NHL Highlights | Lightning vs. Maple Leafs - April 3, 2024

Nikita Kucherov added three assists to his season tally, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves on the night, and the Tampa Bay Lightning cruised to a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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00:00:04 - 1st Regulation Period
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00:07:04 - 3rd Regulation Period

[@bigchun420]

Watching these highlights instead of actually watching the Leafs game has been the best decision on time management I've ever made

[@JDH_MUSIC]

I agree lol I got time for playoffs, but not the season

[@dadou193]

Also watching highlights regularly. It's convenient when you are abroad and can't catch games... of just when Leafs have a bad game, at least you just wasted 10 minutes on a highlight versus 2-3 hours on a full game

[@jeffreyadams648]

I’m in Italy and only watch the highlights. After the first few minutes you can pretty much work out if the leafs are motivated or not. Not tonight.

[@glenncurley680]

Same!

[@paulfreedom4613]

Most games are quite boring. Even as an Avs fan.

[@August-ri6my]

Vasilevskiy is so back 🎉

[@frozenpoopy]

It's amazing how people thought he wouldn't be. He had back surgery after playing 3 finals and a 1st round in a row lol. He just needed to get some time in.

[@user-ci4si1sc4r]

Kuch' second assist is genious

[@JHockeyFan]

Makeup for when they gave Raddysh an assist against the Flyers when Kucherov clearly made the outlet pass

[@Descan26]

You can tell that vasi is getting back to 100% with the way he his moving around the crease.

[@johnshields6852]

Kuch is the most clever biscuit handler in the league, the way he moves on the ice, no wasted movements, great anticipation of the puck, the bolts are still a very dangerous team, with Vasi backstopping. Tough out.

[@tomtalley2192]

Perfect Leaf game, Mathews scores, and a loss. Leaves in playoff mode.

[@tonyg490]

I know the voters already decided McKinnon is getting the Hart but anybody that watches hockey knows Kucherov if the Most Valuable Player to his team. Without him the Lightning would be drafting in the top 10.

[@MikeHarvey-ol7xr]

It's been turned into a lifetime achievement award for Mac's sake. 🙄

[@manicmike333]

Just like when Fluery won the Vezina, when Vasy had the better numbers.

[@GWh135]

You are right but I wanted to point out that we don’t have a 1st round pick this year anyway

[@pavelryzhikov8079]

Not Lightning but Chicago) It would be the best scenario for Blackhawks)))

[@tonyg490]

@@GWh135 I'm fairly certain we do(or did) if we were bad enough. Its top 10 protected.

[@benvasilinda9729]

Vasy and team looked amazing this game. Best Vasy has looked since his injury. We could squeeze out another cup win this year.

[@TrapZoneCanine]

3:42 Leaving one of the Bolts top scorers all alone in front of the net…hmm. 🙈

[@EweCantHandletheTruth]

Why would they cover him? He only has 43 goals this year.😂

[@user-pf6to9du3q]

It's toronto😂

[@markusplotz2259]

That second Kuch assists. Jeeeeez

[@mrkman62]

Knocking the helmet off Reaves was a big mistake because Reaves head is harder than any helmet.

[@davidfoster3427]

that right hook to the ear at the end was massive

[@russell-di8js]

His coup d' grace was a Zzzzinger, put that dude on his ar$e!!

[@angularangular750]

Big blow to the head blowing out the helmet... Stop your bs Yo'

[@joeyzari]

Why do guys with visors even fight if they don't take their helmets off. You can really mess your hand up by hitting that thing the wrong way.

[@user-yh6oy4qg5p]

you know that HOW? oh your just a kid who thinks he knows something lol you can break a hand on a helmut sonnie~

[@user-de2mj3vu4x]

Всех с победой, Василевский сыграл шикарно, Кучеров продолжает радовать.

[@leevijernstrom5178]

That place is SO QUIET??!!

[@guyh.4121]

Losing does that.

