On Friday evening, the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-2 in Recreation 3 of their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff collection.
The victory offers the Maple Leafs a 2-1 benefit within the best-of-seven collection.
Toronto had a 3-0 benefit within the second interval however needed to stand up to a late comeback try from Tampa Bay to earn the Recreation 3 victory.
Due to objectives from Morgan Rielly and Colin Blackwell, the Maple Leafs took a 2-0 benefit after one interval. Toronoto ahead David Kampf scored to make it 3-0 early within the second interval, however Ross Colton’s purpose halfway by means of the interval gave the Lightning hope, trailing 3-1 heading into the third interval.
Simply over 5 minutes into the third interval, Tampa Bay’s Ondrej Palat scored to chop the deficit to 3-2. It could stay a one-goal sport by means of a lot of the third interval earlier than Ilya Mikheyev scored twice with below two minutes left, serving to elevate Toronto to the Recreation 3 victory.
Maple Leafs goaltender Jack Campbell was very good in internet, turning away 32 of 34 photographs.
Toronto will look to take a 3-1 collection benefit over Tampa Bay in Recreation 4 on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET.
