Lightning veteran Corey Perry picked off a pass at his blue line from Muzzin and then set up Bellemare on a 2-on-1 break. Kase pounced on the loose puck in front of the Tampa goal for his 50th career goal and a 1-0 advantage.
The Maple Leafs snatched an early lead, only to fall behind 2-1 before scoring a second power-play goal in the late stages of the first period. The Maple Leafs outshot the Lightning 38-27. Kase scored his second of the game with 10:24 remaining on a rebound as Toronto closed within a goal. Those are gifts against a team like that.” “You can’t make those kinds of plays and spot them three goals at 5-on-5,” Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said. Palat then found Raddysh for his third of the season and a two-goal lead. Stamkos and Palat were at it five minutes later, forcing Maple Leafs defenseman TJ Brodie into a turnover along the sideboards into the Toronto end.
The Lightning captain then found Palat, who was fortunate when Nylander knocked the puck off Palat’s stick and into his own goal. Tied 2-2 after the opening period, Stamkos took the puck away from veteran Maple Leafs defenseman Jake Muzzin early in the second period. Regulars Jason Spezza (suspension), Travis Dermott (shoulder) and Rasmus Sandin (knee) also were missing from the Toronto lineup. “We made so many turnovers, so that’s where I feel we lost the game.” Ondrej Kase had two goals, William Nylander also scored and Jack Campbell made 22 saves for the Maple Leafs, who lost for the third time in four games since losing forward Mitch Marner to a shoulder injury on Friday. Ondrej Palat scored twice and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Taylor Raddysh added goals for Tampa Bay. I know they’re missing a couple of key guys, too. “It’s definitely not easy, especially when you are losing that quality of players,” Stamkos said. Tampa Bay played forwards Nikita Kucherov (lower body), Brayden Point (upper body), Anthony Cirelli (upper body) and defenseman Erik Cernak (foot). The short-handed Lightning were without four significant players and still managed to win their fifth straight game. “But you don’t do that without an owner and, I’ve had two general managers ((Steve Yzerman and Julien BriseBois), who all have the same goal, all being on the same page, all bonded together.” “I haven’t had a lot of time to digest that other than the fact that obviously proud to have done it with one team,” Cooper said. Cooper, who also has steered the Lightning to back-to-back Stanley Cups and 70 playoffs wins in his 10 seasons at the helm, reached 400 regular-season wins in his 659th game, passing Bruce Boudreau’s 400 wins in 663 outings. The 54-year-old Canadian Olympic coach became the 39th coach in NHL history - and the quickest - to reach the milestone. Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper earned his 400th career victory. TORONTO - Steven Stamkos scored early and set up Tampa Bay's final three goals as the Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on Thursday night. NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs, Tampa Bay Lightning Stamkos has 4-point game, Lightning beat Maple Leafs 5-3
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