[@davidly4083]

The crowd at SBA is horrible. I was at the Leafs vs Panthers G1 for last year's playoffs and the energy just died after the first 10 minutes. A home playoff game in the 2nd round. Unbelievable

[@wildbill562]

I prefer the Tampa Bay announcers on Bally Sports. Good game for the Lightning.

[@archeredutainment8453]

There was an ad recently asking what city should be the next to get an NHL team? I dunno know about you, but, I think Toronto should be next.

[@whoami9099]

Tampa should try taking the 3rd place in the division. If Vasy is in a good shape, they can make noise in the playoffs

[@joelreyes978]

good luck against the panthers lol

[@tinyrick1853]

@@joelreyes978 the Bruins got beat by a 8th seed team anything can happen

[@GWh135]

@@joelreyes978 The Panthers have lost 8 of their last 10 games lmao

[@TROYBALLER]

Bruins v Tampa Bay Lightning. Pencil ✏️ it in

[@chelious1973]

@@joelreyes978Tampa beat them last time. I would take Tampa over any team in the East right now. They look like they did when they won back to back cups. They would destroy the panthers right now.

[@olegmorkel2931]

Я так понимаю, тампа хочет нас дальше порадовать 💌💯😁

[@jeraxe2431]

Порадует. Обос.ется против Монреаля. Сколько смотрю за ними и скажу, что очень нестабильно играют) Это против Торонто они играли как игру жизни)

[@srhawk454]

Get Sammy back in the net.

[@STNeish]

What a surprise. Reilly comes back, and the team goes back to vaporous defense. First goal, guy standing all alone in front of Woll, screening him. Second goal, guy standing all alone in front of Woll, takes the pass and scores. Third goal, brutal 2 on 1... but Woll needed to get that one. Woll later redeems himself making a save on a pass across while the WHOLE TEAM tries to check one guy on one side of the ice, followed by another similar chance a bit later. Third period saw MORE vapour, and a Kucherov breakaway. Woll held them in it, but let in another weak one on ANOTHER 2 on 1. Just not acceptable, the defense just wasn't even there tonight. Woll did all he could, but he wasn't getting any help.

[@Tomn8er]

Yeah I'm beginning to think Reilly is a liability, not an asset to this team. They almost always seem to play better defensively without him.

[@jaredthebeau4038]

what do you want from woll he was being lit up the whole game dude.

[@MrLovingUs]

vassy tested out the russian gas before the playoffs, hes back

[@Smf7161]

Tampa was the better team tonight! The Leafs defensive coverage was poor and goaltending not good enough? Sammy is your starter when the playoffs begin. The best part of the game was #34 getting his 63 goal and Reavo taking care of Jeannot!

[@Tiglath-PileserXIX]

Leafs' Defense and Goaltending? What else is new? I bet Matthews will get his 70 goals, and the Leafs will have a first round exit, if they make the playoffs.

[@LizardSkin]

Reaves got a quick shot in after jeannot adjusted his helmet. Nothing to write home about.

[@guyh.4121]

When have you ever seen the Leafs with great or even good D coverage? I haven’t in at least 2 decades.

[@user-bu2zs2xl9n]

спокойная красивая победа молний!так и должно быть всегда!

[@wildkamchatka102]

Kucherov +2?😊

[@prbnsk]

+3

[@user-cj6gp4tn4j]

+3

[@jeraxe2431]

Как же тебе не плевать , сколько Кучеров забил.

[@wildkamchatka102]

@@jeraxe2431 не плевать

[@chriss2412]

Great job on the highlight package, nice mix of goals, saves and the huge Reaves fight… sometimes the fights are left out and it’s a bummer.

[@phils6733]

Lightning still a solid team, kucherov complains about everything though 😂 someone’s gotta lay that little guy out, he’s too good.

[@Tiglath-PileserXIX]

Not a fan of the Bolts but you got to admit that they are a well balanced Team. They have Vassy on net, Hedman on D and a plethora of forwards that are on par with the Leafs' forwards. They are what the Leafs would be if they have a Generational Goalie and a stud defenceman.

[@ComeOnPeopleThink]

Matthews scored does anything else matter..

