To the Boyle(s) go the Victory

By on March 16, 2017

Tampa, Fla. — The Bolts faced the Leafs earlier tonight right here in Tampa Bay and there was an old familiar face, a friend now turned foe wearing #24 for Toronto, Brian Boyle.  Boyle was quoted earlier today, “They got rid of me..I guess they didn’t need me that much. I’m on this team now. I’m here to win.”

And win the Leafs did!  A 5-0 domination which the Lightning were a dreadful 0-5 on the power play but out-shot Toronto for the game 33-21.

The Lightning entered tonight’s game just one point ahead of the Leafs, right outside of a wild card spot and this four swing is devastating.

Win is what the Leaf started off the game to do, and Roman Polak scoring the first goal of the game for Toronto at 9:19 in the first.

 The first period played out with the Lightning shooting 7, Leafs 5.  Toronto was ahead 1-0.

 Due to the injuries of Tyler Johnson, Cedric Paquette, Vladislav Namestnikov, Ryan Callahan and Steven Stamkos the Lightning found themselves with six Syracuse Crunch players on the roster.  It was reminiscent of a game late last year when the Leafs played the Lightning but it was Toronto, clearly out the playoffs at the time, that was filled with their AHL’s Toronto Marlies.

 Within the first two and half minutes tonight,  2:24 of the second period to be exact, the Leafs managed to score their second goal.  Morgan Reilly slid one by Andrei Vasilevskiy, which lead to a huge breakdown by the Lightning just seconds later 2:39 for the third Maple Leafs goal.  This Lightning team of late seemingly played like a team on fire until tonight.  This Toronto team just seemed to be skating circles around the Bolts in the second period.

 Adding insult to injury Luke Witowski took a minor elbowing penalty, and put the Leafs on the power play.  They quickly scored their fourth goal, a power play goal by Connor Brown.  Vasilevskiy left the crease and enter Peter Budaj.

Lost of mistakes, and puck turnovers by Tampa led to a fifth goal for the Leafs.  The score was 5-0 and the second period wasn’t over yet.

 Some of the Leafs momentum can be accredited to the amazing goal tending of #31 Frederik Andersen who started the evening with a 2.73 GAA.  He got my star of the game.

Things will not get easier as the Washington Capitals are in town Saturday night.

Arena: Amalie Arena
Location: Tampa, Florida		 Referees: Ian Walsh, Steve Kozari
Linesmen: Tony Sericolo, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 19,092 (100.0% full)

Team Statistical Comparison

Key:  Toronto   Tampa Bay
Total Shots
 21
 33
PIM
 14
 10
Hits
 14
 24
Giveaways
 1
 6
Takeaways
 6
 4
Faceoffs Won
 28
 24

1st Period Summary
Time Team Scoring Detail TOR TB
9:19
Roman Polak (4)
Assist: Tyler Bozak		 1 0
Time Team Penalty Detail
6:09
Ondrej Palat: 2 Minutes for Tripping Auston Matthews

2nd Period Summary
Time Team Scoring Detail TOR TB
2:24
Morgan Rielly (5)
Assists: Nazem Kadri, Alexey Marchenko		 2 0
2:39
Matt Martin (5)
Assists: Nikita Soshnikov, Matt Hunwick		 3 0
6:14
Connor Brown (16) (Power Play)
Assists: William Nylander, Leo Komarov		 4 0
15:41
James van Riemsdyk (22)
Assists: Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner		 5 0
Time Team Penalty Detail
5:02
Luke Witkowski: 2 Minutes for Elbowing Leo Komarov
7:41
Brian Boyle: 2 Minutes for Tripping Brayden Point
17:47
Nikita Zaitsev: 2 Minutes for Interference of Gabriel Dumont
18:37
Matt Hunwick: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Ondrej Palat

3rd Period Summary
Time Team Scoring Detail TOR TB
No scoring this period 5 0
Time Team Penalty Detail
3:00
Leo Komarov: 2 Minutes for Interference of Peter Budaj
5:49
Nazem Kadri: 2 Minutes for Roughing Yanni Gourde
5:49
Yanni Gourde: 2 Minutes for Roughing Nazem Kadri
5:49
Nazem Kadri: 2 Minutes for Cross checking Yanni Gourde (Served by Mitch Marner)
18:39
James van Riemsdyk: 2 Minutes for Cross checking Luke Witkowski
18:39
Luke Witkowski: 2 Minutes for Cross checking James van Riemsdyk
19:13
Victor Hedman: 2 Minutes for Holding Auston Matthews

