Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning

Wed, Feb 25, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Toronto Maple Leafs

2 – 4

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 on Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. Brayden Point scored twice. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–36.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	07:07	TBL	EV	Brayden Point (12) · wrist	Charle-Edouard D'Astous (15), Pontus Holmberg (9)	0–1
2nd	07:58	TBL	EV	Gage Goncalves (7) · wrist	Nikita Kucherov (63), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (16)	0–2
3rd	02:59	TBL	EV	Nikita Kucherov (30) · slap	Gage Goncalves (12), Brayden Point (20)	0–3
3rd	16:19	TOR	PP	John Tavares (21) · wrist	William Nylander (35), Matthew Knies (33)	1–3
3rd	16:30	TBL	EV	Brayden Point (13) · wrist	Nikita Kucherov (64), Gage Goncalves (13)	1–4
3rd	17:13	TOR	PP	Matthew Knies (15) · snap	William Nylander (36), Auston Matthews (23)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	14:06	TOR	Simon Benoit	slashing	2
2nd	00:48	TBL	Erik Cernak	interference	2
2nd	07:58	TOR	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	roughing	2
3rd	05:24	TOR	Auston Matthews	tripping	2
3rd	09:43	TOR	Simon Benoit	hooking	2
3rd	14:54	TBL	Ryan McDonagh	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: TOR 4.60 · TBL 5.68 · xG% TOR 44.8

Toronto Maple Leafs

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
88	William Nylander	R	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	100.0	19:02	19
23	Matthew Knies	L	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	0		17:48	19
34	Auston Matthews	C	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	3	66.7	22:54	20
91	John Tavares	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1	52.9	17:29	18
95	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	3		22:40	29
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	3		22:00	25
44	Morgan Rielly	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0		20:09	26
11	Max Domi	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		18:31	21
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3		17:43	23
28	Troy Stecher	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		16:28	24
55	Nicolas Roy	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	47.1	15:22	21
2	Simon Benoit	D	0	0	0	-2	4	1	4	1		14:32	21
74	Bobby McMann	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0		14:24	17
63	Matias Maccelli	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	1		14:15	17
89	Nick Robertson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	5	1		12:52	16
24	Scott Laughton	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	62.5	12:02	16
18	Steven Lorentz	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		10:18	13
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8:11	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Anthony Stolarz	L	36	32	4	.889	55:20

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	1	2	3	+3	0	2	0	2		23:57	19
21	Brayden Point	C	2	1	3	+4	0	5	0	0	56.5	22:16	21
93	Gage Goncalves	C	1	2	3	+4	0	2	0	0		11:51	14
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0		15:09	20
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	75.0	15:43	20
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		23:55	20
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1		22:25	22
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1		20:30	26
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	0	26.7	19:53	22
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	2		18:53	24
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	57.1	17:54	25
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		17:04	20
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1		16:19	20
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	100.0	12:29	16
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:51	18
17	Dominic James	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	50.0	10:59	13
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0	2	0		9:33	16
46	Scott Sabourin	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		5:54	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	W	34	32	2	.941	60:00