ERIK KALLGREN

TORONTO — (AP) — Reilly Smith scored his second goal of the game 23 seconds into overtime and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 Tuesday night for their eighth straight win. Timothy Liljegren scored twice and Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist for Toronto, and Erik Kallgren made 16 saves. In the extra period, Smith took a breakaway pass from Shea Theodore and roofed a backhand on Kallgren for his seventh of the season. The Maple Leafs trailed 2-1 after 20 minutes, and Kallgren kept them within one in the second period with breakaway stops on Keegan Kolesar, William Carrier and Smith. However, after Liljegren's giveaway, Eichel scored his sixth to move the Golden Knights back ahead with 2:05 left in the opening period.

Corey Perry and Ondrej Palat also scored, and Brandon Hagel and Nikita Kucherov each had two assists for the Lightning. William Nylander scored twice and Jake Muzzin also had a goal for the Maple Leafs. Tampa Bay put the finishing touches on a dominant performance with empty-net goals by Palat and Colton in the final 5:20. They were all over the Maple Leafs from the start Sunday night, with Stamkos beating Campbell from just inside the blue line exactly one minute into the game. The Maple Leafs, meanwhile, were 0 for 2 in man-advantage situations before finally breaking through against Vasilevskiy with the first of Nylander’s two goals at 2:27 of the third.

Ross Colton scored twice, Andrei Vasilevskiy had 22 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning got off to a fast start and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 in Game 4 to even their first-round playoff series.

The eight playoff teams in the Eastern Conference have been set since before the All-Star break.

Maple Leafs Capitals Hockey Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) is tripped by Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Erik Kallgren (50) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Washington. Ovechkin left with an injury after the play. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) (Nick Wass)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Alex Ovechkin did not skate with his Washington Capitals teammates Tuesday morning and his status moving forward is unclear with the start of the playoffs less than a week away. Durability has helped Ovechkin play 1,274 regular-season and 141 playoff games since making his debut in 2005. “Sometimes there’s got to be a little bit of luck to it, but he’s a really strong guy,” Laviolette said.

The Washington Capitals are listing Alex Ovechkin as day to day with an upper-body injury.

Maple Leafs Capitals Hockey Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) shoots during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) (Nick Wass)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Alex Ovechkin left the Washington Capitals’ game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night after crashing hard into the boards. Ovechkin tripped over goaltender Erik Kallgren’s stick on a breakaway and went left shoulder first into the boards. Ovechkin ranks fourth in the NHL this season with 50 goals. ___Follow AP Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SWhyno___More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Alex Ovechkin was injured in the third period of the Washington Capitals' 4-3 shootout loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Alex Ovechkin left the Washington Capitals’ game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night after crashing hard into the boards and was ruled out with what the team called an upper-body injury. Ovechkin tripped over goaltender Erik Kallgren’s stick on a breakaway and went left shoulder first into the boards. Washington's longtime captain yelled at officials about no penalty being called on the play before leaving the ice and going directly down the tunnel.