Leafs set painful franchise record in OT win over Lightning

The Toronto Maple Leafs earned an enormous 4-3 overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night — and they also set a franchise record in the process.“Maple Leafs set a single-game franchise record with 33 blocked shots,” confirmed Sportsnet Stats shortly after the triumph.Morgan Rielly led the charge with an eye-opening seven blocks, while Chris Tanev and Scott Laughton compiled five each. Matthew Knies, who scored a hat trick in the victory — including the game-winner — did his part defensively with six blocks of his own.While the blocks record is impressive work by Toronto, they'll be more pleased by the scoreboard result. The Leafs now have a three-point lead on the Lightning at the top of the Atlantic Division with four games left in each team's regular-season.“It's huge for us. Especially after last night, we really weren't at our best,” said goaltender Anthony Stolarz, who made 25 saves, per NHL.com's Corey Long. “I think tonight you could see the intensity, you...