Rielly's OT winner gives Maple Leafs series lead over Lightning

Morgan Rielly scored at 19:15 of overtime and Ilya Samsonov made 36 saves as the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs came back from a goal down late in the third period Saturday to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 and take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

The defenceman fired a shot from the side boards that floated past the ear of Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevsky before getting mobbed by teammates.

Brandon Hagel, with a goal and an assist, Anthony Cirelli and Darryn Raddysh replied for Tampa, which got 24 stops from Vasilevskiy.

Game 4 of the best-of-seven matchup goes Monday back at Amalie Arena.

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Lighting defenceman Victor Hedman returned to the lineup after sitting out Game 2 with an undisclosed injury.

Toronto fell to the Lightning in a tight, seven-game series last spring at the same stage of the playoffs.

The teams traded blowout victories to the open the series — the Lightning thumped the Leafs 7-3 in the opener before Toronto responded with an equally emphatic 7-2 triumph in Game 2 to set the stage for a tightly contested affair.

Tied 2-2 after Saturday's opening 20 minutes, Raddysh scored his first career playoff goal at 13:34 of the second. The defenceman took a pass at the point and wheel down the boards and around Samsonov's net — fighting off both Matthew Knies and Jake McCabe in the process — before firing upstairs.

Injured in Game 7 of last year's series, Point left later in the period after going shoulder-to-shoulder with Rielly and crashing into the boards.

Tampa's 51-goal man tried to get up, but crumpled to the ice before heading to the locker room as players on both sides dropped the gloves, including a chaotic fight between