Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Wednesday, February 25, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

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2–4

Final

SOG 34–36

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning outshot the Maple Leafs 36-34.

Brayden Point scored twice. Gage Goncalves, Nikita Kucherov, John Tavares and Matthew Knies also scored.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Anthony Stolarz stopped 32 of 36.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TOR	0	0	2	2	34
TBL	0	2	2	4	36

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Brayden Point (12)Charle-Edouard D'Astous (15), Pontus Holmberg (9)0–107:07 TBL
Gage Goncalves (7)Nikita Kucherov (63), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (16)0–207:58 TBL

3rd period

Nikita Kucherov (30)Gage Goncalves (12), Brayden Point (20)Benoit 1:00 into shift0–302:59 TBL
John Tavares (21)William Nylander (35), Matthew Knies (33)1–316:19 TOR · PPG
Brayden Point (13)Nikita Kucherov (64), Gage Goncalves (13)1–416:30 TBL
Matthew Knies (15)William Nylander (36), Auston Matthews (23)2–417:13 TOR

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:00

0–3 · 3rd 2:59 · Kucherov. Benoit was 1:00 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTOR on iceTBL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 TBL

2nd 7:07 · Point

Stecher 0:55

NormalStecher 0:55

0–2 TBL

2nd 7:58 · Goncalves

Tavares 0:51

NormalTavares 0:51

0–3 TBL

3rd 2:59 · Kucherov

Long shift: Benoit 1:00

Long shiftBenoit 1:00

1–3 TOR

3rd 16:19 · Tavares

Hedman 0:44

NormalHedman 0:44

1–4 TBL

3rd 16:30 · Point

Rielly 0:19

Fresh legsRielly 0:19

2–4 TOR

3rd 17:13 · Knies

McDonagh 0:43

NormalMcDonagh 0:43

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

TORTBL

34Shots on goal36

55%Faceoff %45%

1/2Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes4

18Hits17

17Blocked shots11

15Giveaways9

7Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 14:06Simon Benoit · slashing2 min
2nd 00:48Erik Cernak · interference2 min
2nd 07:58Oliver Ekman-Larsson · roughing2 min
3rd 05:24Auston Matthews · tripping2 min
3rd 09:43Simon Benoit · hooking2 min
3rd 14:54Ryan McDonagh · holding2 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

23Matthew KniesL	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	–	17:48
88William NylanderR	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	100	19:02
34Auston MatthewsC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	3	2	67	22:54
91John TavaresC	1	0	1	-1	3	0	1	0	53	17:29
11Max DomiC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	18:31
18Steven LorentzC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	10:18
19Calle JarnkrokC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:11
24Scott LaughtonC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	63	12:02
55Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	47	15:22
63Matias MaccelliL	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	–	14:15
74Bobby McMannC	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	0	–	14:24
89Nick RobertsonL	0	0	0	-2	1	5	1	0	–	12:52
2Simon BenoitD	0	0	0	-2	1	4	1	4	–	14:32
22Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	3	0	–	22:00
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	17:43
28Troy StecherD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	16:28
44Morgan RiellyD	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	–	20:09
95Oliver Ekman-LarssonD	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	–	22:40

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41Anthony StolarzG	L	36	32	4	.889	55:20
60Joseph WollG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

21Brayden PointC	2	1	3	+4	5	0	0	0	57	22:16
86Nikita KucherovR	1	2	3	+3	2	0	2	0	–	23:57
93Gage GoncalvesC	1	2	3	+4	2	0	0	0	–	11:51
51Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	–	15:09
29Pontus HolmbergR	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	75	15:43
17Dominic JamesC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	50	10:59
22Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	100	12:29
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	57	17:54
37Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	-1	3	4	0	0	27	19:53
38Brandon HagelL	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	–	20:30
46Scott SabourinR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	05:54
59Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	–	22:25
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	–	16:19
43Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	–	23:55
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:51
78Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	+3	0	2	0	0	–	09:33
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	–	17:04
90J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	+2	2	1	2	0	–	18:53

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	W	34	32	2	.941	60:00