The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Montreal Canadiens after Nicholas Paul scored two goals in the Lightning's 5-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Toronto Maple Leafs held off the Tampa Bay Lightning, notching a big 5-3 win on Monday Night at Scotiabank Arena. Matthew Knies scored twice for the Leafs, setting a career-high in goals with 18.

This pair served as the shutdown group, seeing plenty of the Lightning’s top line and keeping them off the board. Both Ekman-Larsson and Tanev did a good job winning puck battles in their own zone and transitioning the puck up the ice.

Matthew Knies has two goals and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs held off a late Tampa Bay Lightning rally to take home a 5-3 victory. The Leafs jumped out to a two-goal behind Auston Matthews’s first-period goal and William Nylander’s second-period goal.

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Auston Matthews, with a goal and an assist, and William Nylander also scored for Toronto in the 5-3 win on Monday night.

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TORONTO -- Auston Matthews scored for the fourth straight game and had an assist for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-3 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Scotiabank Arena on Monday. The goal was Matthews’ eighth in nine games since his return after missing the previous six because of an upper-body injury.