Tampa: Alex Killorn broke a tie midway through the third period with the Tampa Bay Lightning scoring the final four goals to rally past the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh and Nikita Kucherov also scored as Tampa Bay reached 50 wins for the second time in franchise history. Yanni Gourde had two assists for the Atlantic Division leaders, who moved five points ahead of second-place Boston for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves and set a Lightning record with his 41st victory of the season.
James van Riemsdyk scored twice for Toronto, who fell to 28-2-2 despite leading after two periods. Fredrik Andersen returned after missing two games with an upper-body injury and stopped 21 shots.
The Lightning played the final two periods without forward Ryan Callahan, who exited at 16:04 of the first.
