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TSN Toronto reporter Mark Masters checks in daily with news and notes on the Maple Leafs. The Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning skated at Scotiabank Arena ahead of Thursday's game. didn't just get the game winner against his former team in Long Island on Monday, he also made franchise history by notching his 46th goal – a new single-season high for a Maple Leafs centre.
"He’s brought to the Leafs what [Ryan] McDonagh’s brought to us," observed Lightning coach Jon Cooper. "They’ve had injuries, guys go down, and Tavares seems to be that stabilizing force."Tavares wasn't aware he made Leafs history That said, Tampa Bay has lost two of three games and getting back to their winning ways tonight is a motivating factor. The Lightning haven't lost three of four all season. , "you want to be feeling good about yourself individually and you want to be feeling good collectively as a team heading into the playoffs. We just want to get our compete level up. Once that gets to our standard, that's when the skillset takes over and we look forward to doing that tonight.
"It was tough," recalled Stamkos. "We thought we should’ve won that series, but it's a while ago now. Everyone talked about the lack of experience that we had in that series versus a Chicago team that had tons of experience. Well, our group has a lot of experience now so hopefully we can use that as an advantage."
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