[@pistonsfansadly1996]

GG Lightning ⚡️

[@kudryavyi_tamada]

Неужели, Тампа выиграла листьев, ошалеть. С победой! Вася на месте 🔥

[@bobdobalini]

Domination

[@russell-di8js]

$25 H/hr & $40 1hr; whip or paddle? choice is urs

[@bobdobalini]

@@russell-di8jsthe Leafs got all of it.

[@russell-di8js]

They'll certainly get spanked in the play-offs!!@@bobdobalini

[@user-jc3gm9qu6m]

I think dominion is us smacking you guys 90% of the time

[@Itz_anarchy-_-]

@@user-jc3gm9qu6mare u mad u lost?

[@bilalaftab1699]

7:20 - I like how both players were waiting for the other one to throw the first hand as if it was the starting of a fight in UFC.

[@ecinaz]

Both excellent teams.

[@ItWas3-1]

Bolts are still the bolts come playoffs 🤷‍♂️

[@user-cq2dj3xl6v]

Ain't winning the cup

[@andygoodman6978]

Between Kuch and Vasy, I'm not so sure I'd be all that confident of that! @@user-cq2dj3xl6v

[@chelious1973]

They could. With Kuch and Vasy anything is possible.

[@user-cq2dj3xl6v]

@@chelious1973 lost to avalanche in 6 games

[@JohnSmith-cw9wl]

@@user-cq2dj3xl6vdo you even know what happened the 2 years in a row before that? 🤡😂🤡

[@gslinger93]

Duclair was the perfect pick up

[@christophertote8912]

In the USA if you have Spectrum services, you get a banner running along the ice non-stop, except for ads, for the entire game(s) informing you that there’s a baseball game moved to another channel. Thanks for nothing, Spectrum’s NHL package. EVERY NHL game?! The entirety of the broadcast! I’m really appalled with how the provider can disrupt the broadcast and paying customers. Their NHL Center Ice package is different from other satellite companies and not enhancing my experience watching a game! Nancy Kerrigan cry…” WHY? Why now?” I LOVE HOCKEY!!! Toter

[@bradmelnyk3994]

Watch it on ballys sports with your spectrum login to tie the account to

[@JDH_MUSIC]

All the top Canadian teams collapsing before the playoffs, sad

[@CoasterCheetah]

they are all frauds

[@Afterlife7377]

Québéc is coming on strong

[@mad_maks_89rus83]

Не только в КХЛ судьи бывают балбесы: Куч правильно возмущался - по рукам был откровенный удар, !!!НО!!! Ку- - могуч!). Обороны у Тампы как не было, так и нет. Вася красавчик - тащил как не в себя, но все равно сезон выдает нестабильный (я все же грешу на операцию в начале сезона).

[@user-qj1rh6yd4p]

Какой удар? Он что, девочка? Устроили из хоккея балет.

[@icestorm8063]

А если тебя такого имбецила взять по кумпалу отоварить, ты тоже не будешь возмущаться? Ты же не девочка, правильно? Логика недалекого.

[@mosinc7388]

Let's go Bolts!

[@pierresoorden5975]

Unbelievable, wait until the 2nd to last game of the season

[@dev...5150]

Just what was needed winning 4-1 in regulation... Let's Go⚡Bolts...

[@dolandarkxgrandayy6953]

Anyone with eyes knows that Reaves won that fight

[@masift1494]

If he played hockey as well as he fights, maybe the leafs could've won

[@brandynmokry2258]

Reaves can win the fight, more importantly Bolts won the game ⚡

[@chelious1973]

Not really. It was preety even. Knocked his helmut off with a punch to the face. Reeves landed the last shot though.

[@user-rs8gz9us1g]

True !

[@Smf7161]

Jeannot wanted too dance and Reavo answered the bell, with a KO! The Florida GOONS, take note!

[@douglarochelle2620]

Why exactly is Brodie in the lineup? I'm not really seeing the upside. For every 1 decent play he makes, he's on the ice for 3 or more goals against. Not very good math.

[@FloridaHockeyFan]

Tampa with the dub and Toronto wondering how they’re about to be a wildcard team.

[@dolandarkxgrandayy6953]

Tampa ain't beating The Bruins in round one.

[@shoresy4084]

@@dolandarkxgrandayy6953 anybody can beat the bruins in round one, except for the leafs.

[@GWh135]

@@dolandarkxgrandayy6953The Lightning beat Boston in 3 out of 4 games this year.

[@FloridaHockeyFan]

@@dolandarkxgrandayy6953 Tampa has had bostons number for years. Tampa absolutely dominated them a few games ago.

[@CoasterCheetah]

@@dolandarkxgrandayy6953 Tampa owns the Bruins

[@timdumoulin2576]

This Leaf's team can beat any other team in the NHL WHEN, they decide to play a full 60 minutes with grit and determination. Sadly that only happens randomly. They don't have consistency in their game. They will be lucky to make the 2nd round.

[@alexwhite5258]

Уверен, что в плей-офф Пойнт и Негр будут рвать, а дирижировать этим всем будет конечно же Никита

[@user-ut7qe8bf1n]

😊Дюклер,попуас это ты

[@quonslecn7755]

The Leafs are in playoff form!

[@CoasterCheetah]

bro what

[@spencerwhite1321]

Why are these videos always uploaded in 720p? It's not 2012

[@ipmangaming187]

I was at the bank & those fans got real quiet lol

[@Declanhockey274]

I was at the game it was horrible 😢😢

[@user-pf6to9du3q]

It was good performance from Kuch😂

[@Jinjee_YamYam]

Our Tampa is becoming a playoff threat to top tiers !

[@Larryake]

Keefe! Defense man! Where is it???

[@Tiglath-PileserXIX]

What Defense? Leafs have had no defense in the last 10 years ...

[@SAMSAKALAMOKA]

Amazing defensive skills CLUNKER LOL stood there like a tree.

[@user-rk4pr6sb7b]

Reaves trying to rally the leafs,sad and no effort what's so ever

[@Afterlife7377]

Bolt of energy, no pun

[@prbnsk]

Ну можно сказать, что Тампа 99% уже в плей-офф

[@shoresy4084]

A preview of the leafs first round VS Boston, Florida or Tampa.

[@GWh135]

They’re screwed no matter what.

[@Tiglath-PileserXIX]

Its safe to say that the Maple Leafs have taken their golf clubs out of the winter storage already.

[@CoasterCheetah]

first round exit no matter what

[@user-jc3gm9qu6m]

You said this last year give it up

[@arnoldboston392]

no goalie = no cup

[@Afterlife7377]

Mike Liut

[@arnoldboston392]

@@Afterlife7377 Michael Dennis Liut was a world class goalie

[@Afterlife7377]

@@arnoldboston392 spell his name correctly please

[@pierresoorden5975]

Samsonov

[@arnoldboston392]

@@pierresoorden5975 i meant a good nhl goalie, not a samsonov minor league goalie at best.

[@FlightdeckJohnny]

Who is the goalie trainer for Toronto? 😅

[@SS-iv7wv]

Toronto has no d or goaltending, I don't care if they had Gretzky, Lemiuex and Matthews they wouldn't get far with Woll or Samsonov in the nets. They're just not a good team. Sorry Leafs, I see a quick exit from round 1 again.

[@dolandarkxgrandayy6953]

Mathews 63 only furthers the gap between him and Hyman. Lol at all the people who thought Hyman would pass him.

[@russell-di8js]

And neither will have a pal named Stanley come mid-summer!! so where exactly is ur sauce?

[@mosinc7388]

I hope he goes to Arizona and wins a cup. Canada would take to the streets.

[@user-ok9zf3ol2x]

Ай хорошо

[@arcticgriz20]

Just wondering when the actual team logos will be put back on players helmets? Sponsor logos look bad

[@shug2795]

Leafs were marginally the better team tonight however they have to resolve the Vasilevsky puzzle. He better STAY "back" for the play-offs or the Bolts are gone first round.

[@konstantindonskoy462]

let's go bolts!

[@bens.7523]

Attention Leafs haters! Get a hobby. The sky is not falling and we are NOT going to win every game. No team EVER does. The Leafs live rent-free in your heads, so you're DETERMINED to grasp at straws to say how the Leafs suck because you're scared of us. We see you, and we're coming for you!

[@MFHenryGFYSDuong]

fuMF, talking to yourself when looking at the mirror. pathetic disgusting & disgraceful Maple Queefs fan 1967

[@JB0i]

Just another poor effort from Toronto. Unless they end up being one of those teams that all around becomes a different looking team in the playoffs, they’re done.

[@shoresy4084]

You finally see it now eh?

[@JB0i]

@@shoresy4084 I always did. I was just having a little bit of _hope._

[@FUmfKOODA]

It's ok. Don't cry ​@@JB0i I am glad you finally wake up

[@JB0i]

@@FUmfKOODA not crying. Still gonna cheer for the leafs bro, I don’t care if they have no chance this year.

[@FUmfKOODA]

@@JB0i good job. Just like my team bottom out 3 years. I never missed a game. Not even a period. Too bad the Maple Queefs is so SAD since 1967. It's so much FUN even CN tower turned to the Habs color when they went to the final in 2021. I can only imagine if the Maple Queefs is in the final. I guess in reality it never gonna happen.

[@guyh.4121]

Reilly back, cue the Defensive Miscue Brigade.

[@MicoV94]

Nikita Kucherov and the Tampa Bay Lightning win over Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 in their Atlantic Division matchup 🏒🔵⚪⚡ Tampa Bay Lightning went up to 42-26-7, while the Toronto Maple Leafs dropped to 43-23-4

[@TheHilltopPillbox]

It's uncanny how often both the Leafs and Oilers lose on the same night...or win on the same night. Weird.

[@zppv5981]

Sammy is definitely the starter choice. Poor performance by the Leafs here. Oh well, move on to the next one. Bolts played great! GG 👍 .. Jeez people take one win or loss too seriously. It’s hockey. There’s always going to be great games and bad games

[@tiogoala7654]

WELCOME BACK RIELLY! The losing is mostly with you.

[@CuddlyViv]

people thought the lightning’s window was closed, they were dead wrong

[@phils6733]

82 games is wayyy too many, I’m sure all players just wanna start the playoffs. Tampa is a good team and want way more to beat the leafs than Toronto wants to beat them…all excluding reeves, reeves just wants and beats the heck out of everyone 👍

[@LizardSkin]

Reeves is useless. Being a goon in todays NHL is just giving both teams a chance to take a breath and drink some fluids between goals being scored. Bolts tonight watching reeves win the fight: Oh no..anyway.

[@CoasterCheetah]

its not too many at all. If a team can't handle it then get better

[@briandufoe3719]

Woll did not look good.

[@paulthompson8793]

No idea why Keefe started him, horrible choice, the guy lets in so many soft goals.

[@Tiglath-PileserXIX]

@@paulthompson8793 Garret Sparks 2.0.

[@user-ef2or3uj9t]

Таварес ты был каким, стал каким?! Эх ни одного хорошего гола не забил. Зарплата твоя ещё хорошая. Если есть совесть уходи сам

[@toke7342]

It's possible that Connor will reach 100 assists this week...

[@user-ke5bw8dg8i]

usually the SN commentators are pros. these guys were such homers. when kuch gets slashed on the break away they show the replay 4 times and no . . . no . . nobody even comments on the slash. SHAME!

[@jefflarson1652]

He hit his stick. This happens a thousand times a game. Quit your whining.

[@zppv5981]

Stick tap 😂 Bolts just preparing to complain to the refs in playoffs for phantom calls and garbage takes

[@Mike_Fahmy]

Rielly comes back and the Leafs lose, Coincidence?

[@andyashcroft9316]

no, he's a CANCER!! when they win, it's not because of him, it's in spite of him!

[@user-yh6oy4qg5p]

outplayed tonight lost their spark-really nice goals all of them-Woll needs a new jock strap =)

[@sabbya5655]

TB GETS KNOCKED OUT ANYWAYS 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@aaronbenson4501]

Well the boys deserves the loss, giving the puck away, passing the puck to the other team, breakaways, odd man rushes, yea it's playoff time again ffs

[@samphilips2029]

В плей офф они сыграют между собой 😣

[@nigelhoppie6360]

Attention NHL goaltenders if you go down before the shots are taken it's probably going to go in the net how can you tell where the shots going if you're on your knee

[@user-nw9fe9sq3l]

На каждого матеуса и ньюландера всегда найдётся свой стемкос и кучеров. В гульбарии решили дать Самсону выходной, но забыли что на нём вся оборона держится, и результат предсказуем.

[@zakirassta2859]

BOLTSSS

[@user-jg7ni3lx8b]

TAMPAX!😀😁😂🤣

[@user-pf6to9du3q]

Хоть Ривс не подвёл, в отличчи от Фредди Меркьюри😂

[@sabbya5655]

TB LIGHTNING GOING DOWN ON FIRST ROUND LIKE THEY DID 2 YEARS AGO!!!

[@GWh135]

Tampa was in the Stanley Cup Final 2 years ago dummy.

[@benvasilinda9729]

Or winning more Stanley Cups like we have been. Three so far and two were back to back. Hottest team in Hockey the last decade.

[@urbanoutdoorsman5654]

This proves that the Leafs can’t compete

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

What? 1 game they played bad chill first time we lost to bolts this season

[@ultimatebasses]

The Make Beliefs are doomed if they play Tampa, Boston or Florida in the first round. The curse of Harold Ballard lives on. 🙄

[@samphilips2029]

Если бы не болтавшийся шлем на голове Жено убил бы Риввза😼

[@jamesgoudreau1940]

I liked it better when guys just fought, now they have the theatrics and drama.

[@tylerfortin3239]

I'm having a really hard time with our Bluelime with vs without rielly

[@GdF420]

Understatement of the last 10 years

[@jeffreycairns767]

Reilly hasn't been great but Brodie is the number 1 issue, as far as players

[@FUmfKOODA]

​@@jeffreycairns767 fuMF*_BACK TALKER_* Talk behind ppl back 😂😂😂😂

[@treasureon2512]

Riley = Albatross

[@DavidDolus]

Leafs did not convert their dominance in first half and Woll was totall crap in this one. 3 goals on 13 shots thats beer league.

[@jeffreyadams648]

What bad players are 44 and 78. They panic, they haven’t a clue about keeping the puck out of danger, not do they understand their position on the ice. We’d be better off without them.

[@DirtyMikeTM]

Woll played so poorly. The defense was no where to be found. Where are the Leaf goal scorers? Pathewtic game, when the team only has Matthews scoring.

[@Tiglath-PileserXIX]

Woll is the next coming of Garret Sparks and James Reimer, at best.

[@pererajulian]

Guy Boucher needs to get fired into the sun after this season, specialty teams are destroying any chance the Leafs have in the post season. First round exit incoming, just may not be a sweep

[@mosinc7388]

Shame these refs have no respect for Kuch. Number one bullshit.

[@GdF420]

Now that is what we call Déjà Vu

[@jeffreycairns767]

What? You mean Deja Vu like when the Leafs won several times against team or when they won the series last year? Yeah, that's what I thought

[@FUmfKOODA]

​@@jeffreycairns767 I mean IFYM, MF pathetic Maple Queefs fan. 1967😂😂😂😂😂

[@Bmwjonte]

stop playing Nylander in box-play. you could see that he dosent have the energy to be creative in the 5vs5 then!

[@user-ty5md6kj6p]

Leafs needed to lose. It gives the media in Toronto a full day's worth of complaining. FTL.

[@russell-di8js]

Sweet & acidic= i bloody luv it, I does!!

[@samphilips2029]

We want Tampa, we want Tampa 🤣