Nick Paul scored twice, together with an unbelievable particular person effort on the winner late within the second interval, because the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in Game 7 on Saturday to win their first-round playoff sequence 4-3.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves for the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions.
Morgan Rielly replied for Toronto, which hasn’t moved onto the second spherical since 2004 and is now 0-9 in elimination video games during the last 5 post-seasons after additionally shedding Game 6 by a 4-3 scoreline in Tampa two nights earlier.
Jack Campbell stopped 23 photographs.
Despite their greatest efforts, the Leafs had been as soon as once more unable to push by means of and at last flip an lengthy, ugly narrative of playoff failures for a franchise that has now misplaced its final seven sequence, together with six straight relationship again to 2017.
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews (34) reacts after an NHL first-round playoff sequence defeat towards the Tampa Bay Lightning in Toronto on Saturday, May 14, 2022.
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Toronto is now 7-3 all-time at residence in Game 7s, together with a loss at Scotiabank Arena final season after blowing a 3-1 sequence lead towards the Montreal Canadiens.
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