Maple Leafs beat Lightning, take 3-2 lead in playoff series

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    Jason Spezza stood up in the Toronto locker room in the wake of another disastrous start.

    The veteran forward — potentially in the midst of a final Stanley Cup shot in his 19th NHL season — spoke about the margin for error getting smaller and smaller against two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay.

    Toronto desperately needed to pick it up. And the team's big guns delivered a gutsy effort.

    Auston Matthews scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:06 left in the third period and the Maple Leafs rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Lightning 4-3 on Tuesday night and take a 3-2 lead in the first-round playoff series.

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