Despite trailing 2-0 before Wednesday’s game hit its fourth minute, the Tampa Bay Lightning fought back to earn a standings point in a 4-3 overtime loss to Toronto. The Lightning pushed to score a pair of third period goals against the Maple Leafs and force overtime, eventually falling in the extra period at AMALIE Arena.

The Toronto Maple Leafs earned an enormous 4-3 overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night — and they also set a franchise record in the process. “Maple Leafs set a single-game franchise record with 33 blocked shots,

Matthew Knies scored a game-winning goal in overtime to record his second hat trick of the season, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3.

Knies' evolution into a leader for Toronto is just one takeaway from a telling trip down South with the playoffs on the horizon.

Marner, Matthews each has 3 points for Toronto TAMPA -- Matthew Knies completed a hat trick at 2:56 of overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Wednesday.

It was the 22-year-old's second career hat trick, as the Maple Leafs' top line of Knies, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner combined for all four of the team's goals and nine total points. With four games left on Toronto's regular-season schedule,

With Jake Guentzel (personal) away from the team, Bjorkstrand moved up to the first power-play unit and took full advantage of the opportunity, producing both his points in the third period to help force OT and earn a point in the standings for the Lightning.

Today, we celebrate improvement. As opposed to victory, first place or better playoff seeding. When you put it that way, improvement sounds like a pretty lousy consolation prize considering all that was at stake for the Lightning against Toronto on Wednesday night.

THROUGH GAMES OF THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025