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Recap - Maple Leafs Defeat Tampa Bay 7-2

Tampa Bay gave up 3 goals to John Tavares in their 7-2 loss to the Maple Leafs in NHL action on Thursday.

Toronto won as a -193 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 6.0 were rewarded at the payout window.

John Tavares(3), Mitchell Marner(2), Zach Aston-Reese, and William Nylander each scored for the Maple Leafs in the victory. Marner opened the scoring for Toronto.

Ilya Samsonov turned in a 19-save effort for the Maple Leafs.

Tampa Bay got goals from Ian Cole, and Corey Perry in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Tampa Bay got a 28-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.

Toronto scored 2 times on 6 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Toronto outshot Tampa Bay 35-21 in the game.