At this point, it’s fair to wonder if Matthew Knies has a stake in ownership of the Tampa Bay Lightning —or something.

The dominance continues.

Knies potted his second career hat-trick – which included the OT winner – to propel the Leafs to a much-needed 4-3 win in Tampa on Wednesday night.

Obviously, that’s exactly where the conversation started to kick off the Thursday edition of Leafs Morning Take as Carter Hutton filled in for Jay Rosehill as co-host. On a daily basis, we’ve been tracking the standings, and they’re still so tight. That said, when it comes to the Atlantic Division crown, the Leafs control their own fate. With four games remaining, they’re three points up on Tampa and six on Florida. Toronto will host the red-hot Habs on Saturday night.

Brought to you by Sobeys, we recapped the big win in Tampa. Again, Knies was the big story. In nine career games against the Bolts, the winger now has 10 goals and 16 points. He’s become an auto-bet every time these two teams get together. In fact, 10 of his 44 career goals have come against. Wild stuff. After that, we broke down the goaltending as well. Anthony Stolarz came up HUGE. In the end, he managed to outduel a future Hall of Famer. For some reason, Toronto’s got the book on Andrei Vasilevskiy. They’ve scored four goals on him in four of their past five. That’s truly remarkable stuff. Lastly, we hit on the officiating. We’re still trying to figure out what Bobby McMann did to warrant the call there early in the third period.

Thanks to GRETA BAR YYZ, TSN Hockey Analyst Carlo Colaiacovo dropped by the show. We got his thoughts on Knies’ monster night and his crazy development this season. Additionally, we tackled the crease. Any way you slice it, there’s reason to be excited and optimistic about both Anthony Stolarz and Joseph Woll. That said, as Carlo brought up, Toronto’s postseason issue has been scoring in recent seasons, so we’ll see what they can bring to the table this spring.

Jay Rosehill will be back in the mix for the Friday edition of Leafs Morning Take. Join us at 11 AM ET for a full preview of Toronto’s back-to-back this weekend at home vs. Montreal and on the road in Carolina.

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