Tampa Bay won – trimming the game streak
New York. Devils refuse to die in toronto.
The Maple Leafs failed, as they have so often over the years, to hit the game ball against the Lightning at home at Scotiabank Arena last night, and are now forced to return to Tampa for more drama.
“Very nice, now it’s just a matter of recharging until Saturday,” Tampa linebacker Victor Hedman told Sportbladet after the 4-2 win.
It’s a story that hockey fans in Toronto know all too well.
Finding themselves in a position to strike a playoff series, the Maple Leafs have a golden opportunity to take the decision at home – and take that chance.
It was the same against Tampa Bay last night, in his hometown, so to be expected he can barely breathe.
The Blue and White Leafs took a 1-0 5.46 lead in the drama, which had all of Toronto out of their knuckles, but the experienced guests equalized less than half a minute later.
With that, the popular party on Bay Street came to an end.
The Bolts took the lead midway through the period and never relinquished it. In the end they won 4-2, after an empty goal in the dying seconds.
“Very nice. It was a good game for us,” says star back Victor Hedman, who was in charge of the assist, when we got him next.
– But that’s just a victory, now it’s just a matter of recharging until Saturday.
Then the Maple Leafs have a new chance to make a decision, and maybe they’d better take that chance. Otherwise, a game of gas hugging 7 awaits on Monday and when it’s played, those devils are already getting a new life…
