MOSCOW, May 15. Tampa defeated Toronto in the seventh match series of the first round of the playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) and went to the second round of the Stanley Cup. The meeting, which took place in Toronto, ended with a score of 2:1 (1:0, 1:1, 0:0) in favor of the guests. As part of the winners, Nick Paul scored a double (19th and 37th minutes). Toronto scored Morgan Reilly (34). Russian Lightning goalkeeper Andrey Vasilevsky saved 30 shots out of 31. Tampa's forward Nikita Kucherov made two shots on target. Defender «lightning» Mikhail Sergachev made one power move. Forward “Toronto” Ilya Mikheev made two shots on target and spent two hits. Maple Leafs defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin hit three times. «mozallowfullscreen» allowfullscreen=»allowFullScreen» frameborder=»0″>Tampa is 4-3 in the best-of-four series to advance to the second round of the NHL Playoffs against the Florida Panthers «. Toronto has not been able to break the Stanley Cup first round barrier since 2004.
