At one point in the third period, Toronto’s star centre Auston Matthews fought with Steven Stamkos, his Tampa Bay counterpart. At the same time, the Maple Leafs Ryan O’Reilly squared off with Nikita Kucherov
The brawls were precipitated by a play in which the Lightning’s Brayden Point chased after a puck in the corner in Toronto’s end and was checked hard into the boards by Morgan Rielly. As a scrum ensued, Point slid toward the centre of the ice, grabbed at his left rib cage, and then laid down head first.
Toronto had trailed 3-2 but Ryan O’Reilly beat Vasilevskiy with one minute remaining in regulation time. Samsonov, the Maple Leafs goalie was on the bench to give the team an extra attacker. Right out of the gate the opponents traded goals on just three shots and at the same time a procession of players from both teams began to parade to the penalty box.
Matthews put Toronto in front for a second time when he tipped a shot by Mitch Marner past Vasilevskiy with 8:50 left remaining in the first. Then Point tied it during a goalmouth scramble with just three seconds before the first intermission. Tampa Bay was girded with the return of gifted defenceman Victor Hedman to its lineup. Hedman, who is in his 15th season with the Lightning, was injured during the first period of Game 1 and missed Game 2. The nature of his injury was not disclosed.
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