🍁 Away Maple Leafs 20-12-6 before this game

3–2

Final

⚡ Home Lightning 14-17-5 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	2	1	0	3
TBL	0	1	1	2

Maple Leafs at Lightning

Maple Leafs beat Lightning 3–2 at AMALIE Arena on December 31, 2000.

🗓 Sun, Dec 31, 2000 · 18:30 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🍁 TOR

Nik Antropov

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 15:19 TOI · +2

2nd star 🍁 TOR

Bryan McCabe

1 G

4 shots · 24:02 TOI

3rd star 🍁 TOR

Darcy Tucker

1 G

3 shots · 18:01 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🍁 Bryan McCabe PP Go-ahead 1st · 14:31

Assists: Gary Roberts, Jonas Hoglund · beat Kevin Weekes

1–0

🍁 Darcy Tucker 1st · 17:08

Assists: Nik Antropov · beat Kevin Weekes

2–0

2nd period

⚡ Brad Richards PP 2nd · 07:55

Assists: Freddy Modin, Vincent Lecavalier · beat Curtis Joseph

2–1

🍁 Nik Antropov 2nd · 19:49

Unassisted · beat Kevin Weekes

3–1

3rd period

⚡ Ryan Johnson 3rd · 17:12

Assists: Paul Mara, Andrei Zyuzin · beat Curtis Joseph

3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR TBL⚡

35 Shots on goal 24

1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

18 Hits 21

8 Blocked shots 8

6 Takeaways 3

9 Giveaways 19

11 Penalty minutes 7

TOR shooting 8.6% (3/35) TBL shooting 8.3% (2/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Curtis Joseph

22/24

.917 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚡Lightning

Kevin Weekes

31/34

.912 SV% · 3 GA · 58:47 TOI

Dan Cloutier Shutout

1/1

1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 00:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Lightning

Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–1

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Lightning

Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Corson · Roberts · Tucker 17:51

L2 Sundin · Antropov · Hoglund 16:19

L3 Berezin · Korolev · Perreault 13:10

L4 Valk · Mair · Domi 11:35

D1 McCabe · Kaberle 23:38

D2 Yushkevich · Cross 20:30

D3 Manson · Markov 15:24

⚡Lightning

L1 Lecavalier · Richards · Johnson 24:16

L2 Modin · Warriner · St. Louis 17:16

L3 Johnson · Primeau · Kharitonov 12:17

L4 Freadrich · Holzinger · Keefe 8:58

D1 Zyuzin · Mara 21:42

D2 Sarich · Galanov 18:27

D3 Gusev · Cullimore 16:14

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

Nov 17, 2000

⚡TBL @ 🍁TOR

2–2 (OT) · Lightning won

Apr 8, 2000

⚡TBL @ 🍁TOR

2–4 · Maple Leafs won

Feb 1, 2000

🍁TOR @ ⚡TBL

5–3 · Maple Leafs won

Dec 21, 1999

🍁TOR @ ⚡TBL

4–2 · Maple Leafs won

Mar 9, 1999

⚡TBL @ 🍁TOR

1–6 · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs TBL, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Lightning on December 31, 2000?

Maple Leafs won 3–2.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Lightning?

The final score was Maple Leafs 3, Lightning 2.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Bryan McCabe, Darcy Tucker, Nik Antropov.

Who scored for Lightning?

Brad Richards, Ryan Johnson.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Kevin Weekes made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Lightning season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 30

⚡Lightning

Previous game · Dec 30

Also on December 31, 2000

Maple Leafs season page Lightning season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule