Lightnings' Point scores OT winner to force Game 7 with Maple Leafs
Are the Leafs going to blow it again?
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning squared off in an intense game six Thursday night, where the Leafs had a chance to win a playoffs series for the first time since 2004. Against the back-to-back champions to boot.
Toronto went down 2-0 midway through the second on an Anthony Cirelli goal for the Lightning, but Auston Matthews made it 2-1 just over a minute later. The Leafs then scored two goals in the final minute to take a 3-2 lead into the third.
Halfway through the third, the Leafs got into penalty trouble when they took two high-sticking penalties just 16 seconds apart. Nikita Kucherov scored on the five-on-three to tie the game, sending it to overtime to try and force a game seven.
Then, at 18:04 of the first overtime, Brayden Point got his chance:
Point has made himself quite the playoff performer over the last two years with the Tampa Bay Lightning, being an integral piece of their back-to-back Stanley Cup Championships.
There will now be two-game sevens so far on Saturday night! A chance for a third if the Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings later tonight.
