{"id":433514,"date":"2023-04-19T04:54:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T08:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=433514"},"modified":"2023-04-19T04:54:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T08:54:39","slug":"lightning-demolish-maple-leafs-7-3-in-game-1-of-playoff","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/lightning-demolish-maple-leafs-7-3-in-game-1-of-playoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning demolish Maple Leafs 7-3 in Game 1 of playoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nhl\/team\/tampa-bay-lightning\/\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nhl\/team\/toronto-maple-leafs\/\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> 7-3 in a spectacular fashion in the first game of the playoffs on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heck of a Game 1, boys. \u26a1\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBLightning\/status\/1648517627994685440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nBrayden Point bagged a brace, while Nikita Kucherov and Corey Perry had a goal and two assists. Anthony Cirelli , Ross Colton and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare also found their names on the scoresheet.<\/p>\n<p>Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 shots in his 1,00th start in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan O\u2019Reilly, William Nylander and Calle Jarnkrok were the scorers for Toronto. Mitch Marner had three assists and Auston Matthews added two.<\/p>\n<p>Golatender Ilya Samsonov made on 23 shots before being replaced by Joseph Woll at the start the third period. The rookie made 4 stops and allowed one goal.<\/p>\n<p>A peculiar incident occurred midway through the game when Toronto winger Michael Bunting was whistled for a match penalty and was subsequently suspended for misconduct for an illegal check of the Tampa Bay&#8217;s Erik Cernak.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto will look to redeem themselves in the second game, which will be held on Thursday night on their home turf.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  id=\"_ytid_42183\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PAs6lxRfKtA?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;controls=1&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PAs6lxRfKtA\/maxresdefault.jpg\" title=\"\"><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 in a spectacular fashion in the first game of the playoffs on Tuesday night. 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