TORONTO — Little went right for the Tampa Bay Lightning Thursday night in Toronto, falling 7-2 in Game 2 of their opening round playoff series.

The Lightning will settle for a 1-1 series tie against the Leafs as they return to Amalie Arena for Game 3 Saturday.

John Tavares had his first playoff hat trick as the Leafs rebounded from a poor playoff start with the lopsided win.

Mitch Marner had two goals and an assist, William Nylander added a goal and an assist, and Zach Aston-Reese also scored for Toronto.

Ian Cole and Corey Perry scored for the Lightning, who were without injured defensemen Victor Hedman and Erik Cernak. Andrei Vasilevskiy, who has played every minute of Lightning postseason action since 2020, allowed seven goals on 37 shots.

Games 3 and 4 of the best-of-seven set are scheduled for Saturday and Monday.