TAMPA, Fla. — Martin St. Louis
scored a power-play goal with 9.8 seconds left in overtime to give the
Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 comeback victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs
on Thursday night.
After the Maple Leafs received a
penalty for too many men on the ice with 43.1 seconds left, St. Louis
scored the winner from the top of the left circle.
Tampa Bay also got goals from Steven Stamkos and Ryan Malone. Stamkos added two assists.
Ian White and Matt Stajan scored for Toronto, who is 2-11 in its last 13 road games.
After Stajan scored from the right
circle during a power play to give Toronto a 2-1 advantage at 9:08 of
the third, Malone pulled the Lightning even at 2 with a rebound
power-play goal with 3:49 to play.
White put the Maple Leafs up 1-0 with
a power-play goal at 7:05 of the second. Phil Kessel extended his point
streak to seven games (seven assists, eight points) with an assist on
the goal.
Tampa Bay tied it 1-1 when Stamkos
scored his 26th goal this season with 8:14 left in the second. Vincent
Lecavalier set up the goal — the first of three assists in the game —
and has seven assists and 10 points during a six-game point streak.
The Lightning failed to score on a
two-minute, 5-on-3 power play late in the first. Toronto entered with
the NHL's worst penalty killing unit.
Toronto defenseman Carl Gunnarsson
picked up his fifth assist this season on White's goal. He has four
assists in two games against Tampa Bay.
White ended an 11-game goal drought.
Notes
Struggling Tampa Bay rookie D
Victor Hedman was a healthy scratch. … Toronto C Wayne Primeau (knee)
played after missing the previous nine games. … The Lightning claimed
C Nate Thompson off waivers from the New York Islanders and assigned
rookie C James Wright to Vancouver of the Western Hockey League. …
Lightning G Mike Smith (strained neck) has resumed practicing. …
Maple Leafs D Mike Komisarek (shoulder) might return next week.