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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning Recap - Maple Leafs Win 2-1

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

Toronto was an underdog by +106 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Auston Matthews, and John Tavares each scored for the Maple Leafs in the victory. Matthews opened the scoring for Toronto.

Ilya Samsonov turned in a 31-save effort for the Maple Leafs.

Steven Stamkos scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Ilya Samsonov.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of 22 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Toronto went 0-for-2, while the Lightning were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Toronto lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 32-22.