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Alex Killorn broke a tie midway through the third period and the Tampa Bay Lightning scored the final four goals to rally past the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh and Nikita Kucherov also scored as Tampa Bay reached 50 wins for the second time in franchise history. Yanni Gourde had two assists for the Atlantic Division leaders, who moved five points ahead of second-place Boston for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves and set a Lightning record with his 41st victory of the season.

Killorn took a pass from rookie Tony Cirelli and fired in a shot from the slot at 9:14 of the third to put the Lightning ahead after they trailed 3-0 midway through the second period.

which fell to 28-2-2 when leading after two periods. Fredrik Andersen returned after missing two games with an upper-body injury and stopped 21 shots in the loss.,James van Riemsdyk scored twice for Toronto

who exited at 16:04 of the first after getting tangled up along the boards with Toronto forward Josh Leivo. Callahan left the ice favoring his right arm and shoulder area.,Authentic Martin Jones jersey,The Lightning played the final two periods without forward Ryan Callahan

the first at 15:06 of the first period during a delayed penalty call and his second 1:29 into the second while on a power play. Zach Hyman then took advantage of Tyler Johnson’s turnover in the Tampa Bay end before beating Vasilevskiy with a wrist shot at 15:41.,The Maple Leafs built a three-goal lead with the help of two from van Riemsdyk

Hedman answered for Tampa Bay with his 13th of the season 59 seconds later to cut into the lead heading to the third period.

Curtis McElhinney lives in a world where excuses are worthless and complaining won’t do him any favours. His role is clearly defined: be on the ice for practice early and stay late,Authentic Brent Burns jersey, go weeks between starts but perform as if you are playing regularly when you do play. Above all, support Frederik Andersen.

Since arriving in Toronto after being claimed off waivers from the Columbus Blue Jackets in Jan. 2017, McElhinney and Andersen have forged a strong relationship,adidas Alex Pietrangelo jersey, each understanding their role on the team. The Maple Leafs' approach to goaltending has been simple: Andersen always plays unless it's the second of back-to-back games and then McElhinney plays.

“The nice thing for him is it gives him one less thing to concern himself with and obviously I understand what my role is now. I’m not here to try to steal his job, it’s more a support thing,adidas Vladimir Tarasenko jersey,” McElhinney told Sporting News after practice on Tuesday.

but not the Maple Leafs. The role of the backup goaltender in Toronto is to support the starter. ,Some teams want competition among their goaltenders with the backup pushing the starter for more playing time

he’s played real well for us,adidas Jake Allen jersey,“Mac’s (McElhinney) a real good man,” coach Mike Babcock said. “We know who the starter is,adidas Carter Hutton jersey, we know what Mac’s job is and they do too. Just by being a good pro, a good person and knowing your job and supporting the starting goalie, he’s done a great job for us to say the least.”

Some goaltenders are more motivated when they know the backup is nipping at their heels for more playing time. Not Andersen.

In a conversation with Sporting News earlier in the season, the 28-year-old native of Herning, explained that he found it more tiring when he was breaking into the NHL with the Anaheim Ducks—playing less but battling for ice time against Jonas Hiller and John Gibson—than he does this season with a far heavier on-ice workload. , Denmark

Andersen works best when he knows where he stands, can anticipate when he is starting, Andersen thrives when he can simply focus on stopping the puck. , when he can practice and when he can rest. Rather than worrying about his job security

It can be a difficult dynamic to achieve amongst a goaltending tandem but McElhinney, now 34-years-old and in his tenth NHL season, it keeps him in the league. ,adidas Martin Jones jersey, has no intentions to wage a hostile takeover of the crease. He knows what he is and what is expected of him. He knows if he fulfills those responsibilities

“I’m just trying to support [Andersen] and if he needs anything from me then I’ll take care of that,adidas Brent Burns jersey,” said McElhinney. “It’s very clearly defined what our roles are and I think that makes it a little bit easier as well.”

Seated directly beside each other at both the practice rink and Air Canada Centre, it's evident the two goaltenders hold great respect for each other. There is not a hint of animosity between them.

Buffalo hasn't played since Saturday afternoon in a matinee against Vegas. Toronto,Authentic Alex Pietrangelo jersey, played on Wednesday evening and got into town early Thursday morning. , on the other hand

Despite their rest,Authentic Vladimir Tarasenko jersey, the Sabres fell behind 2-0 less than halfway through the first period while Toronto dominated play at both ends of the ice. When these two teams met 11 days ago, they never actually caught up. ,Authentic Jake Allen jersey, the Sabres start propelled them to a win. Replicating their start from last week would've gone a long way for the Sabres. Instead,Authentic Carter Hutton jersey, they played catch up all game. The only problem

It'd be fair to say Thursday wasn't Robin Lehner's best game. He by no means deserves all the blame but also could've bailed his team out early with a big save. Without a stick, there wasn't much Lehner could do on James van Riemsdyk's first goal of the evening from the side of the net. The shot clearly caught the Sabres' net-minder off guard.

Van Riemsdyk scored again moments later, Lehner had a good look at the shot and flat out got beat. , as the Sabres gave him all the time in the world to let off a perfect wrist-shot. Even with the poor defense

In the second period, the Maple Leafs quickly added onto their lead, sliding a perfect pass to Tyler Bozak who slammed home the goal., as a Connor Carrick floated a shot from the blue line past Lehner. It was tough to see if Lehner even saw the shot. As for the fourth goal, there was absolutely nothing Lehner could do. Once again van Riemsdyk made an awesome play

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