Toronto Maple Leafs @ Tampa Bay Lightning

27-22-9, 11-13-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Maple Leafs TOR	0	0	2	2
Lightning TB	0	2	2	4

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

38-14-4, 19-9-0 Home

Toronto Maple Leafs


forwards
Max DomiM. Domi#11
Calle JarnkrokC. Jarnkrok#19
Matthew KniesM. Knies#23
Scott LaughtonS. Laughton#24
Steven LorentzS. Lorentz#18
Matias MaccelliM. Maccelli#63
Auston MatthewsA. Matthews#34
Bobby McMannB. McMann#74
William NylanderW. Nylander#88
Nicholas RobertsonN. Robertson#89
Nicolas RoyN. Roy#55
John TavaresJ. Tavares#91
defensemen
Simon BenoitS. Benoit#2
Brandon CarloB. Carlo#25
Oliver Ekman-LarssonO. Ekman-Larsson#95
Jake McCabeJ. McCabe#22
Morgan RiellyM. Rielly#44
Troy StecherT. Stecher#28

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	21	18:31	2:01	0:00	16:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8:11	0:00	2:15	5:56	0	0	0.0
1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	19	17:48	2:23	0:06	15:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	16	12:02	0:04	5:42	6:16	5	3	62.5
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	10:18	0:00	4:48	5:30	0	2	0.0
0	0	-1	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	17	14:15	1:14	0:00	13:01	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	0	1	20	22:54	2:22	0:06	20:26	10	5	66.7
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	17	14:24	1:03	0:00	13:21	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19	19:02	2:22	0:04	16:36	2	0	100.0
0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	16	12:52	0:58	0:00	11:54	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	15:22	0:00	2:54	12:28	8	9	47.1
1	0	-1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	18	17:29	2:21	0:04	15:04	9	8	52.9
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	1	0	1	2	4	4	0	0	21	14:32	0:00	2:02	12:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	23	17:43	0:09	4:35	12:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	3	3	1	2	1	1	0	29	22:40	2:16	0:10	20:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	25	22:00	0:12	4:58	16:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	20:09	1:00	1:22	17:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	16:28	0:00	2:54	13:34	0	0	0.0

goalies
Anthony StolarzA. Stolarz#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
36	4	32	.889	22	10	0	0	0	55:20	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Gage GoncalvesG. Goncalves#93
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Pontus HolmbergP. Holmberg#29
Dominic JamesD. James#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Brayden PointB. Point#21
Scott SabourinS. Sabourin#46
defensemen
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Emil LillebergE. Lilleberg#78
Ryan McDonaghR. McDonagh#27
J.J. MoserJ.J. Moser#90
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	12:29	5:37	0:00	6:52	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	25	17:54	0:10	1:41	16:03	4	3	57.1
1	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	11:51	0:13	0:00	11:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	22	19:53	0:18	2:04	17:31	4	11	26.7
0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	22	22:25	7:37	1:21	13:27	0	4	0.0
0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	26	20:30	2:05	1:46	16:39	0	2	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	20	15:43	0:10	0:00	15:33	3	1	75.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	10:59	0:13	0:00	10:46	3	3	50.0
1	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	23:57	7:37	0:00	16:20	0	0	0.0
2	1	4	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	22:16	7:29	0:00	14:47	13	10	56.5
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	9	5:54	0:00	0:00	5:54	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	20	17:04	0:08	0:42	16:14	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	15:09	0:23	0:00	14:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	11:51	1:10	1:38	9:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	9:33	0:00	1:28	8:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	20	16:19	0:00	1:06	15:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	24	18:53	0:00	1:54	16:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	23:55	6:50	0:00	17:05	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
34	2	32	.941	25	5	2	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Maple Leafs	0	0	2	2
	Lightning	0	2	2	4

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			TOR	TB
7:07		Brayden Point (12) Assists: Charle-Edouard D'Astous (15), Pontus Holmberg (9)	0	1
7:58		Gage Goncalves (7) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (63), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (16)	0	2

3rd Period		TOR	TB
2:59	Nikita Kucherov (30) Assists: Gage Goncalves (12), Brayden Point (20)	0	3
16:19	John Tavares (21) (Power Play) Assists: William Nylander (35), Matthew Knies (33)	1	3
16:30	Brayden Point (13) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (64), Gage Goncalves (13)	1	4
17:13	Matthew Knies (15) Assists: William Nylander (36), Auston Matthews (23)	2	4

Matthew Knies lights the lamp

0:36

Brayden Point nets goal for Lightning

0:41

John Tavares notches goal on the power play

0:48

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Lightning
0
Maple Leafs
2

Game 1

9/12

Maple Leafs
2
Lightning
4

Game 2

26/2

Lightning
Maple Leafs

Game 3

8/3

Benchmark International Arena

12:30 AM, 26 February 2026

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Graham Skilliter
Furman South

Linesmen:
Tyson Baker
Julien Fournier

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	38	14	4	80
Montreal	32	17	8	72
Buffalo	33	19	6	72
Detroit	33	19	6	72
Boston	32	20	5	69
Ottawa	28	22	7	63
Toronto	27	22	9	63
Florida	29	25	3	61

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