<p>@Mitch Marner&#8217;s playoff curse has finally been lifted.</p>
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<p>The 24-year-old forward scored his first playoff goal since Game 1 against the Boston Bruins in 2019 to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4–0 lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday.</p>
<p>Marner received a pass from @Morgan Rielly coming through the slot and made a slick move to fool Lightning goaltender @Andrei Vasilevskiy before sliding the puck into the gaping cage.</p>
<p>Rielly and @Auston Matthews picked up the helpers on Marner&#8217;s first playoff goal in 18 games, which put the Leafs up by four at the 16:39 mark of the second period of Game 1.</p>
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<p>&mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href="https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1521296235130466305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>@Jake Muzzin, Matthews, David Kämpf, and Marner have the goals as the Leafs lead the Lightning 4–0 after two periods at Scotiabank Arena.</p>
<p>Game 1 of this Leafs/Lightning series marks <a href="https://twitter.com/SNstats/status/1521297949904543745?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet">the first time </a><em><a href="https://twitter.com/SNstats/status/1521297949904543745?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet">ever</a> </em>that Matthews and Marner have scored in the same playoff contest. Matthews and Marner each have two points through the first 40 minutes of play in Toronto.</p>
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@Mitch Marner's playoff curse has finally been lifted.



The 24-year-old forward scored his first playoff goal since Game 1 against the Boston Bruins in 2019 to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4–0 lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday.

Marner received a pass from @Morgan Rielly coming through the slot and made a slick move to fool Lightning goaltender @Andrei Vasilevskiy before sliding the puck into the gaping cage.

Rielly and @Auston Matthews picked up the helpers on Marner's first playoff goal in 18 games, which put the Leafs up by four at the 16:39 mark of the second period of Game 1.

https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1521296235130466305

@Jake Muzzin, Matthews, David Kämpf, and Marner have the goals as the Leafs lead the Lightning 4–0 after two periods at Scotiabank Arena.

Game 1 of this Leafs/Lightning series marks <a href="https://twitter.com/SNstats/status/1521297949904543745?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet">the first time </a><em><a href="https://twitter.com/SNstats/status/1521297949904543745?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet">ever</a> </em>that Matthews and Marner have scored in the same playoff contest. Matthews and Marner each have two points through the first 40 minutes of play in Toronto.

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