Ryan Malone scored at 2:21 of overtime, giving the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. Malone tapped in an awkward shot that bounced over Jonas Gustavsson moments after John Mitchell nearly won it for the Maple Leafs on a pretty rush, with the puck nearly taking another funny hop into the goal. Malone's goal stood up after a video review. Vincent Lecavalier also scored for the Lightning (5-4-4), who won their first road game of the season (1-4-1). Ian White replied for the Maple Leafs (1-7-5), who have lost four straight games in extra time and remained winless at home (0-4-2) before a crowd of 19,301. White tied it at 5:04 of the third period, when his shot from the slot slipped past Antero Niittymaki on a power play. The Maple Leafs wasted their first six opportunities, including a two-man edge for 49 seconds early in the second and another in the final minutes. In the second period, Gustavsson played a puck that might have been icing behind his goal and fired it into the neutral zone, where Mattias Ohlund picked it off. The Swedish defenseman charged in and fired a slapshot that Gustavsson kicked right to Lecavalier, who fired the rebound into the empty net at 18:34 of the middle period for his second of the season. It was the 12th time in 13 games the Maple Leafs surrendered the first goal. Continued... |