Athletistic / Hockey. On the night of October 22, the Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs in an NHL regular season home game. The meeting ended with the guests winning in overtime with a score of 4:3.
Matt Neese scored twice for the Canadian team, and William Nylander and John Tavares, who scored the game-winner in overtime, also scored once. For the Lightning, Russian forward Nikita Kucherov scored two goals and Alex Barre-Boulet scored another precise shot.
Nikita Kucherov scored 3 (2+1) points in the “goal+assist” system in 21 minutes 27 seconds of playing time, but still finished the match with a negative utility coefficient of “-1”. Tampa defenseman Mikhail Sergachev made an assist in 24:36 on the ice, but also left the ice with “-1” in the useful column.
Toronto goaltender Ilya Samsonov was replaced during the first period. In 13 minutes, he only managed to parry one throw. Tampa suffered its fourth defeat in its last five matches. But Toronto ended a two-game losing streak.
Source: Sport
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