William Nylander had two goals and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 at Air Canada Centre on Monday.
Auston Matthews had three assists, James van Riemsdyk and Jake Gardiner scored, and Frederik Andersen made 31 saves for the Maple Leafs (34-19-5), who have won four straight and eight of their past nine.
“I think we’ve been playing well. We’ve found a rhythm and this is what we want to stick to in the future,” Nylander said. “We were able to create a lot of chances and got two breakaways. I think we spent a lot of time in the offensive zone today so it was good.”
Toronto is three points behind the Boston Bruins for second in the Atlantic Division, and six points behind the Lightning for first.
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