Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs 5/4/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Tampa Bay Lightning will face off with the Toronto Maple Leafs in game two of the Eastern conference first round playoffs on Wednesday for a scheduled puck drop time of 7:30 PM Eastern. This game will be available on ESPN2. In game one, the Tampa Bay Lightning were taken completely by surprise and did not look ready for this series at al as Toronto dominated the game from beginning to end with the final score 5 to nothing. Austin Matthews had two goals and one assist in the game. Goalie Jack Campbell had 24 saves in the shutout.

Having come off the huge win in game one with Mitch Marner adding one goal and two assists to Auston Matthews, Toronto looks to repeat their performance in game two at home. Toronto has a home record in Canada of 27 wins with eight losses and six overtime defeats.

Auston Matthews is a team leader for the Toronto Maple Leafs in points with 106, to go along with the team leader in goals with 60, 16 of those coming on the power play on 348 shots on goal this season. Mitch Marner is the team leader in assists with 62, 19 of those coming on the power play and is a +23 on the year.

Steven Stamkos is the team leader for Tampa Bay in points with 106 on the season, Stamkos is also the team leader in goals with 42, 16 of those coming on the power play on 241 shots on goal this year. Victor Hedman is the Tampa Bay team leader in assists with 65, 32 of those came on the power play and is a +26 on the season.