Double Mikheev helped the “Toronto” to beat the “Tampa” and lead in the playoff series

MOSCOW, May 7. Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Players Beat Tampa Bay Lightning» in the third match of the series of the first round of the playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting, which took place in Tampa, ended with a score of 5:2 (2:0, 1:1, 2:1) in favor of the guests. As part of the winners, Russian forward Ilya Mikheev scored a double (59th and 60th minutes), Morgan Reilly (5), Colin Blackwell (10) and David Kempf (26) also scored goals. Ross Colton (32) and Ondrej Palat (46) scored goals at Tampa. Toronto's Russian defender Ilya Lyubushkin scored an assist. Forward “Tampa” Nikita Kucherov scored one shot on target and scored no points. Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev chalked up one assist. Lightning goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky saved 31 shots out of 34. The score in the best-of-four series was 2-1 in favor of Toronto. The next match will take place on the night of May 9 Moscow time in Tampa.