The Toronto Maple Leafs kicked off their first-round NHL playoff sequence towards Tampa Bay with a bang on Monday night time with a 5-0 victory over the Lightning.
This is a have a look at 5 issues from earlier than, throughout and after Recreation 1:
PENALTY PARADE
Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe predicted a "borderline violent" sequence between Tampa Bay and Toronto.
Each groups delivered in a rough-and-tumble opener that was loaded with physicality, a gentle stream of gamers to the penalty field, and even an old-school line brawl within the third interval.
Toronto had 62 penalty minutes whereas Tampa Bay completed with 51.
KILLING TIME
Kyle Clifford's boarding main and sport misconduct within the first interval might have been expensive towards the highly effective Tampa Bay Lightning energy play.
As a substitute, it was the Maple Leafs who had the higher possibilities throughout the five-minute penalty.
Alex Kerfoot beat Tampa goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy lower than a minute into the penalty kill however the puck hit the put up and stayed out.
The Lightning managed solely two pictures on internet throughout the energy play. Tampa Bay took a pair of minor penalties later within the stanza however Toronto could not convert.
SOUP'S ON
Toronto goaltender Jack (Soupy) Campbell earned his second profession playoff shutout with 24 saves.
He stoned Brandon Hagel with a glove save with lower than 4 minutes to go to assist protect the clear sheet.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 of 33 pictures within the Tampa Bay internet.
HOME COOKING
Lightning ahead Steven Stamkos -- a local of close by Markham, Ont., -- took benefit of some house cooking on the weekend earlier than Recreation 1.
"I obtained to go over to my mother and father' home for dinner," Stamkos stated. "That is completely different. I have not executed that on the highway within the playoffs earlier than. It is all the time nice. A house-cooked meal -- it is one of the best, proper?"
That is the primary time that Tampa Bay and Toronto have met in a playoff sequence. Stamkos was the NHL's first star of the month for April after recording 33 factors in 16 video games.
ALBERTA BOUND
The three Canadian NHL groups that reached the post-season are all beginning the opening spherical on house ice.
Recreation 2 within the Toronto-Tampa Bay sequence goes Wednesday night time at Scotiabank Area.
The Edmonton Oilers misplaced to the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Monday night time and the Calgary Flames will face the Dallas Stars in Recreation 1 of that sequence on Tuesday night time.
The 1993 Montreal Canadiens had been the final Canadian NHL workforce to win the Stanley Cup.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Could 3, 2022.
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