John Tavares scored 4:36 into overtime Saturday night as the Toronto Maple Leafs broke a 19-year playoff series drought, beating the host Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
In the extra session, the captain cycled the puck around the offensive zone before spinning and firing a shot from the left circle that struck the left skate of Lightning defenseman Darren Raddysh.
By winning for the first time in its last nine playoff series, Toronto will move to the next round to face the winner of Sunday's Game 7 between the Florida Panthers and host Boston Bruins.The Leafs' triumph broke an 0 for 11 stretch in series-clinching matches. Across the scoreless first period, the match was evenly played during even-strength action, but the Lightning won the matchup of the special teams.
In the second period on a strong shift, Leafs defenseman TJ Brodie used fine stickwork at the blue line to keep a Lightning clearing attempt inside the offensive zone. He whipped a feed to Matthews, who one-timed home his fifth goal of the series at 13:47.
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