Up front, William Nylander leads the Maple Leafs in scoring with 54 points (18G, 36A). Fresh off captaining the United States to a gold medal, Auston Matthew ranks second with 49 points (26G, 23A). Tied for third, Tavares and Knies have each racked up 48 points.

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Maple Leafs take on the Florida Panthers in Atlantic Division action on Thursday. Florida is 6-9-1 against the Atlantic Division and 29-25-3 overall. The Panthers have committed 286 total penalties (five per game) to lead the league.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk is ready to go back to work. That doesn't mean he's ready to stop celebrating Olympic gold.

The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrated their Olympians during their first game back, but also gave a shoutout to Auston Matthews.

Not even a pair of overturned goals could stop the Tampa Bay Lightning from treating fans to a victory in their return from the Olympic break on Wednesday. The Lightning defeated an Atlantic Division opponent in the Toronto Maple Leafs by a 4-2 score at Benchmark International Arena to extend their win streak to six games.

The Leafs remain six points out of the final wild-card spot with one fewer game to make up ground after a 4-2 loss to Tampa Bay.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov scored to give him his ninth 30-goal season and added two assists for 701 in his career and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory.

The newest round of Toronto Maple Leafs rumors suggest that the team's strategy could come down to one particular thing.

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning meet Wednesday at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Florida. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET.