Lightning 5, Maple Leafs 4 (OT)
TORONTO -- Center Vladislav Namestnikov scored in overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a comeback 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday.
It was the second win in a row for the Lightning (16-13-3) while the Maple Leafs (10-14-5) had won their two previous games.
Namestnikov skated down the left wing to score the winning goal at 2:01 of overtime. It was his sixth goal of the season.
Right winger Nikita Kucherov, defenseman Anton Stralman, right winger Mike Blunden and center Jonathan Marchessault also scored for Tampa Bay.
Center Tyler Bozak, left winger James Van Riemsdyk, defenseman Morgan Rielly and center Daniel Winnik scored for Toronto.
Maple Leafs goaltender Jonathan Bernier made 22 saves and Lightning goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots.
The Maple Leafs, who led 3-1 during the second period, took a 3-2 lead into the third.
Blunden tied the game for the Lightning at 5:56 of the third period with his first goal of the season, cutting in front of the goal from the left wing.
The Lightning took a 4-3 lead at 6:32 of the third on the fourth goal of the season by Marchessault.
Winnik tied the game for Toronto from the slot for his third goal of the season at 13:28 of the third.
Kucherov split the Leafs' defense and beat Bernier from close range at 2:59 of the first period for his 12th goal of the season.
The Maple Leafs tied the game at 10:40 of the first on the 100th career goal, and fifth of the season, by Bozak, who knocked in a rebound from a shot by Van Riemsdyk on a power play. Stralman was serving a minor penalty for delay of game.
Bozak set up Van Riemsdyk for his ninth goal of the season with a pass into the crease at 18:03 of the first period, and Toronto led 2-1. Right winger Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau picked up his second assist of the game.
The Lightning had a two-man advantage for 1:16 during the second period but could not score. Shortly after the second Maple Leafs penalty expired, Toronto took a 3-1 lead. Tampa Bay center Jonathan Marchessault broke his stick on a shot attempt that set up a Toronto two-on-one, and Rielly scored his fourth goal of the season at 11:34.
The Lightning pulled one back at 19:24 of the second when Stralman scored his third goal of the season on a shot from the slot.
NOTES: Toronto RW Joffrey Lupul (lower body) returned to the lineup after a five-game absence. ... Maple Leafs G Jonathan Bernier, who started Tuesday night, returned from a 10-day conditioning stint in the American Hockey League with the Toronto, where he posted three shutouts in four games. ... Tampa Bay C Tyler Johnson (undisclosed), LW Jonathan Drouin (lower body), LW Ondrej Palat (lower body), C Cedric Paquette (upper body) and RW Erik Condra (lower body) did not play Tuesday. ... Maple Leafs D Frank Corrado played his first game since being claimed from Vancouver on Oct. 6. ... The Lightning end a three-game trip when they visit the Washington Capitals on Friday. The Maple Leafs play their next game on Thursday at home against the San Jose Sharks.