Player Summary

Toronto Maple Leafs

 Time On Ice Faceoffs
Player G A +/- SOG MS BS PN PIM HT TK GV SHF TOT PP SH EV FW FL %
B. Boyle C 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 24 15:34 0:04 3:37 11:53 8 8 50.0
T. Bozak C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19 12:43 0:54 1:18 10:31 7 2 77.8
C. Brown RW 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 16:13 2:14 2:32 11:27 1 0 100.0
J. Gardiner D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 26 20:36 3:16 0:36 16:44 0 0 00.0
M. Hunwick D 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 26 21:32 0:04 5:38 15:50 0 0 00.0
Z. Hyman C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 16:20 0:00 5:37 10:43 0 0 00.0
N. Kadri C 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 19 13:01 1:55 0:00 11:06 6 6 50.0
L. Komarov C 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 25 17:01 2:00 2:58 12:03 3 1 75.0
A. Marchenko D 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 17 11:42 0:00 0:40 11:02 0 0 00.0
M. Marner C 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 13:14 1:08 1:24 10:42 0 0 00.0
M. Martin LW 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 18 10:38 0:00 0:00 10:38 0 0 00.0
A. Matthews C 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 21 15:51 2:51 0:36 12:24 3 7 30.0
W. Nylander RW 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 14:37 2:04 0:36 11:57 0 0 00.0
R. Polak D 1 0 3 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 30 23:39 0:00 7:38 16:01 0 0 00.0
M. Rielly D 1 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 30 20:58 0:51 4:36 15:31 0 0 00.0
N. Soshnikov RW 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 22 13:10 0:00 2:06 11:04 0 0 00.0
J. van Riemsdyk LW 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 20 13:07 1:08 1:33 10:26 0 0 00.0
N. Zaitsev D 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 26 18:43 0:39 2:45 15:19 0 0 00.0

Toronto Maple Leafs Scratches
Player Detail
J. Leivo Scratched
B. Smith Scratched
E. Fehr Scratched
M. Marincin Scratched

Tampa Bay Lightning

 Time On Ice Faceoffs
Player G A +/- SOG MS BS PN PIM HT TK GV SHF TOT PP SH EV FW FL %
J. Brown RW 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 17 11:36 1:27 1:13 8:56 0 0 00.0
B. Coburn D 0 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 16:24 0:50 1:33 14:01 0 0 00.0
J. Dotchin D 0 0 -2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 24 19:13 2:17 0:00 16:56 0 0 00.0
J. Drouin LW 0 0 -2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 21 17:13 7:25 0:00 9:48 0 4 00.0
G. Dumont C 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 9:51 0:19 0:36 8:56 4 1 80.0
A. Erne LW 0 0 -1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 17 12:46 2:05 0:00 10:41 0 0 00.0
B. Froese C 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 20 15:51 2:57 0:00 12:54 5 3 62.5
Byron Froese C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 00.0
J. Garrison D 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 17:40 1:25 2:20 13:55 0 0 00.0
Y. Gourde LW 0 0 -2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 20 15:27 1:02 1:33 12:52 1 2 33.3
V. Hedman D 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 24 22:15 5:54 0:06 16:15 0 0 00.0
A. Killorn C 0 0 -2 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 18:21 3:18 2:33 12:30 0 0 00.0
N. Kucherov RW 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 21 21:27 7:49 0:02 13:36 0 0 00.0
G. McKegg C 0 0 -1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 17 10:01 1:03 1:12 7:46 4 6 40.0
O. Palat LW 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 2 3 1 0 21 20:13 7:03 0:00 13:10 0 0 00.0
B. Point C 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 20:13 6:31 0:02 13:40 10 12 45.5
A. Stralman D 0 0 -1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 18:36 0:58 2:26 15:12 0 0 00.0
A. Sustr D 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 16:03 0:44 1:33 13:46 0 0 00.0
L. Witkowski D 0 0 -1 1 1 1 2 4 3 0 0 18 11:30 1:03 0:00 10:27 0 0 00.0

Tampa Bay Lightning Scratches
Player Detail
C. Paquette Lower Body Injury
T. Johnson Lower Body Injury
V. Namestnikov Lower Body Injury

Goaltending Summary

Toronto Maple Leafs Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM
F. Andersen 33 0 33 1.000 60:00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM
P. Budaj 6 1 5 .833 33:46 0
A. Vasilevskiy 15 4 11 .733 26:14 0

Shots On Goal

Team 1st 2nd 3rd T
Toronto 5 14 2 21
Tampa Bay 7 14 12 33

Power Play Summary

Team PPG / PPO
Toronto 1 of 3
Tampa Bay 0 of 5
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