MOSCOW, May 11. Tampa Bay Lightning hockey players lost to Toronto Maple Leafs» in the fifth match of the series of the first round of the playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting, which took place in Toronto, ended with a score of 4:3 (0:2, 1:0, 3:1) in favor of the owners of the site. The winners included John Tavares (24th), Morgan Reilly (44), William Nylander (45) and Auston Matthews (54). The Lightning scored goals from Steven Stamkos (6), Victor Hedman (7) and Ryan McDonagh (49). Tampa's Russian forward Nikita Kucherov scored two assists. The Lightning defender Mikhail Sergachev performed two power moves. Lightning goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky saved 21 shots out of 25. Maple Leafs forward Ilya Mikheev chalked up an assist, his teammate Ilya Lyubushkin scored two shots on target and three hits. 2 for Toronto. The sixth match will take place in Tampa on the night of May 13 Moscow time.
