Tampa Bay Lightning vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Regular season · Monday, December 8, 2025 · Scotiabank Arena

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0–2

Final

SOG 29–25

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Game summary

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Monday, December 8, 2025 at Scotiabank Arena. The Lightning outshot the Maple Leafs 29-25.

Goals came from Morgan Rielly and Auston Matthews.

Dennis Hildeby made 29 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jonas Johansson stopped 23 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	0	0	0	0	29
TOR	1	0	1	2	25

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Morgan Rielly (5)Easton Cowan (6), John Tavares (17)Paul 1:04 into shift0–116:26 TOR

3rd period

Auston Matthews (12)Unassisted0–219:59 TOR · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:04

0–1 · 1st 16:26 · Rielly. Paul was 1:04 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceTOR on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 TOR

1st 16:26 · Rielly

Long shift: Paul 1:04

Long shiftPaul 1:04

0–2 TOR

3rd 19:59 · EN · Matthews

Guentzel 2:56

Empty netGuentzel 2:56

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

TBLTOR

29Shots on goal25

44%Faceoff %56%

0/1Power play0/2

24Penalty minutes12

16Hits20

8Blocked shots14

19Giveaways10

4Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 09:26Jack Finley · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 18:43Oliver Ekman-Larsson · tripping2 min
3rd 03:00Bobby McMann · match penalty5 min
3rd 03:00Gage Goncalves · kneeing5 min
3rd 03:00Max Crozier · fighting5 min
3rd 03:00Dakota Joshua · fighting5 min
3rd 03:00Gage Goncalves · game misconduct10 min
3rd 15:03Jake Guentzel · hooking2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

20Nick PaulL	-1	0	4	0	0	50	13:46
21Brayden PointC	-1	4	1	0	0	40	18:48
22Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:30
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	2	2	0	0	50	13:03
29Pontus HolmbergR	0	1	1	1	0	–	12:52
37Yanni GourdeC	-1	1	2	0	0	43	14:38
38Brandon HagelL	0	1	0	0	0	50	19:02
59Jake GuentzelC	-2	4	0	1	2	–	20:53
62Jack FinleyC	0	1	1	0	2	67	06:39
71Anthony CirelliC	-1	4	0	1	0	40	20:51
86Nikita KucherovR	-1	2	1	0	0	–	24:38
93Gage GoncalvesC	0	2	0	0	15	–	05:25
24Max CrozierD	0	0	0	0	5	–	14:02
43Darren RaddyshD	-1	2	1	0	0	–	23:42
51Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	3	1	2	0	–	20:18
77Victor HedmanD	-1	1	1	0	0	–	17:43
78Emil LillebergD	-1	0	1	1	0	–	21:13
90J.J. MoserD	-1	1	0	2	0	–	21:12

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG	L	24	23	1	.958	57:45
33Brandon HalversonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

34Auston MatthewsC	1	0	1	+1	8	0	3	0	60	20:07
53Easton CowanR	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	0	–	16:52
91John TavaresC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	57	17:43
44Morgan RiellyD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	21:20
11Max DomiC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:24
18Steven LorentzC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	13:00
19Calle JarnkrokC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:11
23Matthew KniesL	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	20:17
24Scott LaughtonC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	86	14:21
55Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	38	13:13
74Bobby McMannC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	15	100	09:17
81Dakota JoshuaC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	08:11
88William NylanderR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	19:31
2Simon BenoitD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	15:15
22Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	–	25:15
28Troy StecherD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	23:08
36Dakota MermisD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	10:34
95Oliver Ekman-LarssonD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	2	–	21:39

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Dennis HildebyG	W	29	29	0	1.000	59:42
70Artur AkhtyamovG		0	0	0	–	00:00