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Toronto Ices Tampa Bay 2-1 - Recap

Toronto skated to a 2-1 victory over Tampa Bay on Thursday in NHL action at Scotiabank Arena.

Toronto was favored by -130 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Toronto got goals from William Nylander, and John Tavares in the victory. Tavares opened the scoring at 19:18 of the third period.

Jack Campbell stopped 24 of 25 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.

Tampa Bay got a goal from Pat Maroon in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 32 of 34 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Toronto scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.

Toronto outshot Tampa Bay 34-25 in the game.

Toronto looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Bruins. The Lightning will aim to get back on the winning track at Ottawa.