The Maple Leafs were frightened, but won over enemy territory

Campbell stopped 32 of the 34 shots he faced to help his team lead the 2-1 series. He got even hotter in the final eight minutes of the game, closing the door on Nick Paul, Steven Stamkos and Brandon Hagel, among others.

His skill also allowed the Torontonians to end the Lightning’s six-straight win over Tampa in the playoffs.

He made some big saves in the game, but we were in the playoffs and that [au détriment de Stamkos]it was a saving that saved usadmitted coach Sheldon Keefe.

Maple Leafs arrived in Florida with insurance. With the help of a penalty from Patrick Maroon, they took the lead in the first five minutes of the confrontation thanks to a power play. Posted in the mouth of the net, Morgan Rielly jumped on a throwback from Andrei Vasilevskiy to open the scoring.

Ilya Lyubushkin gave Lightning a chance to retaliate for a while with a high penalty, but the Floridians failed to take advantage of it.

The question of turning the iron in the wound, Lyubushkin, on his way out of the penalty box, joined Pierre Engvall and Colin Blackwell, of the Leafs, on a three-on-one climb. The Russian was patient in front of the Lightning net. He waited for the pass line to open to set up Blackwell’s first career playoff goal.

How many times have we seen it. We know he can make great plays even if it’s not the main aspect of his game. I imagine that when he has to make a big play, he can do it. It was a great pass. We were all a bit surprised. This is an amazing gamesummary with Auston Matthews after the meeting.

David Kämpf, who went 3-0 for Toronto in Game 1 of the series, repeated it in the second period. The 27-year-old Czech defeated Vasilevskiy with a great shot to the wrist at the bottom of the net as he did the other night.

The Maple Leafs seem to have removed their foot from the gas afterwards. In the neutral zone, Alex Kerfoot was reluctant to clear the shorthanded puck. Lightning took the opportunity to settle into Toronto territory immediately, then Ross Colton was able to beat Campbell with a perfect slap in the top corner.

Tampa continued to harass the Torontonians afterwards. Colton, again, was stopped by the Maple Leafs goaltender on another occasion, then also missed the gaping goal before the end of the second period.

The two -time defending Stanley Cup champion returned from the locker room with a knife between their teeth in the third period. Ondrej Palat was able to close the gap with a goal, 3-2, via a wrist shot from face-off circles.

Lightning knocked on the door with urgency afterwards, but Campbell and defensive play specialists like Kämpf and Ilya Mikheyev were brilliant. The latter also scored two goals as Tampa removed its goalkeeper in favor of the sixth skater late in the game to seal the result of the game.

We bowed, but we were not brokensummed up head coach Sheldon Keefe. I think this is a big step for us. To do that on the road against this team … We know they will try to come back, but we want to be the team that wins these kinds of games.

I think early leadership in the game helped us a lot. [Campbell] make some amazing saves and I think all players have taken their game to the next level when it is needed. They made the necessary plays and they breathed well to manage the panicassessed by Matthews.

” Success is a success. It took us 60 minutes [pour y arriver]but everyone offered a good offer in my opinion. “

Yes, it was an important achievement, but if we have learned from the second game, it is to quickly proceed and be ready for the next game.underlined for his part Campbell.

The Maple Leafs and Lightning meet on Sunday night for Game 4 of their series in Tampa.

Torontonians will draw inspiration from their latest success to encourage themselves, but also from history. The Maple Leafs were 13-1 when they led 2-1 in a 4-of-7 series where they had a home ice advantage.