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Maple Leafs end Lightning’s five-game winning streak
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Lightning lost in regulation for just the fourth time in their last 17 games

Michael Bunting had his 100th NHL point and Matt Murray made 18 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday night.

Pierre Engvall, Auston Matthews and William Nylander also scored for Toronto. Engvall and Nylander, who added assists, scored into an empty net late.

Maple Leafs forward Calle Jarnkrok, who played his 600th NHL game, had an assist and played 12:50 in his return after missing seven games with a groin injury.

“Important game,” Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe said. “We were a little tentative early there in that third, but then we found our legs.”

Vladislav Namestnikov scored for Tampa Bay, which had its five-game winning streak halted. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 36 shots for the Lightning, who lost in regulation for just the fourth time in their last 17 games (13-4-0).

“I don’t know what part of the game they reinvented that had us perform like that,” Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. “But note to self, don’t come to Toronto three days before the game.

“That was painfully evident, because we did not show up tonight.”

The Maple Leafs were coming off regulation road defeats to the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals after collecting at least a point in 15 straight games (12-0-3), one short of the franchise record.

Toronto host Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday while Tampa Bay visit Detroit on Wednesday in the third game of a four-game trip.

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