Andersen makes 36 saves, Maple Leafs hold off Lightning
Marner scores in fourth straight game for Toronto
via NHL.com
Frederik Andersen made 36 saves to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Thursday.
It was Andersen’s second game back after missing eight, seven due to injury and one because of the flu, and his first win since Dec. 22.
Nazem Kadri, Patrick Marleau, Mitchell Marner and Zach Hyman scored for the Maple Leafs (29-15-2). Marner has a goal in four straight games.
Victor Hedman and Brayden Point scored for the Lightning (36-10-2), who had their nine-game home winning streak end. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves.
Marner put the Maple Leafs ahead 3-2 at 14:49 of the second period when he chipped the puck in an open side of the net off a pass from John Tavares.
Hyman scored into an empty net at 19:09 of the third period for the 4-2 final.
Marleau gave Toronto a 2-1 lead at 13:06 of the second period before Hedman tied it 2-2 with his sixth goal of the season at 13:43.
Point gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead on the power play with his 30th goal of the season at 9:48 of the first period. He stuffed in a rebound off a shot from Hedman.
Kadri tied it 1-1 at 11:48 with a follow-up off a shot from Kasperi Kapanen.
#TBLightning felt they played well enough to win game. “We had our chances,” Cooper said. Better than first meeting. Players stopped playing on empty netter thinking puck went out of play and back in, Stamkos said.
— Joe Smith (@JoeSmithTB) January 18, 2019
An electrifying effort as Leafs double up Tampa Bay.
Here are tonight's @OntarioLottery Game Winning Numbers.#LeafsForever #That649Feeling pic.twitter.com/yCgLR6xIjP
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 18, 2019
The @MapleLeafs (29-15-2, 60 points) matched their franchise record for fewest games to reach the 60-point benchmark (also 46 GP in 1961-62, 1950-51 and 1934-35). #NHLStats #TORvsTBL pic.twitter.com/NruWHri3iP
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 18, 2019
Only three players in @MapleLeafs franchise history have reached the 60-point mark in fewer team games than @Marner93. #NHLStats #TORvsTBL pic.twitter.com/RiuOxG7jZu
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 18, 2019
Marner became the first player in @MapleLeafs franchise history to begin his NHL career with three consecutive 60-point seasons. #NHLStats #TORvsTBL pic.twitter.com/E8ffL6hgYE
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 18, 2019
Guarding the goals. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/mOWl4uphKU
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 18, 2019