner’s wrist shot from inside the blue line went through Vasilevskiy’s legs, making it 3-0 with 8 1/2 minutes left in the period.
NOTES: Toronto C Patrick Marleau skated in his 1 Kalen Ballage Jersey Elite ,551st regular-season game, passing Alex Delvecchio for sole possession of 13th place on the NHL’s games played list.
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Lightning: Visit Buffalo on Tuesday night.
Maple Leafs: Host Columbus on Wednesday night.
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