{allcanada} Balanced Lightning keep Maple Leafs from road win

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TAMPA -- Nikita Kucherov scored his 24th goal of the season, one of 10 Tampa Bay Lightning to get at least one point in a 4-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Amalie Arena on Thursday.

Ben Bishop made 25 saves, and Ryan Callahan, Vladislav Namestnikov and Alex Killorn scored for the Lightning (40-20-6), who are three points ahead of the Detroit Red Wings for second place in the Atlantic Division, having played four more games.

David Booth and Richard Panik scored for the Maple Leafs (26-34-5), who finished a four-game road trip 1-3-0. Toronto ended a 16-game road losing streak Tuesday with a 3-2 win at the Florida Panthers.

Kucherov gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead 4:25 into the first period when Tyler Johnson found him wide open at the right circle, where he sent a snap shot past Toronto goalie Jonathan Bernier. When Johnson skated into the zone, he attracted four Maple Leafs defenders, which left Kucherov open for the pass.

Callahan put the Lightning ahead 2-0 with his 21st goal of the season. He took a slap shot from the point that hit Eric Brewer's stick to bounce up and get past Bernier at 15:17 of the first.

Toronto answered 6:48 into the second period when Booth completed a 2-on-1 with a shot past Bishop's glove side off an assist from Peter Holland.

Tampa Bay scored twice in the third period. Namestnikov, a call-up from the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League on Wednesday, scored when a slap shot from Andrej Sustr hit his skate and got past Bernier at 6:31.

Killorn made it 4-1 on a power-play goal when he received a nice pass from Steven Stamkos in front of the net and easily slid the puck past Bernier at 15:14. It was Stamkos' second assist.

The Maple Leafs scored with 2:18 left in the third period when a slap shot from Nazem Kadri hit Panik on the shoulder and bounced past Bishop.

Toronto did not score on a power play for the final 1:49.

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