Paul, Lightning win Game 7, eliminate Maple Leafs

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueBienvenido a NHL.com, el sitio oficial de la National Hockey LeagueIn a 2-1 Game 7 win, Nick Paul scored both goals to lift the Lightning over the Leafs, as well as 30 saves from Andrei VasilevskiyTORONTO -- Nicholas Paul scored two goals for the Tampa Bay Lightning, who eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 2-1 win in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday.Tampa Bay, which forced Game 7 with a 4-3 overtime win in Game 6, will face the Florida Panthers in the second round."Growing up going to the Leafs games, even in the warmup they had the chants going, the electricity in this building was nuts, so to come in and work has hard as we did, there was no doubt in our game," said Paul, who is from Mississauga, Ontario, about 30 minutes west of Toronto. He was limited to 2:48 of ice time in a 5-2 win against the Dallas Stars in Game 3 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final due to a lower-body injury, scoring a goal on his third shift, but remained on the bench throughout the game."Listen, there is no worse feeling as a player than not being out there with the guys in games like this," Stamkos said. I'm getting sick and tired of dealing with this, so we've got to make sure we're ready for this upcoming season."Video: TBL@TOR, Gm7: Paul shoves in reboundPaul put the Lightning ahead 1-0 at 18:24 of the first period, getting to the rebound of Ross Colton's one-timer ahead of Rielly and knocking in the puck with his backhand.It was Paul's first Stanley Cup Playoff goal.The Maple Leafs thought they tied it 1-1 at 8:32 of the second period when John Tavares skated out from behind the net and scored from the slot, but Justin Holl had been called for interference on Anthony Cirelli, negating the goal.However, Rielly did tie it at 13:25 when he took a pass from Auston Matthews and shot glove side on Vasilevskiy from the right circle.Paul then made it 2-1 at 16:32.