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Tampa Bay Ices Toronto 6-4 - Recap

The Maple Leafs came up short Wednesday against the Lightning, falling 6-4.

The Lightning were a -115 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.5.

Tanner Jeannot, Anthony Duclair, Nicholas Paul, Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov, and Brandon Hagel each scored for the Lightning in the victory. Paul opened the scoring for Tampa Bay.

Matt Tomkins stopped 34 of 38 Toronto shots in the victory.

John Tavares, T.J. Brodie, Ryan Reaves, and Pontus Holmberg scored for the Maple Leafs, finding the net behind Matt Tomkins.

Toronto got a 26-stop effort from Martin Jones in the loss.

Tampa Bay scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Toronto went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Toronto by a margin of 38-32.